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Can't you rent some winter storage from a mate?Oh yes.
Yes , of course.
Mostly I worry about the uber rich pulling careless 3 pt. turns in front and then knocking it over .
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Can't you rent some winter storage from a mate?Oh yes.
Yes , of course.
Mostly I worry about the uber rich pulling careless 3 pt. turns in front and then knocking it over .
2 X. to date.
So, might be safer out on the street under a foot of snow .I opened the door to see the 850 on a haphazard angle suspended off the engine crane.
Back up on the 600 mm high table and crane length ways to it with a soft sling around the top frame tube.
I had been using it (the crane) to lift the bike to have the main stand up or down to load and unload the front isolastic and must have got sidetracked late in the evening and left it on the crane, wheels on the table but main stand up and it slowly leaked down through the night.
Lucky there was not a bump / crash in the night.
So you’re happy for none uber rich to knock it over then …Oh yes.
Yes , of course.
Mostly I worry about the uber rich pulling careless 3 pt. turns in front and then knocking it over .
2 X. to date.
The last snow (and first most likely) was when I used the soda blaster out in the open with a 20 kg bag.So, might be safer out on the street under a foot of snow .
Wow.Sold it!
35 Cm. is about 13.8 inches of snow in one big dump. So more than a foot. Day 3 now and no snow plow down the street. Biggest in 10 years , when we had to call in the Army. Some elderly did not survive that event.So you’re happy for none uber rich to knock it over then …
Well, selling one of them. Black 74 on BAT. My 75 will never leave me til I die. Working on a 650SS currently. My 75 is up for some major changes this year.Wow.
As you can see in my Avatar , I have a nice well sorted 76. Also a 75 in buckets . The 75 has undergone some major changes this year . At 63 yrs. young , it was time to address vibration. So Jim Schmidt and Gord Bush Performance made it happen with the long rods/short pistons ,78 mm. The76 until I croak , but the 75 engine is ready to be dropped into place in the 76 , at the end of the next season . Big job , but fun and challenging . It's just money , right ?Well, selling one of them. Black 74 on BAT. My 75 will never leave me til I die. Working on a 650SS currently. My 75 is up for some major changes this year.
You are right. I have never seen a hearst pulling a U-haul. It makes me shiver to think about a Commando buried in slush and snow for the sake of free parking.As you can see in my Avatar , I have a nice well sorted 76. Also a 75 in buckets . The 75 has undergone some major changes this year . At 63 yrs. young , it was time to address vibration. So Jim Schmidt and Gord Bush Performance made it happen with the long rods/short pistons ,78 mm. The76 until I croak , but the 75 engine is ready to be dropped into place in the 76 , at the end of the next season . Big job , but fun and challenging . It's just money , right ?
Nice! Your bike looks like mine! I'm going to backdate my 75 to a 74 spec mostly. Jim C. did a big valve head for me, his rods, pistons, Webcam cam. CNW electric start kit as well. I just like the right shift better and all the MKIII parts will go on a shelf. Deciding whether to keep the rear disc or not. Probably won't as I rarely use the rear brake anyway. I've had it since 1977.As you can see in my Avatar , I have a nice well sorted 76. Also a 75 in buckets . The 75 has undergone some major changes this year . At 63 yrs. young , it was time to address vibration. So Jim Schmidt and Gord Bush Performance made it happen with the long rods/short pistons ,78 mm. The76 until I croak , but the 75 engine is ready to be dropped into place in the 76 , at the end of the next season . Big job , but fun and challenging . It's just money , right ?
All goodly.Nice! Your bike looks like mine! I'm going to backdate my 75 to a 74 spec mostly. Jim C. did a big valve head for me, his rods, pistons, Webcam cam. CNW electric start kit as well. I just like the right shift better and all the MKIII parts will go on a shelf. Deciding whether to keep the rear disc or not. Probably won't as I rarely use the rear brake anyway. I've had it since 1977.
Day 7 after the huge T.O. dump. No snowplow or removal equipment seen to date. All our inner city residential streets remain functionally as one ways , only , with cage drivers taking turns as to who proceeds first. Most are polite about out of necessity with one exception the past week , a BMW sports car ( older Uber rich , again ) , unwilling to show any courtesy to my e-bike . It went up a snow bank and down it sliding just to get around me . Off to Beaverton to Ice Fish now with my buddy Fraser M. (manx racer) . He just sold his BMW/7 . so I will help him prep it for the buyer pick- up. May have to shovel more snow.35 Cm. is about 13.8 inches of snow in one big dump. So more than a foot. Day 3 now and no snow plow down the street. Biggest in 10 years , when we had to call in the Army. Some elderly did not survive that event.
With the help of a Mate we figured out a way to make things more visible. When the bike was knocked over in previous years it had a black cover. The new one is Day glow orange. For each end we got 2 large orange pylons , filled them with cement and dropped into the tip ends 2 6 ft. poles. Painted them fluorescent orange. This works quite well . Street parking is free for motorbikes as an encouragement to use alternative modes of transportation from cars.
See you soon. Enjoy.Snow would not be for me or bitter cold.
I remember taking this 'winter photo when I bought my place sight unseen and went to see what I got.
The Africa Twin is ready to go get a tap and banjo bolt to finish a Commando mod. (7:30 and a blue sky 25c)
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Day 10 after Toronto dump. No Plows on return to central T.O. streets after 10 days. Snow 4 ft. high banks. Been ice fishing north Lake Simcoe for 3 days . Caught lots of good perch. Heated ice hut and snowmobile. ( -21 C. ) On trip home , visited Gord Bush Performance , Etobicoke to pick up Fraser's BMW /7 heads , refurbished . Norton still stuck in a snowbank. We are off to Mexico for 3 months so this will be my final post until the complex covid rules return . Mexico does not care much about Covid. Enjoy.Day 7 after the huge T.O. dump. No snowplow or removal equipment seen to date. All our inner city residential streets remain functionally as one ways , only , with cage drivers taking turns as to who proceeds first. Most are polite about out of necessity with one exception the past week , a BMW sports car ( older Uber rich , again ) , unwilling to show any courtesy to my e-bike . It went up a snow bank and down it sliding just to get around me . Off to Beaverton to Ice Fish now with my buddy Fraser M. (manx racer) . He just sold his BMW/7 . so I will help him prep it for the buyer pick- up. May have to shovel more snow.
Used to ride my BSA to work in snow like that.. Some parts of rural UK never saw a snow plough or gritter. Every night an adventure!!Didn’t do anything as the shop doors were drifted in … a shame as it would have been an interesting day for a ride . 23 degrees - 20” of snow and 30 mph winds .
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Remarkably similar to my friends in Forked River and Toms River ... Sunday morning Polar Bear ride cancelled for this weekDidn’t do anything as the shop doors were drifted in … a shame as it would have been an interesting day for a ride . 23 degrees - 20” of snow and 30 mph winds .
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