Was a sweet day here today. Changed the oil in my acreage tractor, let the chickens out for the first time since the snow came. They were quite pleased with the freedom, but very skeptical about all the white stuff on the ground. I cleared off a bit of yard/grass for them to enjoy. Quite a site seeing them roaming again.

While the Suzuki is an awesome quad, it'll never touch the Polaris for ride quality. I sure like mine, though I wish it were a few hundred lbs lighter. I buried it today and had to get the wife on the tractor to pull me out Went down to the dealer to check out some bikes for the lady. She really likes a white Sportsman 570. We might pick one up in base form with no power steering. It is a nice amenity, but its an extra 1g on the price of the bike. That gets tires and a winch for her.

Hope everyone had a good day!!

Happy spring John!!

 

Cloudy and windy but still 14*. The snow is really disappearing here and the creek is climbing but hasn't spilled over the banks yet.

Mom and daughter are still at dance and Matthew and I spent most of the day in the city looking for a new bike for him.

 

What kind of bike Colin? Motor or pedal?

 

Morning fellas, another beautiful morning with hardly any ice on the water puddles. Have a great Sunday!!

 

Happy Sunday mornin'all. Low of +7 last night almost all the snow id gone. Have a great day guy's.

 

Wish I could say the same here Grant but it did stay above 0* last night and supposed to reach 10* today.

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend, my last night shift tonight and then off for 9

 

It's been plus 2 the last few nights, now dipping down to -7.
Your chickens aren`t the only ones enjoying freedom Sherm!

 

Pedal bike, he hasn't talked about a motor bike yet. I am sure that will come soon enough.

 

My grandson prefers his Baja over his 11 Can Am quad for a while now, go figure.

 

Morning boys. Ground froze last night, that's kind of nice because it freeze dries some of the water laying around.

Pedal biking is where it all starts Colin Pretty soon he'll be asking for one with a motor. You won't mind though, as you are a motorcyclist yourself right? I wish SGI hadn't jacked the insurance rates through the roof on bikes. I would love to get back into motor biking, but would have to stay below 500cc's to keep it affordable.

I started back into pedal biking last fall, was doing some 50-60km rides on a Saturday morning Quite enjoyable. Looking forward to the weather warming a bit more so I can get back into it again.

Morris, those little Baja bikes are a great way to get kids into motorsports.

Have a great Monday everyone!!

 

Happy Monday mornin'all. What a great weekend! 99% of the snow is gone. Have a great day guy's.

 

Good, its mild here too

 

This is his first bike without training wheels so he is pretty excited.

I know what you mean about motorcycle plates, it is just crazy. I've been thinking about buying an old Goldwing or HD and just using antique plates.

 

Morning Boys, a little chilly last night, but again, I like the freeze drying process...

My oldest daughter learned to ride with no training wheels last summer. She spoke the words about trying, quickly changed her mind, but I already had the wheels off and there was no turning back. The look on her face was quite a thing. Like a bird in first full flight... "FREEDOM!!!!"

SGI tried to blame motorcycle accidents as the reason for jacking rates. I think they're just following the ways of the world and taking advantage of emotions. Most people who ride, especially the larger bikes, whether it be sport, touring, adventure, or whatever, are very passionate about it. To say that most motorcycle collisions and accidents are caused by the biker is complete BS in my mind. In my experience it has been the inattentive auto driving individual who has caused or nearly caused the accident. I had only one very close call, and it was due to a young girl doing a completely illegal lane change and turning unto a side street without signalling or shoulder checking. I suspect that I may have been in her blind spot, but that's irrelevant. At any given time you could be in someone's blind spot. Had she signalled and looked she may have seen me, I would have seen the signal, had time to brake properly instead of skidding $150 off my back tire. So when asked what I think of the rate increase? I think its just another opportunity to "rape" the little people.

Good idea with the antique plates, Colin. Never thought of that, but now might have to look into something like it. I'd love to find an old Triumph boyracer style of bike. An old HD would be cool, basically register the frame as antique but build a nice S&S 113" with a Baker 6 speed tranny...you'd have a very fun bike with cheap plates If I see an old Wing I'll bring it to your attention!!

Have a great day out there guys!!!

 

Good morning westerners