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HawkGTRider:
I'm feeling a little blue. It's now over 2/3 of the way to the end of the month and I've ridden a grand total of 3 days so far this month. That's pathetic! I have hopes for a couple of days of riding following Christmas (dry weather and warmer temps). Also, I anticipate riding down to Stockton, AL on the 29th for the "Last Big Ride of the Year" lunch on the 30th. So I may still end up with enough miles to sound respectable.
After Christmas I hope to ride my CB300F for a decent number of miles to get a baseline of mpg. I have a new front sprocket with a +1 teeth over stock, and I've seen folks recommending adding the tooth to make 1st gear a bit more usable. It'll also slow the rpms on higher gears by a small amount. If it happens to add a tiny bit to mpg, I'll not be disappointed.

stevegrab:
Just coming to this thread a while after it started. I used to try and ride some in winter, now the bikes just go into full hibernation until the snow is gone and salt too. This year was a really wet and cold spring, along with some other things keeping me busy meant very few rides so far, none in March and only one decent half day ride in April. Now it is may, and hopefully time for some longer rides soon.

HawkGTRider:
January was pretty sad with a whole 309 miles added to the odometers. Weather was stinky, so I sympathize with those of you that have a much shorter riding season than what we have in Tennessee.

February was a bit better with just over 1,000 miles ridden. But better things were coming.

March rolled in with some pretty decent days and several members of the "fleet" got some good exercise with 1819 miles added.

The North Georgia Classic started of the MSTA rally season in April. That good weekend and finally more consistent better weather pushed my riding to 2,186 miles for the month.
I'll be attending TriSTAR at the end of May and that'll be a good bump on whichever bike gets the nod for the weekend.

I used to think I'd do a LOT more riding if I ever retired, but it's actually been the opposite. I guess I consider my bikes as "tools" (as well as recreation) and I used to ride on my commute to work many days. I'd estimate I rode 12,000+ miles each year commuting. Now that I have a lot more time to ride, I actually find myself riding less than I would have guessed. Maybe it's a good thing that I continue to work part-time, because I can ride on my commutes to my theatre backstage gigs.

With several of the bikes being closer to "projects" than anything else, I'm going to try to resolve that issue. My Suzuki DR650 is in the shop right now getting a good evaluation on what is causing an oil leak. It's a fun bike to ride when I don't have to worry about the oil leak putting a spatter on my right leg where it blows off the engine. The BMW F650GS has finally had the speedo and ABS issues resolved (going back off and on for nearly 10 years). Yeah! It's good to get bikes running and trustworthy again.

STLTHMSTA:
Geeez Geoffrey, I'm not sure I rode that many miles in all of last year. So quit your whining.  LOL ;)    TM

Ride4MS:
That is what I was thinking. But, I know I did not ride over a few thousands miles on all cycles last year. It was one of those years, where we just did not have the time, or when we were going to ride, the weather looked bad, and I did not sleep good that night, so we switched our gear to the Mustang Mach 1 for the 2 day weekend Ride. And we did stay dry!
And, at the same time, that means I did not have any maintenance to perform on any of the bikes being no miles.
We plan to make it different this year, starting with the June MSTA Spring Green, WI Ride and hopefully in Sep to Durango, CO for the Double D Daze, with a few other shorter rides. We even plan to take in a Cancer Cruise next month that allows anything, but mainly cars show up. We will take the Vanderhall Venice and that always gets lots of, "what is it" looks. See photo from 2 years ago at Luckanbach, TX

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