Finally in the 12's !!!

[Leadfoot281]

That took long enough. I'm finally into the low 12's...

and I did it on three cylinders!



I picked this bad boy up last year and busted out 16,000 miles on it in 2013. It's a 2013 Triumph Tiger 800 XC. The XC stands for Super Awesome. It has ABS, 21" front wheel, powder coated Excel rims, 96 Horsepower, a 5 gallon tank and a 675 watt generator. That's because BMW sucks.

It's been to some really cool places.



And some places that smelled like pirates. Yaaarrrrr!!!



But mostly it just spanks pirates....






eats gravel...



...and sees neat stuff.



Shiver me timbers!

[whitey]

Not sure who Lawrence welk is, but thats a cool looking motorsickle!

[Motorhead350]

Where have you been?

[Haggis]

Farmer John is back.....meatloaf sandwich for you if you come to Louisville this year.

Nice bike, glad to see you are enjoying it.

[RacerX]

Ok, I give, where'd you hide the guns?
How much dust is covering the car now?

[Leadfoot281]

Where have you been?

I've been lost. Mostly. Wasn't my fault though. Roads just keep getting worse and worse.

Maintenance here was pretty bad.





According to the sign here, there wasn't ANY maintenance...



How many miles ya got on your Marauder now Dom? You gotta be getting close to about a gazillion.

[Motorhead350]

220,000+.......

[Leadfoot281]

Farmer John is back.....meatloaf sandwich for you if you come to Louisville this year.

Nice bike, glad to see you are enjoying it.

Thanks! Think they'll let me pitch a tent behind the hotel?

This was in Missouri back in October. Heated jacket liners FTW!



Bummer 'bout the corvette museum. Caught that online. I shut off my TV and phone years ago so I don't stay too connected anymore. Been busy though.

The State Department of Natural Resources is going to put a new creek in on my farm this spring. Long story, but basically the old creek is going to get moved and I will probably need to be here for that. We'll see. Also, when this project is done I'm gonna end up with 27,000 yards of black dirt that I'll need to get rid of.

Some things have changed for me, other things, maybe not-so-much.

[Leadfoot281]

Ok, I give, where'd you hide the guns?
How much dust is covering the car now?

I don't remember the last time I seen that car. I know it needed the HVAC unit pulled and those little o-rings replaced.

It has 71,000 miles on it now. It had 71,000 miles in '09.

It's gonna have to go bye-bye though. It can't just sit there like that any longer. Cars absolutely bore me to tears. I have no interest in them at all any more. None. My next car will probably be a used Toyota.

These days I ride. I during the day. I ride at night. I ride in the rain. I ride in the rain at night. I until it snows. Then I ride some more. My motorcycle clothes and boots are waterproof and my grips and base layers are electrically heated. The heat controller is actually wireless. This stuff is nuts!

It cost me some money but now I can ride coast-to-coast and not get cold or wet.

Me... Last December...42 degrees, raining. I knocked out 850 miles that day.

[Haggis]

Thanks! Think they'll let me pitch a tent behind the hotel?

Just sleep in the lobby, everyone does it.

[justbob]

Nice to here from you again!


Self proclaimed Builder Of Badassery.

Buy it, Break it, Build it BETTER.
"Since 2004"

[1stMerc]

I don't remember the last time I seen that car. I know it needed the HVAC unit pulled and those little o-rings replaced.

It has 71,000 miles on it now. It had 71,000 miles in '09.

It's gonna have to go bye-bye though. It can't just sit there like that any longer. Cars absolutely bore me to tears. I have no interest in them at all any more. None. My next car will probably be a used Toyota.

These days I ride. I during the day. I ride at night. I ride in the rain. I ride in the rain at night. I until it snows. Then I ride some more. My motorcycle clothes and boots are waterproof and my grips and base layers are electrically heated. The heat controller is actually wireless. This stuff is nuts!

It cost me some money but now I can ride coast-to-coast and not get cold or wet.

Me... Last December...42 degrees, raining. I knocked out 850 miles that day.

You haven't lived till you've done a ride in snow, 13* ambient temp or hail storm. Quite invigorating. Done all tho not intentional....except for the 13* the looks on the cage dwellers at 55 mph is priceless.

[Bigdogjim]

Sounds like somebody been enjoying life

Keep us up to date.

[Leadfoot281]

You haven't lived till you've done a ride in snow, 13* ambient temp or hail storm. Quite invigorating. Done all tho not intentional....except for the 13* the looks on the cage dwellers at 55 mph is priceless.

Lol! I know the feeling! On this ride I was rolling back into Minnesota. This stretch of road is dead strait and about 12 miles long. It runs between a small town and a larger city and at about 4 pm is full of commuter traffic.

I could literally watch as cagers locked onto me with their eyes. They'd see me and then begin thinking; "Is that a motorcycle? It can't be! It's raining and cold! Harleys don't start when it's below 70!!"

So they stare.

And stare.

And stare some more. Totally target fixated on me.

If Scarlett Johansson had been serving free beer at a road side stand, they would not have not seen it.

Then they'd drift. A little at first. As we got closer, they drift much faster and cross the center line and enter my lane. Both driver side wheels over the yellow line. Way, way over the line. Woooosh!

Oh baby.

The first couple cages were kinda creepy. The next dozen cages that did it made me laugh.

[nh muscle]

Its even better when you get into the 9'$