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Post by feralsparky on May 13, 2011 6:17:24 GMT -5
So I have been going stir crazy being at home all the time. So I decided to ride to Tampa and hop over to St. Pete for a little beach action. All in all I put 190 miles on my bike yesterday..... a LOT of riding hehe. When I got out there, the screws on my carb had loosened up and it was idling super fast so I had to readjust my setup but all in all, it was a blast and the bike did fine. I didnt take to many pictures but I took one a few people should instantly recognize if they live in St. Pete.    |
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Post by voorhees on May 13, 2011 9:03:53 GMT -5
Dang....i'd like to be there. March and April in southern Ontario this year were a true letdown, even the folliage bloom was two weeks behind.
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Post by feralsparky on May 13, 2011 9:06:59 GMT -5
Dang....i'd like to be there. March and April in southern Ontario this year were a true letdown, even the folliage bloom was two weeks behind. It was like 94 out yesterday, WONDERFUL riding weather, gave me a nice tan and burn on my face hehe. Im still sore. |
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Post by voorhees on May 13, 2011 10:07:53 GMT -5
24c and sun today in Toronto, that's 75F! The first genuine summer-like day of the year, and on Friday the 13th too... L0L
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Post by dudley on May 14, 2011 9:35:46 GMT -5
hoping to scoot that way this summer.
we do a weekend at treasure island every year.never taken my scoot though.
love the whole, john's pass, gulfport,pass-a-grille area.
with a stop in tarpon springs on the way back home to eustis.
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Post by feralsparky on May 14, 2011 10:20:38 GMT -5
I almost forgot to tell you all. I was riding back home, and next to the bridge to tampa, there is a LOOOONG strip of sand and I figured I would ride on the sand to stay off the 55mph road.... bad idea but fun. I was jumping dips and such like a dirt bike. It was crazy fun. I was afraid that I would damage my bike but I figured the hell with it and have fun. So for about 2 miles I had the most crazy dangerous ride of my life coming off the ground about every 5 feet or so and doing crazy jumps. I was glad everything was secure and not loose and my bike was in great shape.
Its not the first time I have taken it off road. Ive taken it on some pretty gritty bike trails with some tight riding, but this was totally nuts. Doing jumps at 30mph on an old scooter was awesome.
The 2 stroke engine on this bike really has alot of power for this sort of thing, and I keep up just fine with all the dirt bikes on the trails making them go WTF is with this scooter guy... we cant lose him.
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Post by piccola on May 18, 2011 12:42:38 GMT -5
190 miles is a fair amount of mileage for one day. I wish we had some warm weather here in CT. We have had rain all week. In past years, I would have been riding just about every day, but this year, I'm driving the car. My students are very sympathetic about the rotten rain.
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