Weather where you are?

Same routine for me down here in Vic at the moment. Naught wrong with a solo run up thru the Nongs  ;) 80k round trip with no stops !
Petrol for bikes picked up in a Jerry can when I?m at the servo topping up the wrk ute (gloves on)
Still on the tools (plumbing)  finishing off existing jobs and emergency Wrks only, and whilst no other trades on site.

Until told otherwise, will continue this routine
 
Yep, still riding, but now limited to short trips with no fuel / cafe  stops. (try and post a pic on another thread) Just use available fuel at home. 
Still have to fill the car at times and I have 2 jerry cans which I fill at the same time for the bikes etc. I am lucky, live in a small town so still able to go for morning walks / jogs and not have to contend with many people. Usually meet up to 5 or 6 so able to stay on different sides of the road ;)
Biggest issue is always the supermarket where the greatest cross section of the population attend so try and limit that as well but do feel sorry for those in larger centres where it is harder to stay away from others.
(Disclosure - My wife is a nurse at local hospital so obviously risks there, but again luckily a small center :-\)
 
78jotadave said:
Yogi, 70km fang up the mountain solo with ATGAT, a couple of slow loops through the town center Idylwild (population 2600) 1 coffee shop open for take-away, I didn't stop. The return route was Hwy 74 the same one I took there 70km of amazing Santa Rosa Mountains roads, 1 right turn off of Highway 74 and I'm home before the wife even woke up, then I walked the dog (14 yo Blue heeler, Dingo). A good start to the day. Cheers Dave. 8)
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You have to stay sane through this. Cabin fever can drive people mad. We are asked to keep our distance walking and cycling, but it seems even that is too much for some people, but that is them. Also when cycling to keep plenty in reserve both safety wise (not take up health services with dumb crashes) and energy wise to get run down. It is still pretty cold here, a few plus degrees in the day so not very tempting to go out rugged up to the gills on the Laverda. Taking great care at the minimal shops trips touching almost nothing and keeping distance but again plenty of either old people and youth just don't seem to give a fuck.
 
A breezy 80 here..slightly overcast.. "Soft curfew" during day  "hard curfew" 7pm -5am.
Still only 9 cases with one dead, all linked directly to the one cruise ship passenger..no community spread so far.
The daily briefing at 2pm...fingers crossed it will remain good.
 
My 80km return blast, no towns no nothing is about to be reduced to about 30km round trip as they're about to close the different regions in WA. Road blocks on the Franklin River Bridge stops me going any further!!
 
Fuck Scotty from marketing, all this money he's sending out I don't seem to qualify for any of it even though I earn less than most people on welfare.
Centrelink have no record of me, never having been on the dole so I and the misses miss out of the 750 bucks each!!!
 
April 4th and it seems that spring is not coming this year. Still 2 feet of snow under the 6 inches of new snow that fell two days ago.

Might have to rego the sidecar this year ....... I can pack a Herman Nelson heater in the chair.

Jim

 
helicopterjim said:
Might have to rego the sidecar this year ....... I can pack a Herman Nelson heater in the chair.
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A few years ago I toyed with the idea of fitting my Kwak Z1300 outfit with a set of controls in the sidecar - throttle, brake, clutch and steering wheel.  That way I could hop in the fully enclosed sidecar when the weather turned bad and drive from there.  It would probably attract a few odd looks from passers by (not to mention the cops) to see a bike go past with no rider in the saddle.  :D

The controls wouldn't be too difficult to do. But one of the things that put me off the idea was that I'd need a wiper on the sidecar windscreen, and that's made from some kind of hard plastic (acrylic or polycarbonate?) which is easily scratched, so I would have had to replace it with glass. It's not cheap to get a curved glass windscreen custom made.
 
Dellortoman said:
A few years ago I toyed with the idea of fitting my Kwak Z1300 outfit with a set of controls in the sidecar - throttle, brake, clutch and steering wheel.  That way I could hop in the fully enclosed sidecar when the weather turned bad and drive from there.  It would probably attract a few odd looks from passers by (not to mention the cops) to see a bike go past with no rider in the saddle.  :D

The controls wouldn't be too difficult to do. But one of the things that put me off the idea was that I'd need a wiper on the sidecar windscreen, and that's made from some kind of hard plastic (acrylic or polycarbonate?) which is easily scratched, so I would have had to replace it with glass. It's not cheap to get a curved glass windscreen custom made.
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There is a guy round here with a bike controlled from the sidecar. I was down at my workshop in the Industrial Area one night and heard a big Jappa doing donuts and burnouts and went out to have a look. The sidecar appeared out of a cloud of smoke and flew by with no rider. WTF! Saw it a few more times over the next few months as they got it sorted.
A mate told me the owner had a logging accident and lost the use of his legs.
I have seen it out quite frequently with the driver in the chair. Still looks unusual. But hey the donuts were pretty spectacular.
 
Lovely Autumn sunshine today. Sitting outside the workshop whittling a pair of swingarm gussets to shape for the frame I'm currently building.
Using a disc grinder - showers of sparks of course.

It ocurred to me that it wasn't that long ago I couldn't have done this without starting a grass fire....I do prefer Spring or Autumn to Summer here.
 
Perfect riding weather here in Sydney, sunny with a nice cool breeze. Very little traffic as well. Just a little thing, very very tiny thing stopping any riding though.
 
Forecast for similar weather for the next few days - perfect for an early morning practice - but no chance, bummer!  :(
 

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