Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...............

[Steve S]

Good morning Venture Riders. 

It's a brisk sunny 9 degrees in Hopkinsville Kentucky this morning. I do believe it would be a wonderful idea to fire the bike up and go for a ride.  Oh WAIT, I still have a broken ankle, and I can't ride yet. 😢

I guess I will have to wait a few more weeks so I can put my boots on and ride.  😁

[Freebird]

Brutal.  2 degrees here.  Supposed to drop  to 0 tonight and -10 tomorrow night. 

[sleepy2]

-15cel(5deg F) here in Ontario Canada! Just got in from plowing sidewalks and lane-ways(12) Had snow-suit on but didn't help much!

[bpate4home]

Not as cold as y'all but should get down to about 17 here in the Houston area.  Also, Snow 4 - 6" which they just don't see here.  They are putting Brine on the roads.  I have to try and fly out Wednesday morning, should be interesting. 

[Woody]

it was 18 when I got up this morning too cold to ride, but I keep this fire place warm today 🥶

[PastorCurt]

If we don’t have at least one -20° night, we haven’t had winter!!🥶

[uncledj]

Underground water line to my brothers apartment froze up......When I put that line in 15 years ago I had one point where the tree roots were pretty thick / crazy so I only buried it about 16" at that point.    I sure hope it thaws before May.

[bpate4home]

2 hours ago, uncledj said:

Underground water line to my brothers apartment froze up......When I put that line in 15 years ago I had one point where the tree roots were pretty thick / crazy so I only buried it about 16" at that point.    I sure hope it thaws before May.

Growing up in NE Ohio we always put the water lines at least 32" underground. My dad was a pipefitter at Ford so we put the majority at 40". When we moved to Houston area about 20 years ago our first house had the main water line in iron pipe coming out of the ground and then into the house. To top that off the hot water tank was in the attic. I asked the realtor what idiot was doing this type of work and she said that's how it's done here.  

[etcswjoe]

At least I was the only one on the road to work this morning. 

[Chaharly]

17 hours ago, etcswjoe said:

At least I was the only one on the road to work this morning. 

You are tougher, braver, and dumber??? than I! Just joking, take out the dumber part lol

[saddlebum]

1 hour ago, Chaharly said:

You are tougher, braver, and dumber??? than I! Just joking, take out the dumber part lol

Sooooo,  Whats wrong with a little snow?

 

Edited Thursday at 05:40 PM by saddlebum

[Chaharly]

56 minutes ago, saddlebum said:

Sooooo,  Whats wrong with a little snow?

 

I tell ya what! It's not the snow that scares me in that picture, its the nut connected to the handlebars!!! You boys are something else!

[dueyk1111]

what bothers me is all the salt they put on them there roads!!!!!😐

[PastorCurt]

6 hours ago, dueyk1111 said:

what bothers me is all the salt they put on them there roads!!!!!😐

Well, I am not a big fan of salt, but I am not a fan of ice either! It makes life better now but takes forever to wash the roads in the spring!

[dueyk1111]

what i meant was i don't ride on salt covered roads cause it takes to long to get the salt washed off the bike. if you can get it washed off.  went against my rule of not rid'n when there is salt on the road a few years back on christmas day, it actually got warm enough to ride around here. when i got home that day you couldn't tell what color my bike was. spent 2 days n probably 30 dollars at the next town overs car was with the bike on the trailer try'n to make sure i got all the salt washed out of the nooks n crannies on the bike. vowed to never do that again when there is salt on the road!!!!😧🤣

[etcswjoe]

20 minutes ago, dueyk1111 said:

what i meant was i don't ride on salt covered roads cause it takes to long to get the salt washed off the bike. if you can get it washed off.  went against my rule of not rid'n when there is salt on the road a few years back on christmas day, it actually got warm enough to ride around here. when i got home that day you couldn't tell what color my bike was. spent 2 days n probably 30 dollars at the next town overs car was with the bike on the trailer try'n to make sure i got all the salt washed out of the nooks n crannies on the bike. vowed to never do that again when there is salt on the road!!!!😧🤣

They salted the roads here, so I will be on 4 wheels until the next good rain.

[uncledj]

Rode my old CB750F through a few miles of 4" deep saltwater, riding from Key Largo up to the mainland.    Probably 3 miles or so.   It tarnished all the aluminum.  Was never the same again.

That was on Cardsound Rd.    It was the only other route besides US1.   I rode that way a lot, but never again when there were heavy rains / flooding.

[uncledj]

On 1/21/2025 at 5:14 AM, uncledj said:

Underground water line to my brothers apartment froze up......When I put that line in 15 years ago I had one point where the tree roots were pretty thick / crazy so I only buried it about 16" at that point.    I sure hope it thaws before May.

   Water's back on....Bad part is my brother had a minor stroke.   Not sure if he'll be coming back to that apartment.   Sorting it out now.

[WIZ]

8 hours ago, uncledj said:

   Water's back on....Bad part is my brother had a minor stroke.   Not sure if he'll be coming back to that apartment.   Sorting it out now.

Sorry to hear about your brother, prayers for his recovery.