How far do you ride ?

[scottmastrocinque]

Nah, he just likes to pee! That’s my Roman boy.

 

[maverick9611]

i’m 4/5 hours from the mountains. roads around augusta are flat and boring. I do most of my riding out of town.

 

[davewrites]

For me, commuting is typically 25-35 minutes each way with multiple weather-dependent rides each week. Longer rides for fun are 1-2 times per month and they’re almost always late at night and under 2 hours.

As you can see by my preferred units of measurement, available time takes priority over travel distance. Even with commuting, the route I take and distance travelled is based on how much time I have to get to work or return home at that point in the day.

I don’t even know how many kilometers my work is from home. I’ll have to google that some day…

 

[scottmastrocinque]

Well, given the above, I too, commute to work in the warm months but it’s just a 7 mile scooter ride.

I do ride my MP3 everywhere getting parts and supplies. When I have to run to Toledo sometimes, that’s great fun but just mostly 30 miles of I-75 with some pretty surface street neighborhoods but you can always find me having lunch at Sidon Restaurant for their awesome Lebanese food.

It’s just actually fun rides, those have been lacking the last 2 years but this next year, it is a priority for me.

 

[maverick9611]

hopefully Scott and I can hook up next year and ride eastern smokies and Pisgah section of blue ridge parkway. I know lots of loops

 

[DeadEye]

If the MP3 was Electric would you have bought it ?
Its a small, efficient, quiet mode transportation as it is ?

Just image sneaking up quietly on your unsuspecting victims

 

[scottmastrocinque]

No, I wouldn’t. Piaggio actually makes an all electric scooter.

I just don’t buy into the EV hyperbole.

It’s all smoke and mirrors and unnecessary to me. Besides, EV’s are BORING.

I ride for pleasure.

I adore combustion engines of all kinds. Motorcycles, cars, boats, aircraft, even tiny model engines of which I am looking forward to building as a hobby in my retirement.

I will never own an EV. I’ll give up riding and driving before then.

 

[DeadEye]

Yes - I have seen the Vespa E - Cute - but it was priced More than my V7 !

There is indeed a Lot of Smoke and mirror BS - surrounding the Ev story that they are trying to blow up our &$$.
But that doesn't mean that an Electric vehicle wouldn't be appropriate / usable / applicable / useful " Some places"

Just like my Gas powered Weed Wacker / Tree trimmer / Leaf Blower / Vacum / Roto Tiller vs. the Electric Blower and Trimmer vs. the Hand Branch clippers - they all have jobs they do ...

If you were deaf and lost your Clutch hand ( like the Fella my Son purchased a Yamaha Mt-07 from )
All the Fun / Not Boring-ness of riding a motorcycle would still be there...
You just could not hear it, but the twist of the throttle and carving through the corners would still provide the *same* thrill - MINUS all the Fun Noise and Gear shifting...

Sorry - Riding a Motorcycle will never be Boring regardless / because of it's method of propulsion
unless Mr Copiceman is Following you...

 

[DeadEye]

Nowhere - Today !
4 Inches of snow -

 

[Raven]

As of today you legally can't ride in Quebec anyways. I know you really wanted to though!

P.S. I stand corrected, it's December 1st now that snow tires are mandatory.

 

[Bill Hagan]

As is so often the case, I am late to this party.

WRT the poll, I voted for the last, but even that wasn't quite right. As a retired guy -- my best job so far -- I only "commute"to the Moto Grappa, which is just down the hill from the house, so I walk.

I have taken numerous overnight trips, but most have been in the <2000-mile r/t, not "See you in Ushuaia" sort.

I also enjoy local rides, especially on the Stornello, which lets me find new off-pavment roads without needing to stray hundreds of miles from home.

On the EV side trip the thread has taken, my first reaction was that I've had an EV for over 20 years!

But, while I am an unabashed ICEophile -- well, except for the sort that led to our generator kicking on yesterday. That will lead to the $1000+ visit from Mr. Propane in the next few days.

Propane is an exceptionally expensive way to "make" electricity.

But, ah, EV's.

Kathi, who finds the number of cup holders in a car to be more important than dyno charts, and is not especially charmed by the sound of an iconic mid-'50's American auto burbling or roaring, was, aside from the eco charms -- don't go there; I understand and agree -- recently astonished by an EV.

We were on the Penn Turnpike on yet another of our "eldercare commutes" to Erie. Traffic was, as it usually is unless a crash-caused meltdown into a parking lot, thick but moving in the upper '70's+ mph.

I then noticed in my RVM -- Kathi only uses that item to apply make-up -- a fast-mover approaching way back in the stream.

Could not ID it, but, while not quite aggressive, the car was being handled in a purposeful "GetOuttaMyWay" manner. As we were in our 2020 Fit, I rarely get in the left lane, and never get the red mist and challenge those folks. So, I only observed the event with some interest.

The coming car was a top-of-the-line Tesla driven by someone who knew how to handle a vehicle but could have used some Tension Tamer tea.

It passed on our left, then, stymied by the lane bandit just ahead, ripped into our lane and lighted its afterburner.

Sacred Fecal Matter! Even Kathi noticed and was amazed. It was if we were in a DC-3 and were buzzed by an F-35!

One moment, it was there; the next ... history. Truly impressive.

Now, for a more mundane EV (of a sort) note.

Kathi is a treehugger. She isn't obnoxious about it, but is nonetheless fervent. Personally, I enjoy seeing Greta dab away tears , but I'm an asshat. But, as I am married to saintly Kathi, I like to please her. So, when our aging Cub Cadet garden tractor starting costing more time and money in maddening maintenance, I bought a zero-turn.

I have to say, that despite my doubts, it's been pretty good in all respects.

OTOH, a smallish ICE, albeit possibly diesel, Kubota is my future ... before those need battery packs, too.

Bill

 

[scottmastrocinque]

As of today you legally can't ride in Quebec anyways. I know you really wanted to though!

I never knew they would have such a law. I guess it makes sense for 2 wheeled motorcycles. It probably is totally treacherous up there right now.

 

[DeadEye]

You must have Tires with a SnowFlake on the Sidewall !
As the sign of an * Real * Winter Tire

( and they Moved the Goal posts - Winter Tire Day was Dec 1st this year.)

 

[Bill Hagan]

You just need Tires with a SnowFlake on the Sidewall !
As the sign of an * Real * Winter Tire

Even with cages, how do the LEO's know?

That snowflake is going to be going around pretty fast.

Surely that rule is only enforced after the car is towed out of the ditch?

Bill

 

[scottmastrocinque]

I ride my Ural sidecar rig in the winter. It stays upright all on its own! She's Russian anyway and loves the snow.

 

[DeadEye]

My Lawn mower is getting long in the tooth and starting to rust through the deck in a couple of places - so I was looking at the EV's but they are Wacky priced more that twice what a ICE one would cost..
( I dont need a John Deer for 800 Sq /f of grass )
and the Batteries are like 300$ !!!

I'll be pushing this one around till it crumbles into the lawn..

 

[DeadEye]

Indeed Bill, they'll be checking when your in a fender bender or in a ditch ;

Or maybe those Dog’s that chase cars are checking the date of manufacture, and the load ratings and turning us in!

 

[Moto-Uno]

Correct me if I'm wrong , but doesn't Quebec also require all 4 wheels to be snow tires ? Pretty much
the same here in B.C . If you bring your car in for snow tires you get all 4 or nothing , but , take them
off yourself and bring in a couple of wheels and they'll gladly install 2 snow tires .

 

[Raven]

Yes 4 snow tires in Quebec. When I was a kid, everybody only had snows on the back. When we got a 1980 Pontiac Phoenix, Canadian Tire put the snow tires on the back. One problem...it was front wheel drive. Kinda rare even in 1980.

 

[loudviking]

Once the snow melts and the roads are dry/ above 50 degrees I start riding.
And living in the Black Hills of South Dakota I have everything to ride.
From Iron Moutain road to HWY 385 to tons of offroad trails.
Never dull here, gonna make it to Devils Tower this summer as haven't been
there in a few years....