{"id":12498,"date":"2024-12-05T11:53:09","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T18:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/?p=12498"},"modified":"2024-12-04T15:55:01","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T22:55:01","slug":"the-best-riding-day-of-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/the-best-riding-day-of-december\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Riding Day Of December?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This is not the bike I was on but this is one of places I went.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

If you’re going to ride your motorcycle at this time of year you have to take your opportunities when they arise. Tuesday the forecast was for a high in the 60s will full sun. There may yet be an even better riding day this month but I was not going to let this one go by. Plus, I have two bikes that I ride each and every month and as yet I had not been on either.<\/p>\n

I took off on the V-Strom and I very quickly discovered that other motorcyclists also read the weather forecast. There were a lot<\/em> of us out that day! Cool.<\/p>\n

First I had a couple errands to run, so I quickly got those out of the way. Then I needed gas. Can you believe I paid less than $2.50 a gallon? Wow. Now I was ready to really ride. But I wondered how far.<\/p>\n

As I said previously, at this time of year I set objectives I try to meet, in particular turning the odometer over to a new 1,000<\/a>. Starting out on the V-Strom I was only about 70 miles from 48,000 so knocking off those miles would have been a no-brainer. Except that I don’t trust the weather at this time of year and I worried that if I did not ride both bikes this day I might not be able to ride the Honda the next day. And would it be getting cold already if I rode the V the full 70 before getting on the CB750?<\/p>\n

Totally undecided, I just rode. I headed south out of town, wandering around, following my nose, as I do when I have no destination. And sometimes on roads I’m not completely familiar with I end up in different places than I expected. Which is OK, which was good, because that did happen. That’s how you learn your way around better.<\/p>\n

I started heading back eventually but I could see I would end up short of 48,000 if I went straight home, so I turned again. One more side route and when I got home my odo was sitting at 48,001. Mission accomplished.<\/p>\n

And it was still warm so I immediately climbed on the Honda and took off. I didn’t need to put a lot of miles on this bike this day; this was just an insurance ride. Besides, that bike is now 838 miles away from the next 1,000. That’s not going to happen.<\/p>\n

But I do like having an objective, a target goal. I didn’t remember how far I was from putting 1,000 miles on the bike this year (373 now) but I thought maybe at the least I can put more miles on it this year than I did last year. But I didn’t know that number either. So I just went for a spin, maybe 20 miles.<\/p>\n

Well now I am home and can look at the numbers and I see that if I just ride that Honda another 46 miles this year I’ll pass last year’s mileage. OK, I’ve got a goal. And in fact the weather is looking pretty nice for at least another few days. I’ve got more riding to do.<\/p>\n

Biker Quote for Today<\/h3>\n

You know you’re a biker when you cry on the first snowfall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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