Am I ever going to get to ride???

Ok, so I have been able to take the bike to work a couple times, but sheesh!! It's May 24th and the high today is 55! I mean, really? I was hoping that I would get to try out my new butt pad this weekend, but it's supposed to be cold & rainy all weekend. I think I have put about 90 miles on my bike so far this season and that's pretty sad.

I do have to say that being in the southern states for a week made me really want to get out and ride, and it looks like they had warm weather back here while we were gone, so we missed it!

I am glad that we didn't take the bikes since it rained the first day and a half of our trip. It was much easier to take in the car that it would have been on the bike. I'm hoping I never have to use my rain gear, but I'm sure that won't be the case. Hopefully next week the temps will get back up and the skies will clear up too I can start cranking up some miles.

We are going to break the great river road trip into segments, and hopefully get some 3 or 4 day weekend trips in this summer too. I'm hoping to have lots of great adventures to blog about.

Headsets, Mother nature is a B%&ch!!

Well, the company we bought the headsets from replaced the bad Bluetooth piece and the charger, no questions asked, all we had to do was send the bad ones in and they sent new ones.

We ordered a second set of headphones and receivers, but since the weather has been so crappy and cold, and there has been so much severe weather, we have decided to take the convertible to Florida instead of the bikes. It should save us at least 2 days of travel time, and at least we can put the top down once we get to the warmer climate. It's not going to be the same as the bikes, but there's always next year right?

I haven't even been able to ride to work between the cold and the rain. A week ago today we had a blizzard, and then today it was almost 60 and raining. Man I really hate Wisconsin sometimes. Hopefully by the time we get back from vacation we will have some better riding weather!

First cold trip with the new gear - success!

I have to say that the Rider Comfort System from Harley Davidson was well worth the investment. We rode at 50+ MPH this morning for about 13 miles (and that back again) and the only part of me that was cold was my face! I actually have something that I can wear that will keep that warm but I did not want to dig it out of my bag.

I wore all 3 parts of the gear that I bought, plus I wore a Columbia fleece vest between the middle and outer layers for some extra core warmth, plus I had my cold weather gloves on and my chaps.

It was weird being cold this morning (it was about 40) and hearing frogs in the ponds as I rode past. It made me think of summer but it sure didn't feel like it! After today, I am getting pretty excited about riding to FL in a month. I was a little nervous about the cold, but after today, I am feeling a lot better about the "what if it's only 40 out when we leave?" The layers should be great as we go from climate to climate, I can take off on the way down and add on the way back.

I did order a butt pad from Alaska Leather that should be here soon, I will have to give a review on that once I get it. We had a problem with one of the Bluetooth receivers and its charger, but since they have a 2 year warranty, they will replace it as soon as I send it back - which I will do tomorrow. We're hoping to have 2 working sets by the time we go on vacation in May.

Ready to go!

Took the bike out on Tuesday, only rode it to the gas station since it needed gas then took the long way home. Got to try out the Heat Demons I had installed over the winter - they are amazing! Took the bike to work yesterday, and again this afternoon (I had the dog with me this morning).

After work, we went to H-D Appleton and I bought 3 parts of the new Rider Comfort System from Harley Davidson. I bought the layering top, soft shell jacket and functional jacket. I have a Columbia fleece vest I can throw on if I want to, and they did not have my size in the vest anyway. I'm looking forward to getting to try it out. It's definitely more packable than a leather jacket and sweatshirt. I figure I can throw on a thermal top underneath and I should be good to go!

I'll be sure to post out which combinations I use and how they worked. It's supposed to be 76 on Sunday, but it's supposed to storm too so most likely no riding.

I'm really excited about blogging on my new accessories and new adventures this riding season. More to come SOON!

Gearing up for riding season!

We went shopping during the 20% off sale at Harley in Appleton tonight. Ed got some new boots since he has no soles left on his other ones because he used to drag his feet a lot when riding, and I got a new helmet since my other one hurts my forehead.

I really like my old helmet better, but I can't take having a bruise on my forehead after every time I ride more than 30 minutes. Oh well, the new one is black and that's good enough for me. I actually picked the one that was on clearance and I didn't even know it!

It's supposed to rain quite a bit over the next week so hopefully the roads will get cleaned off and I can get some miles on the old girl soon! Come on spring!!

The riding bug is biting me!

Ah, it is finally March. According to the calendar, it will be spring in about 2 weeks. We're supposed to have a late winter storm tomorrow - rain, sleet, ice, snow. Damn you Mother Nature! I am really yearning to get the bike out and go. I saw someone on a crotch rocket in the parking lot at work today, it didn't even reach 40 here.

I am looking forward to the sale at Harley Davidson in Appleton next week! The sale runs from the 14th through the 20th. I have to get a new helmet because mine makes my forehead hurt really, really bad, and if we are going to ride to Florida, there is no way I can wear that thing all day, I actually get a bruise from it. Ed needs new boots too so we are going to take advantage of the awesome 20% off all things Harley sale. They have some cool new tank tops too, but I can't bring myself to pay $50 for a tank top, although, I do have that gift card from Christmas...

My bike is ready for spring!

I had my bike picked up & dropped off for it's 5K maintenance, so now it sits in the garage all clean and ready for spring. I also had heat demons installed under the grips since my hands are always cold, and I bought some new cold weather riding gloves in the fall so I should be good to go between the 2 of them, I hope!

I guess there was a problem with my front tire, it was cupping really bad, but Harley warrantied it so I got a new front tire for free! Yay!!

All I have to say now is COME ON SPRING!!!