Where did you ride today?

Unfortunately I wasn't able to ride today cause looks like Covid finally reached me.
My tinnitus is also getting worse these days and i urgently need to see an ear doctor Staten Island these days.
I hope he will find the reasons behind my awful tinnitus and will be able to fix it somehow.
 
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Snow coming tonight until after lunch tomorrow with rain or drizzle after that in temps around 25F. Up to 5 inches of fluffy white stuff in my neighborhood before the freezing drizzle. Needed a few groceries for the grandkid who will be here tomorrow. So rode the bike to the store 3 miles away. Actually I rode 11 miles to get there and another 8 miles to get home after there. Total of 19 miles. The temp was mostly around 30F before it started dropping at the end. Would have liked to ride farther but can't leave the 12 week old puppy in the crate for too long and he was already playing outside the crate for awhile before I left.
 
I made it to Andalusia ALABAMA today. What a nice name, Andalusia. I stopped by the Honda store (Jackson Honda???). I don't know how a place can stay open with the small number of bikes they have for sale. Maybe 15 street bikes and 25 small dirt bikes and a few 4X4's. I guess the shop makes the money there. Oh and the 40 generators they had for sale too. That little Trail 125 ($4,100) looks interesting just too small for much GO type riding which I like to do mainly.

It appears winter is over around here. The Long leaf Pine trees have all dropped their HUGE eggs and appear ready for summer. I say that but then I see more eggs up in the Long Leaves.

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Since we STILL have 2 cars, a Rav4 and Legacy, we STILL don't drive one enough to keep the battery charged. I keep reminding my wife that we only really need ONE vehicle but she's paranoid about that once every several years time when we both need to drive 4 wheels someplace. Although I could say that's a once every never time now since I retired. I never HAVE to go someplace that I can't wait until she brings one of the cars home first. And if we both HAVE to go someplace it's almost always to the same place so we just take ONE car anyway.

Last week I went out to the Legacy to reset something on the dash and it wouldn't let me get to the option. The dash did light up. But that was the car that had not been used for over a week. I turned the car off then on again and everything went blank. No lights on the dash or anywhere else. I plugged in my 1.25 amp Battery Tender and it showed a depleted battery so I let it sit to recharge. It wasn't until the next day that it finally showed full charge so I then unplugged the BT thinking I would put it back on the lawn tractor. I decided to wait for a time. Later that night I plugged in the BT to the Legacy again and again it showed depleted and took almost 6 hours to recharge. I did this same cycle waiting two hours before plugging in the BT again and again the battery was depleted. That shouldn't happen. So I went to Batteries Plus and replaced the 4+ years old battery. I also left my bigger BT plugged into the Legacy since it would be sitting for another week while my wife was visiting Florida (getting away from cold and snow here). The guy at Batteries Plus as well as many other sources of information said that with most cars on the road today it is not uncommon for the battery to deplete in a week or week and a half. I guess due to all the phantom loads constantly draining the battery. Sounds just like my AK 550 with how the battery is drawn down in a week or so.

Anyway, that was the long story that leads up to this one...
I rode the AK today to go to Lowe's and buy another Battery Tender Jr. The had the 750 mA model for $5 less than Amazon or Walmart. Walmart has the 800 mA model for $1 more than Lowe's. But I also get a military 10% off at Lowe's so I rode my bike there. Then I rode to Arby's to get lunch using a gift card I have for there. All together the trip SHOULD have been 4 miles. I took just over 17 miles to get there and back. :) I put the new BT on my wife's scooter. I kept the first BT Jr on my AK. I put the 1.25 A BT on the Legacy. And I also have an older AccuMate battery maintainer that is 1.2 A that I put on the Rav4 since I wasn't driving that much. When my wife returns tonight she'll be driving that one almost every day so I'll move the AccuMate maintainer to the lawn tractor.

Oh, and almost all the snow we had 3 days ago has melted. Just a little bit along fence lines in the shade and where the plows piled it up. 6 inches gone in 3 days. :)
 
Saturday, tried to do a half loop of the Chesapeake Bay, (cross at Annapolis) there was no way to avoid the incoming storms. Went out to the ocean and turned south. I love the beach in the winter.
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Sunday, Some back country roads to Hawk Mountain Sanctuary. Not many stops, trying to keep my but in the seat to see if I get uncomfortable. The roads were twisty and empty, quite a lovely day.

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FINALLY feeling much much better after last week being down with Covid-19 I got out on the bike. My wife handed me a few bags of baby stuff to drop off at the church (all our grand babies are growing up) and also had a dental appointment. Also, it is expected to snow overnight again and then rain right after and then snow all day Thursday so... snow/ice/snow again.

I keep the bike plugged into a Battery Tender Jr any time it is parked in the garage so it is ready at a moment's notice. I also keep one of the cars plugged into a bigger Battery Tender since at least one just sits for several weeks at a time. And also my JD lawn tractor (anyone want to buy a JD X300? Just want to downsize and it's more than I need for 1/3 acre) as well as my wife's Metropolitan scooter.

I started out heading the long way to the church. Then I had at least 30 minutes to kill so took the long way from the church to the dentist office. The church was west of home and dentist is east of home. Stayed mostly out of the city but still on slower country and new development suburb roads (read: no traffic to speak of). Ended up with about 36 miles. Felt good to be out on 2 wheels again even if it wasn't a long distance. Also felt good to hear the dentist tell me nothing needs to be done this time around.
 
Good to read Bob. I made a little trip to Rural King store up in Dothan ALABAMA!

I sure hope nobody up north or in the mountains or in Califonia Sierra's......uh it was 85 degrees out riding today. Mesh jacket and I still sweat a little under the helmet.
 
Camping in the Keys ...

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Glad I have my electrics...

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Tom
 
Hound said:
Only to my customary riverside bikers' café . It was teeming with Harleys, BMWs and Triumphs; mine was the only Honda there when I arrived, although an NC750X showed up later.

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I love to park my V-STROM in the Harley row.Back it in,put it on centre stand..Kinda takes their exclusivity away.
 
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