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Who's still riding? (Fall & Winter 2020 Edition)

Got out for a bit today. Evidently, I need a new rear brake pad.
 
First bigger group ride of the year. Southwood, through Bala to 38 over to Honey Harbour, played around on backroad near Midland etc.
14 adventure bikes, 3 T7's one of each colour. Fun day.
Pics from a break at the top of Southwood in the Torrance Barrens.
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Got out for a few hundie today.

Loving this early spring (knock on wood) and generally easy winter. I think I'm coming up on about 1000km for 2021 already.

Does anyone remember what the weather providers were saying about this past winter? I want to say I remember them saying it was going to be a long brutal cold winter with lots of snow.

At least Wiarton Willie got it right with the forecast of an early spring.
 
PrivatePilot said:
Got out for a few hundie today.

Loving this early spring (knock on wood) and generally easy winter. I think I'm coming up on about 1000km for 2021 already.

Does anyone remember what the weather providers were saying about this past winter? I want to say I remember them saying it was going to be a long brutal cold winter with lots of snow.

At least Wiarton Willie got it right with the forecast of an early spring.
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Lets be honest, they have absolutely no idea. Just need things to say for stories.
 
KWDRZ said:
Lets be honest, they have absolutely no idea. Just need things to say for stories.
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Indeed, it's just a hobby of mine comparing the forecasts to reality after the fact.

Oddly enough I've noticed a lot of the weather outfits tend to go back and sanitize their Facebook feeds of those sorts of posts when reality ends up different than their clickbait nonsense forecasts of 6 months ago. Methinks they got tired of people like me coming back and ribbing the **** out of them after the fact. lol
 
kurtrules said:
I got caught up at home, so couldn't leave before 12. Thus instead of the original plan, I went around the Niagara parkway. Tons of vehicles out on the road today. Good day to be out and about

Route:

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Nice, I was gonna do this exact route yesterday starting in caledon, but rode elsewhere instead. How did you get google maps to show the total kilometres for the route planning?
 
Nikola Tesla said:
Nice, I was gonna do this exact route yesterday starting in caledon, but rode elsewhere instead. How did you get google maps to show the total kilometres for the route planning?
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Had to change the brake pads this morning. Called a shop and got a set of pads, easy peasy. Squeezed the piston back using the old brake pad. Nice. Go to put the new pads on and the piston has extended back out. Took me a few minutes to figure out that when I had the bike in the shop for a going over and fluid change, they'd filled the reservoir to the full line, when the brakes were worn. How to turn a 15 minute job into a couple of hours. Simple solution was to eye dropper some brake fluid out of the reservoir. Long part was to get all of the tupperware off of the bike to get at that reservoir. Time for a ride, but after lunch now.

TLDR: Don't overfill your rear brake reservoir if it's hard to get at.
 
Baggsy said:
Had to change the brake pads this morning. Called a shop and got a set of pads, easy peasy. Squeezed the piston back using the old brake pad. Nice. Go to put the new pads on and the piston has extended back out. Took me a few minutes to figure out that when I had the bike in the shop for a going over and fluid change, they'd filled the reservoir to the full line, when the brakes were worn. How to turn a 15 minute job into a couple of hours. Simple solution was to eye dropper some brake fluid out of the reservoir. Long part was to get all of the tupperware off of the bike to get at that reservoir. Time for a ride, but after lunch now.

TLDR: Don't overfill your rear brake reservoir if it's hard to get at.
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Couldnt you use the bleeder to extract juice? Or you didnt want to chance it?
 
GreyGhost said:
Couldnt you use the bleeder to extract juice? Or you didnt want to chance it?
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Too stupid to think of something sensible like that. Always had the fluid changed at the shop, so I don't know my way around the bleeder. Just cleaned the top, opened it carefully, extracted a few ml of fluid. Closed her back up. Then again, I might have let it bleed out too much, and would then have to make another trip for a few ml of brake fluid.
 
Put on about 300 on the bike . Ridge road was nice and clean no salt or gravel in the corners . Niagara Parkway was nice except the street sweeper . It taking the dirt off the should putting it on the road . dropped by Balzak in Niagara on the lake for a great coffee . Chatted with a bylaw officer . She told me free parking for bikes . She also told me the weekends there are a complete zoo. With traffic for many blocks . With sidewalks packed elbow to elbow .
 
It's fricken supposed to snow again here in a couple of days.
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