My new PC and last ride

[Rocky]

Two weeks ago my old PC with a small HD and Windows XP finally gasped its "almost" last. The cooling fan was failing and the HD was so full the PC would barely operate.
I took it to the shop, and they said they could patch it up for a price, but highly recommended buying a new PC because what I had was so antiquated.
At first I opted for the patch-up, but then got to thinking that the time had finally come to bite the bullet and upgrade.
I shopped around and found an HP i7 Pavilion model with the upgraded Windows 8 OS and a large flat screen bundled with it. It wasn't cheap, but man oh man, does this thing ever work great!!!!!
And all this time I thought what I had was pretty good. It was junk compared to what I have now.
W8 will be a learning process, but at least I have a little more PC/internet knowledge now than I did 20 years ago when I first started.
During the down time I borrowed a laptop and was able to stay in touch with TT.

Today is the last scheduled ride for the vintage bike club and I plan to take in the ride.
I just did a walk-around on the T100 and it started after three tries. It hasn't been run in two weeks and has been sitting in the cold unheated garage all this time.
I've already put away the vintage bikes and the other two will soon follow.
Because of my wife's health I haven't been riding at all since 1 September. I think I was out twice.
September and October can be great times for riding (Indian summer), and I was sorry to lose the time this year, but family comes first.
If I take any pictures today worth sharing, I'll post them later.

 

[Bonnie79D]

Hi Rocky.
I can sympethise with you. I put my bike away 13 years ago because of my wifes health.
Hope you have a great ride.

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[hemibee]

Hope you have a great final ride. Man, it seems like just last week you were getting them out for the first ride of the year.

New 'puters sure can make a difference especially when it's been a few years since the last upgrade. Have fun with it this winter.

I hope your wife's health improves greatly over the coming days.


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[Rocky]

Thanks for the good wishes hemi

22 bikes showed up for the last ride. It was a beautiful sunny day at 15C(60F).

Here we are at the meeting place.


A couple of BSA's you've seen before, but maybe not the Triumph T100S.


We rode inland away from the cold ocean to a small village with a good restaurant and had lunch. Along the way we stopped for a butt rest.


A nice Triumph TRW; a very nice Norton and the T100S.


The fall foliage along the way was very colourful, but I was the only one with a camera, and with 22 bikes, it was impossible to pull the entire group over just for a picture - and risk the wrath of 21 riders
This was the last club ride on the schedule for 2013, but most of the bikes will still be on the road for a few weeks yet. It all depends on the weather.

 

[hemibee]

 

[devo]

Great report Rocky.
Strange thing is,I dragged the boat out from under its covers yesterday and readied it for the summer and I thought of you preparing your bikes for the winter.It would seem that at this time of year our weather is similar,but the prospects are opposite.
I am hoping your wife improves soon,winter is an awfull time to be sick.

 

[Rocky]

Thanks devo

 

[DaveM]

Rocky looks like you guys had a good turnout for your ride, some really nice bikes in your club. We at least you have a nice COOL new PC to keep you busy this winter

 

[Rocky]

Rocky looks like you guys had a good turnout for your ride, some really nice bikes in your club. We at least you have a nice COOL new PC to keep you busy this winter

Yes it will. W8 is so different from XP and it's a bit bewildering to sort through.

The turnout for the ride was very good and we had a great day for it.

 

[DaveM]

Don't worry in a few month you will be so into Win8 you will not even notice it

 

[Rocky]

Don't worry in a few month you will be so into Win8 you will not even notice it

Yes, that's what I expect will happen - at least I hope so

 

[harper6t]

It seems strange that you are packing up for the winter, we ride all year round, but just yesterday on a club run, one of the guys mentioned that this might be the last run he does for a while as the weather will be getting too hot in the next few weeks. Lots of smoke from some hellish bushfires here over the weekend and as I look out the window I can see fairly thick smoke again.
Nice bikes on the run, love the Triumph TRW not too many of them about.

 

[CarlS]

Rocky, congrats on the new PC. Thanks for the pics. That looks it was a great last ride for the season.