What To Do As Riding Season Is Over?

[Arctic Fox]

Here people normally freak out when we have a bit of rain, not sure what this snow stuff is that you all talking about

Snow? Something which makes people excellent drivers? Kalle Rovanperä took today his 2 World Rally Championship (WRC). He was the youngest champion ever last year (22). Now this is his 2 title. There is still one rally to come (this year) but nobody can catch him anymore (points). Time will tell how many championships he will win.

 

[DaveM]

You get it on the mountaintops over in Western Cape. IIRC Cape Town CBD got a Raleigh NC-style dusting a few years ago. It was front page news down there. I think the Ceres AO is about the only place in RSA that gets regular snow.

When I was still at school it was not unheard of to get a light dusting of snow in town. I can remember riding my scrambler in snow the one year not a fun thing to do.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjmwdhJ6Ea4

 

[Vector]

It never snows here in town, it stays on the mountains where it looks nice.

 

[Greyfell]

I live west coast ... one idea of mine has been to ride east ... as close as I can get the border zone and then ride up north. (Ilomantsi-Lieksa-Kuhmo-Kuusamo- Salla yms.

On your map, I saw the town of Ylivieska. I wondered if it was founded by a long forgotten relative of mine, as that looks like a misspelling of my surname, Ylvisaker. However, after reading about the town on Wikipedia, I found it is not such an old town, maybe 60 years old. Interesting!

 

[RockyDS]

My bikes are parked for the winter - probably until late March or April. My biggest problem in the spring is getting over compacted snow on the rural back road where I live out to the highway. Usually riders who live in town are out before me.

Deer tracks in the snow where they steal the birdseed.

I make knives in the winter.

 

[sikatri]

On your map, I saw the town of Ylivieska. I wondered if it was founded by a long forgotten relative of mine, as that looks like a misspelling of my surname, Ylvisaker. However, after reading about the town on Wikipedia, I found it is not such an old town, maybe 60 years old. Interesting!

New town, but not a misspelling. Yli means upper, above or over. LoL. Interesting surname though. I forget, but is your family from Norway or Sweden?

 

[Greyfell]

is your family from Norway

Yes, Sogndal and Fardal, Norway.

 

[Arctic Fox]

Yes, Sogndal and Fardal, Norway.

Kan du snakke/skrive norsk ? Bokmål eller Nynorsk ?
Nordmenn forstår alltid 100% min finlandsvenske (dialekt), men jeg forstår dem ikke alltid .
Beklager, norsken min er litt ''svak''.

 

[Rocky]

Like RockyDS, my bikes are parked for the winter which is quite normal for me this time of year. I rolled the last one inside yesterday.
It's not winter yet, but the day temps are getting cooler every day and not really fun to ride in the cold air off the north Atlantic Ocean.
Many of my buddies still hang on for a few weeks in case there is a decent day to ride, but it's not worth it to me.
Those of you who live in warmer areas, enjoy your rides and be safe.

 

[Greyfell]

Kan du snakke/skrive norsk ? Bokmål eller Nynorsk ?
Nordmenn forstår alltid 100% min finlandsvenske (dialekt), men jeg forstår dem ikke alltid .
Beklager, norsken min er litt ''svak''.

I can, at the elementary school level. Google translate helps me a lot.

 

[PINTE]

Do you think that our generations will have different expectations and attitudes against work vs earlier ones? I come from rural area and even from small farm. I'm hardly any kind of average person today. I rode tractor (illegally) as a child age and I did some other things (being on fields, helping with animals etc.). Then I first time worked in my own area (summertime, while my studing years), they commended my active attitude.

I have noticed that a lot of those I have trained, they have no sense of urgency. Also, they don't put into practice things I have shown them. They will not even try to get a 100% end result.

As for working on a farm, I was raised in the city but I spent a few weeks every summer working at Ron and Harry's farm. Their mom was in charge of the farm and she would feed us well. They would pay me one or two dollars for the work I did on any day. For someone 12 years old, that was a lot of money. Ron showed me how to run one of the old tractors they had. So kids driving tractors is not illegal.
I still hate that pony that kept biting me in the back.

 

[Capers]

I’m still kind of in denial in SouthEast British Columbia. Got out the other day for a decent blast down the road, pretty happy about that.

When winter does get here it’s all about skiing for this guy…but I am starting to think about a snow bike to get further into the backcountry. Some of the places I ride the Scrambler would be neat to see in the winter.

 

[sikatri]

Interesting experiences, illegal depends on jurisdiction, just a side note.

 

[CanadaJack]

Hunting camp for a month then off to Mexico for the winter. Life is good!

 

[Arctic Fox]

There is -10C outside and 50cm snow ,,, but next weekend we will have the first sign of next riding season

MP 24 Motorcycle Show | 2–4 Feb 2024 | Helsinki

 

[Qship]

Bike shows help chase away the Winter Blues.
Hope you enjoy it.

 

[Capers]

Its been a strange one in the southeast corner of British Columbia as well. I put the Scrambler back on the road in January and got a couple of riding days in. One so far in February. Skiing has been pretty dismal this year, been out maybe a dozen times in the last two months. The Finnish Forest skis I bought for deep snow in more remote backcountry are largely untested due to a light snowpack. If I’d had any inkling as to how mild the winter was going to be I might have gone for snow tires on the Scrambler.

 

[Arctic Fox]

I started to prepare my Tiger for the next riding season (and do things I had planned to do). No worries, there is still lots of time for May...


What I did this weekend?

* Tiger got new rear brake pads. Other old pad still had some surface but another was pretty much finished.

* Full syntetic motor oil (10W - 40 oil), Triumph's oil filter and new sump washer.

* Original black tank has now removed from the bike. I followed a Youtube video step by step

* Original black mud guard removed and green one installed.

I'm waiting for the new seals to the fuel pump module and the fuel filler cap. I also ordered new screws (torx) to the pump module and the new location plate (pump). Perhaps those two last ones were not needed, but I did what I did . As they have arrived (ordered from UK) then I'll try to remove the pump etc. parts from the original black fuel tank and install them to the mat green tank. There is some fuel in that black tank. What is the best way to get that away (to the fuel canister)? Put tank upside down? Remove the pump system (as now it is up) and then turn the tank around?

PS: Do not laugh about the place. That is one warehouse of my parents's farm, not a fancy motorcycle garage. But it is a dry place and the temperature inside will stay over +10C also now winter time. Lots of room too

 

[Rocky]

You should be able to drain the gas through the petcock. That's how I do it.
If you intend to use the petcock on the new tank, then you can drain the tiny bit that may be left when the petcock is removed.
Nobody will laugh at your workplace. It's great that you have such a place. It's not the place you have to work in, it's the work that is done there.
Good job you are doing

 

[Capers]

I’d be pretty happy to have a space like that to work on the Scrambler. I’m looking at enlarging my little shop this summer to allow for more room to manoeuvre in there next winter. The floor is currently covered in wax shavings from doing a few pairs of skis this week.

Ordered new Shinkos for The Scrambler, the Tourances are down to the wear bars.