This Is the Longest I've Gone Without Riding Since I Started

[RockBottom]

Two weeks. Someone remind me again what those pedal things do.

[Paul Mihalka]

In-between $hitty weather there are always some nice ridable days, just watch for leftover ice - OTOH I'm sure I don't have to tell you that...

[RockBottom]

It's a combination of the ice, gravel and me getting a five month old Doberman puppy that goes ballistic whenever I'm out of his sight.

[Bernie]

It's a combination of the ice, gravel and me getting a five month old Doberman puppy that goes ballistic whenever I'm out of his sight.

 

Well, that means it is time to get a sidecar, you can take the dog along and it handles ice and snow better then a bike alone.

Growing up in Germany, my friends father would hookup his sidecar every fall, for the winter riding season. This worked great, except the first stop in the spring, after removing the car. He always forget and would fall over.

[Bullitt]

Sorry guys, riding at least four days a week here in Arizona. If you don't mind some heat and a very occasional rain you could ride every day of the year.

[RockBottom]

It's a combination of the ice, gravel and me getting a five month old Doberman puppy that goes ballistic whenever I'm out of his sight.

 

Well, that means it is time to get a sidecar, you can take the dog along and it handles ice and snow better then a bike alone.

Growing up in Germany, my friends father would hookup his sidecar every fall, for the winter riding season. This worked great, except the first stop in the spring, after removing the car. He always forget and would fall over.

 

I thought about that. I'd prefer that he be housebroken before riding the sidecar though. It's hard enough dodging horse pies when I ride through Amish country.

 

 

 

 

 

[Rougarou]

I thought about that. I'd prefer that he be housebroken before riding the sidecar though. It's hard enough dodging horse pies when I ride through Amish country.

 

 

 

 

 

Sweet looking dog, five months old and not housebroken yet? I had my rottie done in less than a week. She's 130+lbs now and 3.5 yrs old.

 

On the riding, I think I've gone four days without riding since I started back up two years ago. That doesn't include work trips, if we include those, two weeks is the longest.

 

BTW, my rottie, I can shoot her with my finger and she falls (lays slowly) on her side. She keeps her head up, and you have to shoot her again, then she'll lay her head down and be dead. The initial training took her about 20 minutes to grasp, now its a point and shoot.

[RockBottom]

The housebreaking is taking a little longer than normal because he was purchased when he was little by an older lady who brought him back when he got bigger and was too much to handle. So he was back at the kennel where they just put shredded newspaper in the run. He does fine overnight in his "den" (our laundry room) but hasn't figured out that the "den" rules apply to the whole house.

 

I hope to get in a couple of hours of riding Saturday. The big problem is that we had snow last weekend so there is a huge amount of Highway Department gravel on the roads. That can be treacherous in the curves and keeps me off of isolated roads all together.

[Rougarou]

The housebreaking is taking a little longer than normal because he was purchased when he was little by an older lady who brought him back when he got bigger and was too much to handle. So he was back at the kennel where they just put shredded newspaper in the run. He does fine overnight in his "den" (our laundry room) but hasn't figured out that the "den" rules apply to the whole house.

 

I hope to get in a couple of hours of riding Saturday. The big problem is that we had snow last weekend so there is a huge amount of Highway Department gravel on the roads. That can be treacherous in the curves and keeps me off of isolated roads all together.

 

Ahh, I see. I'm sure you already know this, but, feed go outside, water, go outside, play, go outside, when in doubt, go outside.

 

Also, I did a bad thing when training mine in that I taught her to scratch the door. Bad, bad, bad. Now, I cannot break her of that habit. If you can, since the dog is still in his infancy, get some sort of other signal that the dog can use. I bought the doggie doorbell's in hopes of breaking her of the scratch the door habit, but she just didn't pick up on it.

 

We do have patience with animals. Both of our cats are toilet trained,...no litter boxes in the house at all and we even bought an automatic flusher for the cats.

 

Good luck on the weekend ride!

[CVA-42]

I guess the longest I've ever gone without riding in the past 42 years has been right around 21 days. I had open heart surgery in late 2000 and I had a long list 0f Do's and Don'ts to follow afterward. Motorcycling was not on the list at all. Admittedly, kind of stupid to climb back on a bike three weeks after that kind of surgery. Maybe it's a State record of some kind. At least a County record...

[ESokoloff]

Sooo, this begs the question....

Is NOT ridding a motorcycle dangerous

[Paul Mihalka]

For the last 30 years or so the longest time without riding was never over one week, unless there was a serious reason. Good reasons: Mostly non-riding vacations with my best friend Maria. Bad reasons: Bike problems, never over two weeks except when my bike burned up and had to get another one - don't ask. Body problems, like broken bones. Longest was four years ago when a bike fell on my leg in the showroom and gave me a tibial plateau fracture. About 4 month

[RockBottom]

Here's a new experience: the dog locked me out of the house this morning. When he wants to go out, he paws the door leading from the kitchen to the garage. I'd gone out and I guess he wanted to follow. By pawing the knob, he locked it. I didn't even have a cell phone with me but luckily I'd stashed a spare key in the garage.

[lkraus]

Sooo, this begs the question....

Is NOT ridding a motorcycle dangerous

 

Don't laugh.

 

Personally, I find not riding to be damaging to my mental health. Most winters, weather and road conditions prevent riding from December to March. I find I become listless and depressed.

 

Fortunately, this has been a very mild winter, and I've been able to ride at least weekly, and that has been enough to say LIFE IS GOOD!