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I am tracking my progress. I did an 11.3 mile ride from door to door after work today and then I did it again. Can any one guess?
Dave
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Yes, for the most part you are correct. It's not new but I have started riding a different kind of two wheels. So after my cycle ride I hop on one of the motorcycles to check the mileage. Best of both worlds. Yeah I know I could do it on my laptop but it isn't the same. I have a 15 miler on schedule for tomorrow after work.Hmmm... Maybe. Got a new bicycle, Dave? 11 miles would be about the right distance for a beginning cyclist.
Congrats and good luck with that. From what we've been hearing it may be 6 or 8 weeks before you ever see the saddlebags for the thing.Well, I put my money down on a 2013 FJR and am expecting it today or tomorrow. The delay is I am having them install the touring windshield. Local dealer was very helpful and accommidating with pricing, met the best price I could find on the net, added YES for $400, and didn't charge for the windshield upgrade. I received my GIVI SR357 yesterday and topcase, can't wait. Have a bunch of stuff to do before leaving July 8th for a trip out west for a few weeks. My son and grandson and I are going on an epic journey taking the new FJR and my old ST1300. I'll update here and at the ST-Owners after the trip on my imperfect comparison. More to follow.........
Yes, for the most part you are correct. It's not new but I have started riding a different kind of two wheels. So after my cycle ride I hop on one of the motorcycles to check the mileage. Best of both worlds. Yeah I know I could do it on my laptop but it isn't the same. I have a 15 miler on schedule for tomorrow after work.Hmmm... Maybe. Got a new bicycle, Dave? 11 miles would be about the right distance for a beginning cyclist.
Dave
The following email from my fellow bicycle rider last night. 12 mile ride in 95 degree weather. After the ride I Collapsed in my leather recliner for an hour.Dave,Yes, for the most part you are correct. It's not new but I have started riding a different kind of two wheels. So after my cycle ride I hop on one of the motorcycles to check the mileage. Best of both worlds. Yeah I know I could do it on my laptop but it isn't the same. I have a 15 miler on schedule for tomorrow after work.Hmmm... Maybe. Got a new bicycle, Dave? 11 miles would be about the right distance for a beginning cyclist.
Dave
What an excellent choice to have made. Kudos to you.
This past week during CFR I have realized what an enormous slug I have become over the past several years and have started thinking about my prior days of fit and vigor when I was riding a bike (the pedal type) every day, rather than the merely mind stimulating variety that we all love on this forum. I think that maybe getting myself into better bike riding shape will also get me into better motorbike riding shape.
I let my son take my Old's-cool road bike, a super sweet steel frame Fuji Team with full Shimano Ultegra components, to Vermont with him, And he is actually using it regularly so I don't want to be an Indian giver, but at this point I could easily make do with my old MT bike until my VO2 max gets high enough to even sustain a few high pace road miles.
I remember those early days of achievement, 10, 15, 20 miles per ride at first. Then more than once or twice a week at those mileages without getting the midnight leg cramps. After a few years I was riding 50-60 miles 2 or 3 times a week and my body fat had dropped to nearly nothing. I slept like a rock every night (when I wasn't cramping) and my BP and Cholesterol were never even a consideration.
Yeah... Why did I ever stop riding? You don't have to wear the silly spandex (unless you want to). And just think of how effortlessly you'll ber able to ride the Feej!
Yours was a great post for me. I really hope that I will allow myself to do the right thing and follow through.
Cheers bud! Maybe we'll ride together soon.
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