Greatest day of the year!

pirate · 03-29-2010, 08:01 PM

Christmas may be the most wonderful time of the year, but today is the greatest day of the year! Yep, another northener is out of hibernation! We hit 68 for a high here today, so after school I took the cover off the Nomad and unplugged the battery tender. After checking all fluids and the tire pressure, it fired up on the first try. Ah, what a great sound to hear after four months of silence! After a 20 mile trip up the highway, I came home and put on the set of lower saddlebag rails I bought on ebay and the 2" risers I got from Chuckster. Both went on easily and look great.
We're still in the time of the year where it'll be 70 one day and 40 the next, but at least the bike is out! Safe riding to all of you!

PC

lomax · 03-29-2010, 08:51 PM

Yep, it feels great to get that first ride of the year! Good on ya! :)

**Cajunrider** · 03-29-2010, 09:02 PM

Good for you guys.....What is hibernation???

Netnorske · 03-29-2010, 09:38 PM

Geez Ryan.....I opened this thread fully expecting to hear your Premeux Trunk finally arrived.....especially when you started off with something about Christmas....

;)!

Anyways....glad you finally got out for a spin. It's been great out here and I've been riding a ton!

stewdogg · 03-29-2010, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by prairie cruiser

Christmas may be the most wonderful time of the year, but today is the greatest day of the year! Yep, another northener is out of hibernation! We hit 68 for a high here today, so after school I took the cover off the Nomad and unplugged the battery tender. After checking all fluids and the tire pressure, it fired up on the first try. Ah, what a great sound to hear after four months of silence! After a 20 mile trip up the highway, I came home and put on the set of lower saddlebag rails I bought on ebay and the 2" risers I got from Chuckster. Both went on easily and look great.
We're still in the time of the year where it'll be 70 one day and 40 the next, but at least the bike is out! Safe riding to all of you!

PC

Good to hear you kicked the cob webs out!!! Spring is sweet!!!

stewdogg · 03-29-2010, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Cajunrider

Good for you guys.....What is hibernation???

That's cold blooded!!

**Cajunrider** · 03-29-2010, 09:50 PM

Sorry SD, couldn't help myself......

AlabamaNomadRider · 03-29-2010, 09:53 PM

I don't know what it is like to have that first ride of the year. I am with Mitch on the hibernation. With him in Louisiana and me in north Alabama we get to ride every month of the year. Glad it warmed up enough so you could get out and enjoy a ride. Maybe it won't be too long before you will be able to ride a lot more often.

stewdogg · 03-29-2010, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Cajunrider

Sorry SD, couldn't help myself......

So do you have any spare rooms between the months of Dec and April? Then I wouldn't have to know of this hibernation... I love crawfish!

pirate · 03-29-2010, 10:03 PM

As cold as it gets here during the winter, we love it, and it makes that first ride of the spring that much sweeter. There truly is nothing like spring here, as the birds return, the grass turns green, and the trees start to bud out. Life is good!

Kris: I'm still waiting on that Premeux trunk! The day that arrives, it will probably be Christmas Day, part deux!

**Idaho** · 03-29-2010, 10:58 PM

Pay no attention to those folks below the Mason-Dixon line. The heat of too many summers has done its damage and they can't help themselves.

Shaking off the winter for the first spin of spring is something they will never know or appreciate.

Happy Spring.

**Jared** · 03-29-2010, 11:45 PM

You had to wait until it was 68 degrees to wake her up!!!??

hammer · 03-30-2010, 01:10 AM

Yah Jared I was going to ask that. Way up north here in the Vancouver area, we can ride all year, some years. If you watched the Olympics we really did not have winter. Although I know I have to wait a bit after back surgery, it was killing me not being able to ride while the weather was so good.

So good on yah Prairie Cruiser. It's good to hear about those who can and are.

By the way, why do North Dakotans pronounce Pierre "Peer"?

redjay · 03-30-2010, 06:00 AM

I hope to get the bike out for the first time since October on Friday !!!

cyclecat · 03-30-2010, 07:26 AM

The first ride of the year reminds us of why we work. Anyone that does not experience that first ride of the year has no idea how fantastic it is.

03-29-2010, 08:01 PM	#1
pirate Sr. Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: North Dakota Posts: 1,865	Greatest day of the year! Christmas may be the most wonderful time of the year, but today is the greatest day of the year! Yep, another northener is out of hibernation! We hit 68 for a high here today, so after school I took the cover off the Nomad and unplugged the battery tender. After checking all fluids and the tire pressure, it fired up on the first try. Ah, what a great sound to hear after four months of silence! After a 20 mile trip up the highway, I came home and put on the set of lower saddlebag rails I bought on ebay and the 2" risers I got from Chuckster. Both went on easily and look great. We're still in the time of the year where it'll be 70 one day and 40 the next, but at least the bike is out! Safe riding to all of you! PC Login or Register to Remove Ads
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lomax Advanced Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Morinville, AB Posts: 904	Greatest day of the year! Yep, it feels great to get that first ride of the year! Good on ya! :) __________________ ________________________________ "lomax" 2014 Voyager Mike Donahue Morinville, AB VBA#17 "Every day above ground is a good one!" _________________________________
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03-29-2010, 09:02 PM	#3
Cajunrider Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: (SE Louisiana) Posts: 8,340	Greatest day of the year! Good for you guys.....What is hibernation??? __________________ 2016 Electra Glide Ultra Limited CVO Palladium Silver / Phantom Blue 110 cu in SE 2012 Electra Glide Ultra Limited (Traded 6/22/16) Tequila Sunrise / HD Orange Vance & Hines true dual headers Rinehart 4" slip ons Screamin Eagle Super Tuner Screamin Eagle Stage 1 intake Dyno tuned H.O.G.# 4514015 2007 Nomad 1600 (Traded 6/23/12) VBA #482
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03-29-2010, 09:38 PM	#4
Netnorske Top Contributor Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Everett, Washington Posts: 5,709	Greatest day of the year! Geez Ryan.....I opened this thread fully expecting to hear your Premeux Trunk finally arrived.....especially when you started off with something about Christmas.... ;)! Anyways....glad you finally got out for a spin. It's been great out here and I've been riding a ton! __________________ *Kris Olsen* VBA #0691 2017 HD Ultra Limited Low 2013 Victory Cross Country Tour 2012 1700 Vulcan Voyager 2008 1600 Vulcan Nomad 1997 Vulcan 800 Classic *"Growing old is mandatory,* *but growing up is optional"* Custer 2009\|Kalispell 2010\|Cortez 2010\|Crescent City 2011\|Kanab 2012\|Canmore 2012\|Estes Park 2013\|Orofino 2014\|Lake Tahoe 2015\|Red Lodge 2016
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Cajunrider Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: (SE Louisiana) Posts: 8,340	Greatest day of the year! Sorry SD, couldn't help myself...... __________________ 2016 Electra Glide Ultra Limited CVO Palladium Silver / Phantom Blue 110 cu in SE 2012 Electra Glide Ultra Limited (Traded 6/22/16) Tequila Sunrise / HD Orange Vance & Hines true dual headers Rinehart 4" slip ons Screamin Eagle Super Tuner Screamin Eagle Stage 1 intake Dyno tuned H.O.G.# 4514015 2007 Nomad 1600 (Traded 6/23/12) VBA #482
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03-29-2010, 09:53 PM	#8
AlabamaNomadRider Sr. Contributor Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Boaz, Alabama Posts: 13,742	Greatest day of the year! I don't know what it is like to have that first ride of the year. I am with Mitch on the hibernation. With him in Louisiana and me in north Alabama we get to ride every month of the year. Glad it warmed up enough so you could get out and enjoy a ride. Maybe it won't be too long before you will be able to ride a lot more often. __________________ Gene Cross, Jr. Boaz, Alabama KawaNOW/VBA #1181
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03-29-2010, 10:03 PM	#10
pirate Sr. Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: North Dakota Posts: 1,865	Greatest day of the year! As cold as it gets here during the winter, we love it, and it makes that first ride of the spring that much sweeter. There truly is nothing like spring here, as the birds return, the grass turns green, and the trees start to bud out. Life is good! Kris: I'm still waiting on that Premeux trunk! The day that arrives, it will probably be Christmas Day, part deux!
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03-29-2010, 10:58 PM	#11
Idaho Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Pocatello, Idaho Posts: 5,241	Greatest day of the year! Pay no attention to those folks below the Mason-Dixon line. The heat of too many summers has done its damage and they can't help themselves. Shaking off the winter for the first spin of spring is something they will never know or appreciate. Happy Spring. __________________ Idaho (aka Curmudgeon) Blue Knights Idaho III VBA #110 VROC #24864 IBA #49753 2007 Nomad 86,000 miles Bud Smalley Pocatello, Idaho Idaho Jack Adapter
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Jared Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Greeley, Colorado Posts: 6,772	Greatest day of the year! You had to wait until it was 68 degrees to wake her up!!!?? __________________ Jared VBA #1051 (Former President)
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03-30-2010, 01:10 AM	#13
hammer Sr. Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,329	Greatest day of the year! Yah Jared I was going to ask that. Way up north here in the Vancouver area, we can ride all year, some years. If you watched the Olympics we really did not have winter. Although I know I have to wait a bit after back surgery, it was killing me not being able to ride while the weather was so good. So good on yah Prairie Cruiser. It's good to hear about those who can and are. By the way, why do North Dakotans pronounce Pierre "Peer"? __________________ Hammer aka CrocHammer KawaNow#00988, VROC#26389, VR#2202 Abbotsford, BC, Canada 2006 Black Nomad
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redjay Top Contributor Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ontario Posts: 6,930	Greatest day of the year! I hope to get the bike out for the first time since October on Friday !!!
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cyclecat Advanced Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Magrath, Alberta Posts: 648	Greatest day of the year! The first ride of the year reminds us of why we work. Anyone that does not experience that first ride of the year has no idea how fantastic it is.
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