What are you doing today?

[chimp koose]

Tom 36 , have a great day and congrats!

[Rrumbler]

Congratulations Tom and Mrs. Tom, that's a fairly elite club these days; we passed our 50 last October.

[jaybee]

It is a big accomplishment, and congratulations!

[Crosley.In.AZ]

Congrats on the number 50 anniversary


Swapped brake rotor on my Goldwing.  Kinda simple process once the bike is in the air.  Swap over the tone ring for the ABS.

I run a non motorcycle spec Michelin tire on the rear

[chimp koose]

crosley , non bike guy asking a bike question here. With the flatter tread face of the auto tire does the bike handle any different ? Does the bike weight play into that ?

[Carps]

Way to go Tom & Mrs Tom, that's one heckuva milestone, may there be many more.  

[Crosley.In.AZ]

crosley , non bike guy asking a bike question here. With the flatter tread face of the auto tire does the bike handle any different ? Does the bike weight play into that ?

The bike requires a bit different riding technique. Something an experienced  rider adapts to. I've had no problems in curves or tighter  twistys at speed

The car tire has a higher weight rating than a cycle tire. This Michelin is a Zero Pressure tire (run flat) . The tire has a stiffer sidewall.  Traction in rain and on loose surface is better than a cycle tire.

Plus about 3 times the mileage over a cycle tire. This tire has about 11k miles on it.  Still looks new.  My rear cycle tires on a Goldwing would last me about 12 - 13k miles.  Front cycle tire just replaced 2 weeks ago had 22k miles at a cost of 160 dollars with the wheel off the bike

[58 Yeoman]

A friend of mine put a car tire on the back of his Wing and loves it.  I still had a couple new cycle tires for mine, so I didn't get to try it.  When I sold mine in '13, the new unmounted tires went with it.

[tom36]

Congratulations. She could have done better, but you may have hidden assets  

Like the country song says, "I'm not as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I always was" :  
Thanks to all for the good wishes.  Tom...

[WZ JUNK]

At 66 I am nearly the youngest on my street.  Several families have someone ill or recovering from surgery.  I have cleaned off 6 driveways when we get snow.  I did them all this morning in two hours.  Thank god I bought a snow blower.  It was not a lot of snow but everyone needs to be able to get in and out in case of an emergency.

I am paying forward.

John

[kb426]

Yesterday was snow blower day for me. I'd kind of like to build a Tool Time style unit. How much power would be too much or just enough?

[58 Yeoman]

It's still snowing here, so I'm going to wait until I crank up the snowblower.

[enjenjo]

It's still snowing here, so I'm going to wait until I crank up the snowblower.

Same here. I hope this clears up quick, I am supposed to go to Montecello Il to pick up soda tuesday.

[phat46]

It's still snowing here, so I'm going to wait until I crank up the snowblower.

Same here. I hope this clears up quick, I am supposed to go to Montecello Il to pick up soda tuesday.

Frank, aren't you supposed to warm up by Tuesday?
We're going to get back to near normal temps by them, they are forecasting 36 for Tuesday! I just saw 32.4 on my thermometer, that's the first above freezing I have seen in about six weeks! That's also 65 degrees warmer than it was a week or so ago! 😄

[chimp koose]

KB426 I think the idea with snow blowers is to get just enough power to throw the snow back where it came from. No sense in moving it twice!