January Thaw

After a brutally cold December, we just experienced the "January Thaw". To the best of my knowledge no temperature records were broken but we lost most of the snow and even the ice from the December ice storm.

With temperatures in the 40's it was very tempting to get out the motorbike and take a January ride. Water, sand and salt on the roads deterred me and my once-a-month riding streak going back to February '09 might be broken. Temperatures are taking a significant turn for the worse, unless you like snowmobiling or ice fishing in which case it would be a turn for the better. Back to the frozen Arctic tundra of central Maine with snow falling even as I write. No potential riding weather in the foreseeable future.

The melting snow and warm temperatures provided a window that enabled me to get my trailer out to the pavement. This had one very positive benefit. Douglas and I loaded his Bonneville onto the trailer and took it to Augusta and thus out of my garage. He's been looking for an opportunity have the folks at  Blouin Performance Center install some hardware.

The other plus was that we got to look at bikes. Douglas liked this one! What do you think?