was First Ride, now fork seal cleaner tool & back to first ride.

Wed May 15 16:13:39 PDT 2013

Rickard Olsson,  aren't you the Scandinavian lad who lost his 
virginity in the back of a fiord and your Saab has never forgiven you.

Jim

On Wednesday 15/05/2013 at 12:28 pm, Rickard Olsson  wrote:
> I've always though of Jim as Mr. Marilyn as opposed to the other way
> 'round. ;-)
>
> / Richie (you may call me Mr. Sara from now on)
>
> On 2013-05-15 17:11, Arthur Robinson wrote:
>>
>> I'm sure relieved to receive this e-mail... When I got the reply from 
>> Mr. Jim, a single "A", I wondered if I had insulted him and the "A" 
>> was the start of an insulting one word transmission.
>>
>> Always good to hear from you Mr. Jim and please send my best wishes to 
>> Mrs. Jim (Marilyn).
>>
>> Art in TO
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gpzlist-bounces at micapeak.com 
>> [mailto:gpzlist-bounces at micapeak.com] On Behalf Of masonjs at nrtco.net
>> Sent: May-15-13 10:42 AM
>> To: Art Robinson
>> Subject: RE: was First Ride, now fork seal cleaner tool & back to 
>> first ride.
>>
>> It was 4C (40F) when I left Port Elmsley at 8:45 pm.  When I dropped 
>> down alongside the mighty Mississippi at Pakenham I thought I got shot 
>> by Mr. Freeze of
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday 15/05/2013 at 10:15 am, Arthur Robinson  wrote: Batman 
>> fame.  When I arrived home at 10:10 pm both thermometers were at
>> 0C/32F.   If you're out and about near here.  The Bogie end of the
>> Calabogie road is more tar snake than asphalt.  Due to the heavy snow 
>> load of snow we got this past winter the local snow removal crews were 
>> very generous with the sand.  Since we haven't had much rain it's 
>> still on the paved back roads making the corners very trecherous.
>> The V strom's suspension has it all over the GPz for our frost heaved 
>> pot holed roads here in Ontario but I still miss the jet engine  wail 
>> of that 4 cylinder when it winds up.
>> Now to check out a few yard sales this summer in hopes of finding a 
>> good pair of snowmobile mitts.  Hey its my Scots nature.  You get a 
>> far better deal on winter stuff in July than January.  I have a pair 
>> of $5.00 magnesium snow shoes that were $299.99 at Mountain Co-op.  If 
>> I want a cheap snow machine I'd shop now.
>> Sorry about that last email.  This new lap top fires off stuff when it 
>> feels like it.
>>
>> Jim
>>>
>>> Nice account Mr. Jim and you're still made of pretty stout stuff....
>>> However
>>> the memory could be a little better... Got colder in the
>>> evening...4 C, Surprise!
>>>
>>> Art in TO (who hasn't even been out yet!)
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: gpzlist-bounces at micapeak.com
>>> [mailto:gpzlist-bounces at micapeak.com] On Behalf Of masonjs at nrtco.net
>>> Sent: May-14-13 10:56 PM
>>> To: Art Robinson
>>> Subject: Re: was First Ride, now fork seal cleaner tool & back to
>>> first ride.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I got out on my first ride of the season today.
>>> It was a spur of the moment thing.  My wife and her sister had gone to
>>> a 65th birthday and retirement dinner for our brother in law in Port
>>> Elmsley about 175 km (110 miles away.  I cut the lawn and thought hell
>>> I'm up for a free prime rib dinner I'll take the bike.  First I had to
>>> find it under a mountain of yard sale crap.  Added air to the tires
>>> lubed the chain then went to get my gear.  I found Levi my labrador
>>> had eaten  my left cold weather glove.   All I could find was my right
>>> hand skidoo glove.  I fpound a pair of elk skin gloves that I  from
>>> Steve Northrup.  It was 16C (62F) I figured these'll do.  Not thinking
>>> I'd be returning in of the evening.
>>> It was a beautiful day so I rode over to Calabogie and took 511 the
>>> Lanark road..  50 km of twisties.  After 3 hours I managed to make it
>>> to Port Elmsley and supper.  By the time I was ready to leave the
>>> temperature was 4c (40F).  I had packed long underwear but not my
>>> electric vest.  I scrounged a pair of snowmobile mitts from the host
>>> and took off.  The darker it got the colder it got.  A stop for gas
>>> and 1.5 hours later I pulled in the driveway.
>>> Both my knee caps were nearly frozen.  I've had this before and
>>> dropped my old Yamaha 650 twin in Kirkland Lake when I stopped and my
>>> frozen knees wouldn't move .  I remembered this and as I rolled into
>>> town I removed my feet from the pegs and moved my legs around .
>>> I'll have to install my heated grips.  I'm glad I had the mitts.
>>> Still a cold ride is better than no ride.
>>>
>>>
>>> Jim
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