Yearly Goal met, and re-set

[Sam Mac_imp]

58 on CB this afternoon, 44 this eve on the ST out to dinner with my wife so another 102 knocked off towards new goal.

1671 to go.

Also see Haystack entered his miles finally so I am chasing him again lol

Your my hero!

[the Ferret]

Lol 125 miles on ST today and turned over 80,000 miles on it.

Tomorrow I ride the CB over to my brothers and we are going to check plugs and air cleaner and replace if necessary

1546 miles to go

[the Ferret]

Will probably be updating this and re-setting a mileage goal again soon.

Today was day 274 of riding this year for me. Did 43 on the CB and 30 on the ST (after sticking in a new battery) putting me at 21,955 miles this year. Only 45 miles from my updated goal, which should be met tomorrow ... so will need to raise the mileage goal again. Probably another thousand since days are getting colder and rides are getting shorter.

23,000 is a decent number to raise it to.

With 49 days left in the year I need to ride 34 of them to meet my other goal of 308 days ridden in the year which the Aerostitch catalog says is possible for this area.

This is fun! Lol

[emptysea]

Congratulations. Good luck on meeting your 308 days goal. If accomplished, I think you should reward yourself with a 'Stitch suit.

[Ulvetanna_imp]

I set a goal every year to ride x amt of miles and then up it if/when the goal is met. This years goal was 20,000 miles and I met that on yesterday's ride with Empty Sea. 20,089 when I rolled into the garage last night to be exact. That's in 245 days of riding so an average of 82 miles every time I throw a leg over the seat.

New goal with 2 1/2 months to go in year 22,000


Toward that end, today,I rode 2 times . Rode the CB 35 curvy miles this morning solo, then wife and I took ST out to dinner and then the long way home for another 103 miles.

77 days to go 1773 miles to meet new goal

Does anyone else set riding goals?

Not miles, just the kind of riding, types of bikes I wanted to own, and places I wanted to go. I already met all those goals, the only goal I have, if it is a goal, is to ride well and ride often, and to keep in contact with the racetrack several times a year. I really only do about 6-8 track days a year and the bike sits in the trailer when not ridden. But it makes a huge difference.

I just get into whatever bike causes the spirit to move me, lately it's been the CB1100 and I got a few more mods to go, OEM engine guards on the way, s/steel rear brake line to round out the front brakes and clutch lines. It's a rider's bike, nothing special visually.

If I get 6-700 track miles in that's a good year. Street miles, it has been around 16,000 year here lately.

The CB1100 will be the first bike I ride when I am able to get back on it safely.

I just don't like "press on regardless" goals because I have found it tempts one to ride when maybe it's not a good idea, fatigue, weather, etcetera can change everything.

But then again the traffic conditions where I live are extremely demanding right out of the gate.

A few weeks ago I rode around in the rain in pretty heavy traffic, it was an exercise in concentration. I really did get caught out, thought it was just a bit of drizzle but turned into a real rainstorm.

[the Ferret]

Yea I dont have a "press on regardless" type goal as say an Iron Butt contestant would. If conditions are not favorable I don't ride. For example looking at my log in January I missed 13 days. I rode the first 7 days. On the 8th it rained and I didnt ride. I rode on the 9th. On the 10 th it snowed and I missed 4 days. Rode on the 14 th. Rained the 15 th didnt ride. Rode 16-19 th. On 20 th, 22 and 23 rd it snowed and I missed 7 days in a row. Got back on the road on the 27 th and rode the rest of the month.

In Feb I missed 9 days in a row to snow from 9 th to 17 th, but only missed 2 other days that month.

At 66 I still love riding, but not going to take any extraordinary chances because frankly I don't want to get hurt. It would suck big time at my age.
Getting in an hours ride a day when conditions are tolerable is a good goal for a retired guy. Gives me something to look forward to and something to make me want to get out of bed in the morning.

Riding around a race track at speed has it's own dangers even under limited risk conditions. It's not like no one evr gets hurt on a race track, other wise there would be no use for medical personell or ambulances that are omnipresent in those venues. I raced motocross for 10 years, much lower speeds than on a road race course, everyone going same direction, marshals in corners to warn of dangers, yet we still made use of the ambulance upon occassion. I imagine trying to drop your best personal lap time by a second would be an equivalent danger to daily riding, where you push yourself to do a little more than you normally would, even though it ups the risk factor a bit.

We all need some carrots dangled in front of us at times, to make life interesting.

[Ulvetanna_imp]

Yea I dont have a "press on regardless" type goal as say an Iron Butt contestant would. If conditions are not favorable I don't ride. For example looking at my log in January I missed 13 days. I rode the first 7 days. On the 8th it rained and I didnt ride. I rode on the 9th. On the 10 th it snowed and I missed 4 days. Rode on the 14 th. Rained the 15 th didnt ride. Rode 16-19 th. On 20 th, 22 and 23 rd it snowed and I missed 7 days in a row. Got back on the road on the 27 th and rode the rest of the month.

In Feb I missed 9 days in a row to snow from 9 th to 17 th, but only missed 2 other days that month.

At 66 I still love riding, but not going to take any extraordinary chances because frankly I don't want to get hurt. It would suck big time at my age.
Getting in an hours ride a day when conditions are tolerable is a good goal for a retired guy. Gives me something to look forward to and something to make me want to get out of bed in the morning.

Riding around a race track at speed has it's own dangers even under limited risk conditions. It's not like no one evr gets hurt on a race track, other wise there would be no use for medical personell or ambulances that are omnipresent in those venues. I raced motocross for 10 years, much lower speeds than on a road race course, everyone going same direction, marshals in corners to warn of dangers, yet we still made use of the ambulance upon occassion. I imagine trying to drop your best personal lap time by a second would be an equivalent danger to daily riding, where you push yourself to do a little more than you normally would, even though it ups the risk factor a bit.

We all need some carrots dangled in front of us at times, to make life interesting.

All very true. I never look at lap times, I used to a little and then realized I wasn't having fun.

That motocross to me is more dangerous and demanding than anything. I had a 1986 CR250R, never raced but rode desert a lot on that bike, it was a wild machine. I got a nice helicopter ride one time, got lucky and managed to recover from those injuries for the most part. All that pounding and banging and abuse to the body, they say motocross racing is the most physically demanding sport in the world and I believe it. Rick Johnson and Bob Hannah were some pretty good racers.

I really did used to try that Iron Butt stuff and did a Saddlesore ride once. Afterwards I was cured of any notions that long distance riding was a good idea. Fatigue, being in a hurry, speeding, not a good mix. I rode 1100 miles in 21 hours, it was just stupid. 2-300 miles in a day is a good number as long as there is a good amount of twists.

We're young, we push ourselves. Now, I just try to enjoy. You are doing more miles/year than I do even though I get far more riding weather. If you like to ride and you can fit it in (between going after rodents with a bow and arrow lol) that's definitely living the dream.

[the Ferret]

Had a giant racked rat in this morning. Could have taken him easily but my son was in a stand over the hill. And was hoping it would head his way as he is still into bone. THe buck did head his way but got distracted by a doe and turned to chase her. Still, I had a great morning..hunt, run in and watch race, go back and hunt some more. And this afternoon I will ride. LIfe is good.

[Ulvetanna_imp]

Had a giant racked rat in this morning. Could have taken him easily but my son was in a stand over the hill. And was hoping it would head his way as he is still into bone. THe buck did head his way but got distracted by a doe and turned to chase her. Still, I had a great morning..hunt, run in and watch race, go back and hunt some more. And this afternoon I will ride. LIfe is good.

Now, just how do you prepare that rat? Does it go down nice with a little garlic?

Venison, now that's another story. Mmmm mmmm...nothing like eating something you killed yourself.

Last time I did that, it was a pair of ducks up in the Alaskan wetlands near Valdez. We used to run around in airboats and canoes out that way.

Still had to pick some pellets out of them but good eating all the way.

Me and my girlfriend brought a pair of 'em down, I was really impressed with her shooting.

[the Ferret]

58 miles on this afternoons ride makes it official 22,013. If weather will hold I think I can get in another 1500

So new goal is 23,500