Holly's Notes and Condition

43 Degrees After Cold, Fast Moving Rain Storm

Monday March 23rd - While the storm has blown over us and it is clear outside - its back down to the low 40's temperature wise.
We had cloudy weather on Saturday, chased by cold, wind-driven rain, at times hitting the windows of the house, horizontally on Sunday, up until about 1 PM.

We had gone over to the Fullerton H-D dealership, in the hopes of picking up our bike on Saturday morning - it has been in the shop for a week now, for a factory recall for a compression issue on the engine and since it was going to be in for service anyway, Dave asked them to install a new specialty front light bar, and specialty mirrors, adjust the center stand and install the Kurikan adjustable foot pegs for me, the passenger, like the ones we had on our previous bike, which allow me to stretch my legs out without getting off the bike - which is a really good thing, especially on our long/ multi day rides.
While the catalog said that the foot pegs would work on our model of bike, they didn't seem to want to go on, so Colby, the service manager and one of the long time mechanics, Jim are going to re-engineer a solution for us and the bike will be ready on Tuesday.

Several of our friends from the Harley Chapter went on the Chapter overnight ride to Stateline/Primm, NV this weekend, in spite of the forecast of rain.
While it would have been great to have the bike back and ready to ride, Dave and I were not going on that ride, anyway - Dave had just ridden on those roads (2) weeks before, on the Road Captains Ride.
We watched from the safety, warmth and comfort of our home as the storm blew in and seriously started with the strong rain and wind and the temperature dropped, and we were grateful to not be riding in that weather. We hoped that our friends had the good sense to either stay put in Primm, until the storm blew through or that they had holed up in some place warm, until it passed. The weather forecasters said the snow levels were going to be down to 4000 feet, which means that Cajon Pass coming through the San Bernardino Mountains would have snow, plus you'd have a lot of traffic and limited visibility to contend with - not even close to optimum riding conditions. But I know there are people in our Chapter that would ride it, just to have the 'I survived story' to tell. To each their own, I guess.

posted by Holly @ 7:11 AM