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I have work Friday but I'd be down for something this weekend.
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The ride out to New Buffalo along the Dunes Highway is quite nice. The weather is supposed to be reasonably warm and non-rainy for most of the day. Want to do that?
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Apr 14, 2014 21:35
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I would like to check out the Dunes too so that sounds cool to me.
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Apr 15, 2014 00:26
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I know "Never go on Reddit", but this is neat. Some redditors are collecting the location of free parking spots downtown. http://www.reddit.com/r/ChicagoMotorcycles/comments/22ts0v/chicago_free_motorcycle_parking_location/
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Apr 15, 2014 06:39
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We might want to delay this weekend's ride until Sunday, seeing as it looks like it will be a good amount warmer that day.
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Apr 16, 2014 18:35
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I don't think I'm going to be able to make Sunday -- my SO is coming back from France, and is going to want my time.
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Apr 16, 2014 19:14
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Safety Dance posted:I know "Never go on Reddit", but this is neat. Some redditors are collecting the location of free parking spots downtown. Speaking of this there are some guys with a crowd source biek parking app called curbninja. They had a meetup group that ended up being a marketing meeting for their app that was supposed to drop last april but was vaporware til this winter. I haven't tried it out yet and the google reviews seem astroturfed because who was riding in feb this year but it might be worth a look if you live in the city. Edit: clicked the link and curbninja is mentioned and reviewed as janky but hopefully they get it working well enough that crowdsourcing can populate enough spots so its worthwhile. my turn in the barrel fucked around with this message at 06:02 on Apr 17, 2014 |
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Apr 17, 2014 05:58
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So. Riding bieks on Saturday. Man of Teflon and I are in. CaptainOrbital? Neobro? ChitownEddie? Pubic Lair? Silly Balls, you feel like coming down from MKE? I figure we can meet somewhere kinda central. I'm in Streeterville, but there's no parking whatsoever near me. Other ideas? If we leave around 9:30, that puts us in a good position to stop at the Dunes and have lunch around New Buffalo MI. How does Nani's Cafe and Beach Shop sound? http://www.yelp.com/biz/nanis-cafe-and-beach-shop-union-pier#query:lunch
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Apr 17, 2014 17:18
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I'm getting one of my bikes back up here Sunday after visiting the parents, and of course next weekend looks to be a good 15 degrees cooler than this weekend. Chicago weather 
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Apr 17, 2014 18:06
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For what it's worth, it's not like you can trust a forecast beyond about four days out in this city anyway.
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Apr 17, 2014 18:44
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I cant come down this weekend 
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Apr 17, 2014 20:46
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Im tied up with easter, school and a wedding for the next couple weekends but hopefully I can get a new back tire and get it installed for the slimey crud run.
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Apr 18, 2014 03:35
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I've got easter stuff going on too. :-(
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Apr 18, 2014 14:28
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I'll have to play it by ear. I had a bunch of wisdom teeth taken out yesterday morning, so I'll see how I feel. I'd have to bring my own lunch, though.  I'm going to try to go on a test-ride to the Evanston lakefront today with the family, if I can get my helmet on over my chipmunk cheeks.
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Apr 18, 2014 17:40
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We can meet at my place's parking lot in Logan Square again if that's good, I still gotta borrow 1/2" torque wrench power to get my WR (finally) going. A little later in the day too might be nice... maybe noon again? Tonight is birthday party celebration time. Nani's looks like it will help my recovery though! edit: wait that place looks like it hasn't opened for the season yet  quote:Mark your calendar!
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Apr 18, 2014 20:22
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Noon sounds good.Man_of_Teflon posted:edit: wait that place looks like it hasn't opened for the season yet Well, dang. There are a bunch of places along the Red Arrow Highway. How does Soe's Cafe' sound?
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Apr 18, 2014 22:41
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 Dick Tracy statue outside of the Naperville Town Hall. I took this on Friday. Today's ride was fun too. Man of Teflon and I met up a little after noon, fixed his WR250, and then set off. We stopped at the Indiana Dunes National Seashore, and took a little walk to the beach.  We left there and wound up having lunch at a place called Niki's Gyros (or something like that). It was a little shack off the side of the road. MoT got pictures of that. We switched bikes after that, and went off on a wild goose chase trying to find a little dirt trail he wanted to check out. The DL650 was really comfortable. It still felt like a substantial bike, but it was softer and lower than the Ulysses. MoT is about eight feet tall, so he liked the Uly's height. We kept going on the Dunes Highway until we came to a little town called Michiana, MI. I saw a sign that said "Marina", so I turned. Turns out it was a neighborhood, but we made our way through it to find a little boardwalk.   If it was a clearer day, we would have been able to see Chicago. We turned around because it was starting to get late. The way home was interrupted by this:  Some jerk left their locomotives parked across the street! It was probably around three or four minutes before the train left. After that, we rode through scenic Gary, IN (which is a toilet, smells like burning rubber, and has a permanent haze to it), and made our way up surface streets to Lakeshore Dr. It was starting to get downright chilly, so I'm glad we turned around when we did.
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Apr 20, 2014 05:13
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Safety Dance posted:Today's ride was fun too. Man of Teflon and I met up a little after noon, fixed his WR250, and then set off. We stopped at the Indiana Dunes National Seashore, and took a little walk to the beach. AAAAH SUNLIGHT *hisssssss* Safety Dance posted:We left there and wound up having lunch at a place called Niki's Gyros (or something like that). It was a little shack off the side of the road. MoT got pictures of that. This place was the best, roadside shacks are the best, eating on lawn furniture in front of the highway is the best.  All the dunes and beaches were pretty sweet too:     interpretive dance?
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Apr 20, 2014 08:12
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also i appear to have stolen your torque wrench
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Apr 20, 2014 18:53
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That looks like fun; I wish I could have gone, but I wasn't really in shape for a long ride. Next time!
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Apr 20, 2014 19:49
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Man_of_Teflon posted:also i appear to have stolen your torque wrench Eh. You still need to get that nut torqued down properly. I can pick it up some time in the future.
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Apr 20, 2014 19:58
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Hey, so, I'm going to try to circumnavigate Lake Michigan in over 1000 miles and under 24 hours this weekend. Does anyone have a tank bag with straps and a map pocket I can borrow?
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Apr 30, 2014 07:33
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Aye. Mine's not huge, but it comes in handy, at least according to my wife. I've got it mounted with magnets, but if you've got a Buell, it might not work. So let me find the straps in my garage when I get home today and I will let you know.
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Apr 30, 2014 16:26
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Thanks, dude. Let me know. It doesn't have to be huge, just large enough to fit gas receipts and the my analy planned Microsoft Street and Trips directions.
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Apr 30, 2014 16:33
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Slimey crud run is this sunday but I never got my tire put on and I have a terrible cold. Hopefully somebody makes it.
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May 3, 2014 07:57
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Has anyone been to Holiday Club on Wednesday nights? It's on Irving and Sheridan; a guy in an SUV pulled up next to me at a stoplight when I was riding around with my son on the back today, and he was telling me about it. They have bike nights on Wednesdays: I might check it out if the weather is nice.
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May 4, 2014 23:56
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Chicagoland has some really nice curvy roads oop norf. (CURVY ROADS NOT PICTURED)   Lots of bikers out today, of both kinds.
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May 18, 2014 21:08
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I call BS. Which roads? I've been meaning to go out for a little cruise today. Haven't gotten up off my butt yet.
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May 18, 2014 21:22
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If you take Sheridan Road north, it gets pretty awesome. You can probably do it from your area if you take LSD north, and just keep going along the lake. Once you get north of Evanston it starts to get pretty awesome. It also starts to get really busy if it's a nice day. I didn't go as far north as the Great Lakes Naval Station, so IDK what happens up there. Let me know if you want to go for a ride up there or to WI some weekend. I might also head over to that Holiday Club if it's nice on Wednesday and I can be arsed to remove my mirrored visor.
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May 18, 2014 21:30
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I took a little rideabout this evening. Decided to see how close to Fermilab I could get.  Not very. Aurora is really pretty, though. 
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May 19, 2014 04:10
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I didn't realize we had a Chicago thread! I got hit today, guys! So I won't be riding for awhile until that's all taken care of! Cool! 
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May 19, 2014 06:24
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ShaneB posted:I didn't realize we had a Chicago thread! I got hit today, guys! So I won't be riding for awhile until that's all taken care of! Cool! Rough, dude. You don't happen to live by Navy Pier, do you? I think I've seen your bike in my building's parking garage.
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May 19, 2014 13:54
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Safety Dance posted:Rough, dude. You don't happen to live by Navy Pier, do you? I think I've seen your bike in my building's parking garage. Nope I'm up in Ravenswood.
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ShaneB posted:I didn't realize we had a Chicago thread! I got hit today, guys! So I won't be riding for awhile until that's all taken care of! Cool! Sucks balls man. I went through the trouble of getting about 1000 miles away from home for a fender bender. You win this round Tennessee. Details will end up in the crash thread once I have the foggiest idea how the insurance will play out... For the moment it seems like I will be in need of a vehicle with a trailer hitch in about 6 weeks. Might be panhandling this thread for one in a month if the friends and family networks disappoint.
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May 24, 2014 00:31
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Safety Dance posted:
It has its spots. Mostly it's a shithole though. I lived there for a number of years (loving 140K house on the market for 3 drat years and sell it for 75K) They are really trying to gentrify the downtown area and have been heavily relying on the casino money and the community college. Ride along 31 from Aurora to Elgin. Right along the river, has some nice sweepers and you get to go through some towns with decent mainstreet type areas.
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May 24, 2014 04:09
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Rockerbox Motofest has moved to Road America! http://www.rockerbox.us/ Not that that means anything to me, since I've never bean, but I'm planning on going this time because I like motorcycles and I like Road America. Also for twenty bucks you can do some parade laps around the track. Also: other stuff! I'll probably leave Chicago around 2 p.m. on Saturday. Maybe. I have an event at the park I need to be there for probably. I might try to get out of it or go on Sunday. Who knows.
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May 25, 2014 21:06
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Have fun at Road America! I'm going to be trying to ride around Lake Michigan again this weekend.
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Well, the weather will probably be better this time around. Not like 8.
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captainOrbital posted:If you take Sheridan Road north, it gets pretty awesome. You can probably do it from your area if you take LSD north, and just keep going along the lake. Once you get north of Evanston it starts to get pretty awesome. It also starts to get really busy if it's a nice day. I do this ride all the time. Gotta make the stop at the tower road beach/park.
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North of Great Lakes Naval Station, its kinda weird with having to make multiple turns/jogs to stay on Sheridan. Gets a little shady going into the Waukegan area, then gets fun again when you hit the WI border. If you keep going north, you can head further east just south of Kenosha and rind through the shore in Carol beach which is cool. Further north is the downtown Kenosha area and marina, then not much, then shady when you hit Racine, then really nice just north of downtown Racine and into Caledonia. That's about as far north as I get on my normal ride on that route, but you could keep going up to Milwaukee and beyond.
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