Gear Up for Spring Motorcycle Riding

Hey to all my Friends of Motorcycling lets gear up for Spring!

We had a week or two of days in the teens. Suddenly the sun broke through and Monday hit 70 degrees. Guys and gals were on the road on their motorbikes like bees to honey. Helped that it was a holiday for most folks. A little reminder to all us to grab the sunny days when they come. The dark and dreary  times are always with us, but it only takes just a little of God’s Beautiful light and warmth to give us hope.

Time now to plan for Spring and the sunny warmer days of Summer. During the winter, Jerry and I pour over the seed catalogs looking for the right stuff for our garden. Gotta have the best seeds, fertilizer and tools to get a good garden in the ground in soil harden and caked from winter’s toil. Jerry spends days tuning the tractor and the tiller. When spring comes we are ready for the outdoors. I spend days  dropping seeds, digging up transplants from my flower garden to new beds. Talking and urging my seedlings to grow. Vegetables are just a hoe, weeding, water and sun away. Great time to have an ATV. You can chase the deer back in the woods, where they better run if they eat my roses again this year, other wise I am investing in some heavier artillery. We live in the country. A few year ago big rat snakes started wintering  and summering in the 4 ft crawl space under our back rooms. When Jerry went under there to check the pipes after winter there were several skins draped over the pipes where they had shed and left them. We Googled the problem and came up with several good ideas. We have been here a long time and never had any kind of varmint problem before. Unfortunately people around us have sold property to development and wildlife have less places to live. We had also been out on the road more than home so it was a quite dark place. The right environment you might say. Jerry said, well look on the good side we should not have rat problems! Any way we bought moth balls and saturated the ground under there with them. Jerry plugged up all holes with a foam spray. So far we haven’t seen anymore so guess they left for new territory.  Snakes have a bad name. What can I say, the thought of them that close to my bedroom gave me the willies. They are on my priority list for getting ready for spring.

Getting your motorcycle riding gear in shape is another important winter activity. Some of you who are fortunate to ride all year still need to take time for getting rid of winter clutter and clean. Buy a few new clothes, gloves and get a new helmet. Jerry and I are strong on replacing our rainsuits each year. We get a lot of rain  down here in the Spring and last year we got hot wet rainy days most of the summer. You would have thought we had moved to the tropics.  A  new 2 pc rainsuit  for each of us is going to be our number one purchase this year. Also new saddle bags. We’ve been using all leather bags for years and while they hold up well, they require leather treatments and regular waterproofing. This year we are buying some of the new PVC Bags out. Great reports on those from fellow riders. We like the fact they keep their shape and are waterproof without treatment. Looks goods on the bike. Take a look at some of the ones we sell out on the web site www.agelessparlor.com  This year we have added saddle bag logo pins. They are really cool.Purple is the hot color this year ladies. Get this rainsuit now. http://www.agelessparlor.com/products.asp?cat=53

Saddle bags I love have the studs. I like sparkle and shine.  Check some of these out and take a look at the logo pins while you are there  http://www.agelessparlor.com/products.asp?cat=41

There is just so much to and so little time to do it. Right now the first thing you need is to equip your head. Here are our highly rated hawk dual visors, our most popular helmets. They sell  out fast. Get one early.

We have some great Leather jackets and chaps at on sale prices for early spring riding.

Shop here for all your motorcycle full fqce, modular, dual visors, Snell, half helmets, motocross  and ATV Gear. Check out our free US shipping on all purchases. We appreciate your business. www.agelessparlor.com

Judy