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Old 07-29-2009, 02:07 PM   #1
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Severe thunderstorm warnings, possible hail and tornados. Shoul dmake for an interesting ride down to the Er later on

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Old 07-29-2009, 02:11 PM   #2
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Be safe bro. I will ride in any conditions except for high wind and lightning.

Yikes!
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Old 07-29-2009, 02:12 PM   #3
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sounds like a normal day down here



wuss...I've ridden in a tropical storm with sustained winds of 55mph...that was fun
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Old 07-29-2009, 02:16 PM   #4
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how much further north are you tommy? I love riding home in driving rain
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Old 07-29-2009, 02:25 PM   #5
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how much further north are you tommy? I love riding home in driving rain
I am up in valhalla right now (right by westchester medical center) I have ot head south into brooklyn later on. the real nastiness looks like its an hr or so away. theyre pouring concrete here at the site so they will pull the guys out when the thunderstorm monitors go off but will prolly have them back out after it passes.

if I leave around 6 or 7 I think I will be ok the nastiness will be past and looks like more rain further south so hopefully I would beat that to brooklyn.

Curb stop being a showoff, anyone can ride in that stuff down there, up here we have these things called curves where you have to turn your motorcycle

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Old 07-29-2009, 02:34 PM   #6
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just had a look at the radar and i ougghta be fine. North jersey is gonna get hammered though
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Old 07-29-2009, 02:37 PM   #7
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just had a look at the radar and i ougghta be fine. North jersey is gonna get hammered though
thats prety close to where I am now, starting to get dark around here so it should be interesting.

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Curb stop being a showoff, anyone can ride in that stuff down there, up here we have these things called curves where you have to turn your motorcycle

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wha wha wha...

you got two bikes right? lets go for a ride when i'm up there...you can show me these so called curves on the sawmill, sprain, bronxriver pwky (except for the one S turn just south of white plains), Hutch, Cross County, Cross Bronx...did i forget any? Basically what I'm getting at is...THERE AINT NO TURNS IN SOUTHERN NY, so to you
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Old 07-29-2009, 02:50 PM   #9
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wha wha wha...

you got two bikes right? lets go for a ride when i'm up there...you can show me these so called curves on the sawmill, sprain, bronxriver pwky (except for the one S turn just south of white plains), Hutch, Cross County, Cross Bronx...did i forget any? Basically what I'm getting at is...THERE AINT NO TURNS IN SOUTHERN NY, so to you
Still more than floriduh

I will need to get my ass in gear and get my TL back together sooner as opposed to later too.

There are some decent twisties on LI but for anything good you need to hit bear mtn and further north.

So far so good here lot of thunder but not much wind and little or no rain so far. radar has the nasty parts staying south of here. Looks like queens, BK and Long Island will get pummeled though.

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Old 07-29-2009, 02:51 PM   #10
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funny you should mention that - I rode in this morning and while I was in the office the sky opened up. I rode home before it got any worse after looking at the weather - in mesh gear
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