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Grumpy retired oldtimer... "eat a Snickers bar"
The best of our riding days are passed for the season, many of us are south of the border at the Barber Festival and for most of us in southern Ontario this represents the nearing end of riding season. Sure there are those with the benefit of the downtown mini ecosystem that enables you to ride almost throughout winter months but for those of us in rural parts once the temperature dips to single digits winter locks in and the wheels find cover in garages and sheds.The sad thing about living in the northern climate there isn't a true season ender, a gathering to pull the masses together, I mean a big-one. Most big events exist in the mid winter months to spark our interests, revive our love of the freedom on the tarmac, to loosen the ties on our wallets to spend money in preparation for the coming season. It shocks me that more vendors haven't figured out the Canadian marketplace. Now is the time that most of us begin to plan our winter-to-do-list, those ambitious wants to change the scoot from it's present existance to something we can call our own custom.
If I was more ambitious I would plan something, gather sponsorship, build interest to throw down a meet in a central location close to some of our fine Ontario roads, "the River Run", "Hockley Valley", "the Forks", "Concession 8 Notawasaga Rd" and others, meet up with other enthusiasts choke down a burger, talk about our winter mods list and then part ways to dance with the tar-snakes one last time before tucking the ride away for the lousy winter months. We need someone to make it so, someone that has the connections and the energy to drive the idea home.
Any takers?? ???
Haven't had my bike out there yet but plan on it this coming season.
