End of the Season ...
End of the Season ...
I know I covered the beginning of riding season this year and am still not sure when that truly starts . I ’ ll just waver a guess that it ’ s sometime in the spring ( ish ) when the weather is over 70 and not raining and sunny and not windy and after all the bars have told you it ’ s “ Riding Season ” and bike night is here ! But now I have to solve the other end of this perplexing question . When does riding season end ?
My first knee jerk answer would be “ you have to kidding me ”. Riding season doesn ’ t end here in Oklahoma ! Oh , we may miss a day or two but for the love of God , this isn ’ t New England or
Wisconsin or Minnesota or North Dakota or any other state that piles up snow to a depth of , as a friend puts it - “ ass deep to a tall Sioux Indian ”, I never really understood that , but I ’ m sure it ’ s around three feet deep .
Nope , we here in the Sooner state can pretty much ride all year round , most years . ( See I had to say most years because now that I wrote that , it will snow like hell this year ). So , back to the question at hand , when is the end of the riding season ? Is it after Bikes , Blues and BBQ ? Is there a date that is set in stone ? What about a certain temperature ? I ’ ve asked several people wearing Harley shirts ( because , you know , they own a Harley , not just a t-shirt ) and the conclusion I ’ ve come to was October . Not sure why it ’ s October but that was the number one answer .
Excuses ranged from , “ that ’ s when it gets cold “( whaaaaaat ?) to “ I won ’ t have time to ride because of the holidays ” ( whaaaaaaat the ?) and my favorite “ Well there ’ s not really any events left to ride to after September ” ( Oh bother , spoken in a Winnie the Pooh voice ).
Ummm , let ’ s start with too cold , yes , I ’ m a freak of nature and don ’ t get cold , but couldn ’ t we take the weather day by day ? It ’ s
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