Who rides motorcycles?

Cycledude · Mar 12, 2025

I have seen pictures where they used graders to plow insects to the side of the road and spread sand to make them a little less slippery.

Milo · Mar 12, 2025

deserteagle71 said:
Mormon crickets cause plenty of accidents here, crossing the highways by the billions. It's best described as driving on thick grease. The State just puts up "Slick Road" signs and calls it good:

What it looks like when a swarm is crossing the road:
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What time of year are they active like that?

deserteagle71 · Mar 13, 2025

Milo said:
What time of year are they active like that?

They are starting to hatch right now but at this stage they are tiny. By the end of April they'll be an inch long and starting to migrate, seeking anything green to eat. By June they are close to 3" long and they don't start dying off until September and sometimes October.

The entrance to one of our local schools a couple years ago.....

Looking out the window in the Elko, Nevada hospital:

These things are not just in Nevada. They are also thick in Idaho and Utah. The name "Mormon crickets" comes from the hordes that devastated crops for Mormon settlers in Utah back in the mid-1800s.

CloverKnollFarms · Mar 13, 2025

My USPS lost graphics came in this week.

Waiting until I get bee season started, before I start on the Buell 1125R resurrection.

Darth_DMack · Mar 18, 2025

Loving the Triumph 1200 XE... this bike moves my soul...

TractorTYMe · Mar 18, 2025

Went and got one of the HF M/C tire bead breakers. Going to see if it will make life easier changing to new rubber on the -83 XL600R?

don humphrey · Mar 18, 2025

2007 Roadster that I have had since new.

Darth_DMack · Mar 18, 2025

TractorTYMe said:
Went and got one of the HF M/C tire bead breakers. Going to see if it will make life easier changing to new rubber on the -83 XL600R?View attachment 3121580

I’m getting one of those “Rabbaconda” (spelling?) tire changer things… looks fairly straight forward… let us know how yours works.

CloverKnollFarms · Mar 18, 2025

Took my son to the Badlands today... He finally realized why almost everyone rides ATVs and SxS. Riding a dirt bike in those conditions is physically taxing. He loved it though, even his crashes.