Aside from a hurricane heading possibly towards Florida, I love this time of year. The heat and humidity break and my bike and I take off. thinking of heading to Biketoberfest, then back home for Thunder Beach in Panama City Beach. Anyone else?
Will probably hit Daytona next Sunday for a couple hours on our way home from Savannah. Panama City not so much. Not really enough time to enjoy anything as all I have off when I get back is weekends. Pretty far trip for me as I am in middle part of state. Kill a day going up and a day home, so dont leave much time.
As for time of year to ride. Not quite yet. A couple more weeks like end of October hopefully.
Ah..the good times are back.
I've got to say, on last weekends ride we did two cloudy/misty 8hour+ days in 45-53 F temps, the heated gloves and jacket were a God sent....Perfectly comfortable the whole time.
I'm in central Florida - about 30 miles SSE of Ocala and it is still VERY hot and VERY humid here. It is certainly not yet what I would consider good riding weather. Maybe in a few more weeks it will be a little cooler and lower in humidity but not yet. Highs until this week were routinely into the low 90's with high humidity. This week, the highs have been in the mid to upper 80's which is certainly better than 90's but still hot, especially when coupled with the high humidity.
I will be heading down to Biketoberfest. Unless Matthew decides to play with my bike and take it for a spin...then I would have to scramble to get another one before then! LOL
The weather since Matthew passed through has been beautiful. I've been out on the bike almost every day since then. There is a group of us riding down to Daytona on Saturday from the Jax area. Looks like a high of 82 for Saturday in Daytona. Going to be great riding weather!
Matthew was a near miss, could've easily been a lot worse. Looks like some damage to store signs , and a bunch of out of state trucks to help get the power on for those who don't have it back yet...most I've talked to said they got theirs back over the weekend. Low 80's and no humidity...Ahhhhh!!!!
Went to Thunder Beach. Nice having a local Rally 2x a year! Beautiful weather. Fall rally is always smaller than the one in spring, but I like the Fall one better. Who else went?
It should be warmer riding weather down there! It's nice riding to work, but when I get off, I have to throw on my leather jacket and gloves. I don't wear my chaps as it is only a 20 mile ride and my legs don't freeze. If it were a longer ride, I'd put on the chaps.
When this thread was started in early October, I disagreed that it was a great time of year to ride in Florida. It was VERY hot and there were still frequent afternoon showers. However, beginning about a month later through at least now is a fantastic time of year to ride in FL. Rain is near non-existant and the temperatures are awesome. Highs of ~75-80 and lows at night in the 50's. You can ride early in the morning in jacket and chaps and switch to a vest at lunch. Doesn't get much nicer riding weather than this - especially on an inherently hot XCT. I just wish there were more scenic areas in central FL in which to ride. I get tired of repeating Ocala horse country, Ocala Natl. Forest, Howie-in-the-hills, and the 4 mile long Ozella trail.
We could meet someday in Daytona or on the north edge of the Ocala National Forest or Citra or something like that. Not sure what is in any of those places but I'm game to ride. I'm busy the next two weekends but if interested, we can try to put something together for after that. Any other members around the central FL area want to join us?
Made the ride from Panama City to Naples, around the big bend and avoiding freeways the whole way. Most was beautiful, though the traffic and lights on Tamiami Trail got a bit old. Still didn't miss I-75 for a minute! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Ok, so where's everyone going for Christmas/The Holidays? I'm heading to Orlando to spend Christmas with my 5yr old Granddaughter. Will be leaving the bike home since I'll be loaded down with presents. Gotta be a good Santa.
Headed to the north GA mountains. Took the bike 3 weeks ago but not this time. Have too much stuff to take up
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