Friday, April 8, 2016

(Late) April Fools!

This was the view from the garage this morning. I'm glad that I hadn't removed the studs from the Ural tires yet. Not that studs were really needed but they do give you a shade better grip when the temperature is right around freezing. By noon, it had warmed up to 33°F so it should be nice and clear later this afternoon.

Yesterday, there were two bikes at College Coffeehouse plus I saw Lee H. riding his airhead on Farmers Loop. Today, not very many (i.e. none). One of the bikes at morning coffee was a very nice R1200GSA on it's first ride of the year.

I'm in my office today for a meeting and to find things that need to go back up to Barrow for the upcoming field season. One of the items going up is my Lenovo Helix tablet/PC. It is currently on Windows 8.1 but I'm going ahead and upgrading it to Windows 10 while it's still "free". I heard that it is a 10 GB download. Much better here at the university than at home.

And, for a change, no issues with the Ural all week. No oil leaks, no oil consumption, no weird noises. Just a nice sounding engine.

Friday Afternoon Update - I'm not sure why there was so much anti-Windows 10 on the Internet about Windows 10. Just don't let it pick all of the defaults. There were a lot of preferences automatically checked that you probably shouldn't choose. Such as automatically send your wi-fi network passwords to Microsoft so they can be shared with all of your friends. I think I unchecked all of the Microsoft recommended sharing options. It seems to work just fine on this tablet including the touch screen.
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  1. redlegsridesApril 8, 2016 at 6:47 PM

    Nice to hear your rig is doing well....going to have to replace the sidecar u-joint as soon as the part comes in. It's starting to move quite a bit. Lucky, I have a spare rig. :)

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    1. RichardMApril 8, 2016 at 9:25 PM

      Kind of like it was right after I first picked it up. It ran great until it didn't. Even in February, I was thinking that it was running better than ever. Then the funny noises started...

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  2. SonjaMApril 8, 2016 at 10:50 PM

    Oh, the white stuff again.

    I do not know about Mickysoft 10 however, the standard settings seem a bit inconsiderate. But maybe that's just me being a bit on the paranoid side.

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    1. RichardMApril 9, 2016 at 9:55 AM

      And after almost all of the snow was gone too…

      I had heard horror stories of the default share settings in Windows 10. And, yes, they were horrible choices.

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  3. TrobairitzApril 9, 2016 at 6:23 AM

    Snow? That is a cruel joke.

    We've had almost 80 degrees for the last few days. Odd for us in April when it is usually steady rain.

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    1. RichardMApril 9, 2016 at 9:56 AM

      Fortunately, it didn't stick around very long.

      I'll take snow over steady rain...

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  4. UnknownApril 9, 2016 at 11:48 AM

    Richard, I bet you're relieved that winter isn't over quite yet.

    Watch out... Don't say too many positive things about the URAL--you'll jinx the situation. ;-)

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    1. RichardMApril 9, 2016 at 11:54 AM

      I was wondering about that while riding this morning. Now I'll be paranoid...

      "Is that a new noise?"

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    2. UnknownApril 9, 2016 at 1:03 PM

      Yep, few things are more vexing to one's two- or three-wheeling pleasure than hypervigilance. That menace can just ruin a well-planned trip.

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