Are you suffering from PMS (Parked Motorcycle Syndrome)? What are you doing to get thru the winter blues?


In the far west burbs of Chicago I have another "snow day" (I'm a teacher and my school is closed), and I'm really getting the itch to ride! With 12" of fresh snow that isn't going to happen. I've read all my motorcycle magazines, spent a small fortune on Ebay on toy's for my Sporty; if I spend any more my wife is going to make me sleep in an igloo!

What do you do to get thru a bad case of PMS??? :sporty:

I have found the cure for PMS is RFS.(Really fast snowmobile) hehe

Are you suffering from PMS (Parked Motorcycle Syndrome)?

Yea, I suited up yesterday and went for a ride. It was a short ride because it was 27°F. But, I fell much better now.

Well its really easy for me right now, My harley and I got in to a fight in a corner, I wanted to go fast and she didn't, So she slid and I went with her, So since its in the shop getting put back together its easy, The bike will be done in a week or 2...finally,Happened the day before thanksgiving, So on thanksgiving I was thankful to be alive, But last winter I would go out and just wax her and polish all of the chrome, start it up and listen to it for about an hour, or take it out for a quick spin when it was not raining or snowing, If you cant wait then but some dirt bike tires, put some bolts with a small head on it and go riding, I did that one winter about 5 years ago when my truck took a crap, Belive it or not that worked great, it was studded snow tires, just like the ice arena racers, That only worked in the ice and snow, Id take the bolts out for driveing in normal weather

NO PMS for me, i get to ride all year, when i'm not in the mountains skiing like the first part of the week,

although i haven't ridden in a few weeks i will ride tommorrow since it will be over 65 degrees and sunny!!:tour :D

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I have found the cure for PMS is RFS.(Really fast snowmobile) hehe


I used to do that too.....it was alot of fun! I used to have an old Rupp Nitro, then moved onto a Polaris TX440. Harley (or should I say AMF) even made snowmobiles too.

The Groundhog saw its shadow, so its 6 more weeks of winter!!

It's almost enough to want to turn him into roadkill!! :censor

Yes, but lots of Sam Adams Brown Ale seems
to cure it for me.

52 deg out there right now but dropping and getting ready to rain. But I just came in from a 3 hr. putt. Should have kept going but don't like cold rain.

yes i have the PMS way bad all i have is pictures to look at and can even she her, in person! i should have made a video to listen to her rumble... WOOOO ONLY 72 DAYS, im definatly short now! so give about 72 days plus a week (at fort cambell)before i get HOME to see her

I rode for about an hour yesterday...today it's raining. Oh well a little is better than none.

Sure do.Each year it gets worse too.Sometimes I just want to pack everything up and move back to the panhandle of Florida.

I used to get like that when I first started riding.(30 years ago). Maybe I'm more patient than I used to be...But I can wait till spring..Got a lot of winter chores to get done anyway, Come summer, nothing gets done:laugh except playtime

I'm getting through the winter blues by finally doing some serious mods to the bike :-) The nice days don't suck as much when i don't have working turn signals, or any controls on the bike :-) It's going to make spring tha tmuch sweeter!

I just took something for that; about 39 miles worth. Went to the dealer and yakked with some old and new friends. Sat on the new Cross Bones, seat springs handled my weight. Saw a good job of a cafe-Sporty w/an S&S engine. Hope to get some pix of it in email from one of the salesman. Looked at the mirrors w/LEDs in them. They had both black and chrome versions. Tried to find a pair of the H-D kevlar jeans, but they only had up to size 38 and I take a 44.

As you can see, I immersed myself in Harley for a few hours. I hope to get some more this Tuesday (temp of 74 and cloudy) during my lunch 3 1/2 hours. Going to go to my Mom's house and show the insides to a prospective buyer. That'll be another 40 or more miles. Maybe I'll take a long cut back home and add some extra.

Um...'er....yeah you could say PMS here.

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I'm with you. Decent weather finally, but have so much work to do that I won't have time to ride. Supposed to be in the 50s this coming weekend, though...maybe I'll have my Stage 1 toys installed by then!!

The Groundhog saw its shadow, so its 6 more weeks of winter!!

It's almost enough to want to turn him into roadkill!! :censor


LMAO..................you got it bad ! :)

Is one of the side effects retaining beer?

yeah for the last month. But i got to go for short putt today , was pressed for time but managed to get away for about 45 min. it was 65 degrees here today !

Winter continues.......tomorrow -1F, add the wind chill -29F.......am I living in a version of the movie Groundhog Day? :censor

52 deg out there right now but dropping and getting ready to rain. But I just came in from a 3 hr. putt. Should have kept going but don't like cold rain.


52 degrees....must be nice! According to the local weather gal we'll be lucky to see 52 degrees this coming June!! :censor

I don't think I could live up North. I ride all year, There is no way I could go a week without riding, much less an entire Winter!

I don't think I could live up North. I ride all year, There is no way I could go a week without riding, much less an entire Winter!


I bet you were smiling too when you typed that you ride all year long!! :tour

I am riding to Lake Lure Saturday with some friends. It is supposed to be around 58.

Must be nice!! On Saturday we'll be lucky to hit 30.

If I was in North Carolina, it would be a tough call...riding my Sporty, or diving on the U-Boats!! :dunno

it was 20% yesterday and 59 today 61 tomorrow sounds like ring weather Thank GOD for mild winters If you don"t like the weather in Alabama hang around a couole of days it will change:clap:clap

I've been riding for the last week. At 23 degrees in the morning its a little cool though.

I will leave at 23 as long as it is going to warm up to at least 40 you got to draw the line somewere old bones you know

I don't mind the cold, it's the road salt! My Sporty is on a salt free diet!

No PMS here. Still riding every day. coldest temps so far this winter was 43f or so.

I don't mind the cold, it's the road salt! My Sporty is on a salt free diet!

Agreed, even on the somewhat iffy temp days, if it hasn't rained since they salted, I'm hesitant about taking the bikes out. If I do, I always do a complete wash before putting them back into storage.

I don't mind the cold, it's the road salt! My Sporty is on a salt free diet!

I don't mind the salt as long as it's dry and the cold doesn't bother me, but all this snow and slush just makes it uncomfortable and dangerous. :frownthre

According to the good book written by Harley it's sacrilege to ride a Harley when there is road salt. Is it ok for me to take my wifes Honda Rebel out for a ride??

If the snow and ice keeps up, I'm going to need a 12 step program to get through "riding withdrawal"!! :headbang

I'm Cured!!! Yesterday it was nice, warm (mid 50's), and sunny! I took my Sporty for a nice long ride, and all is great with the world again.

Heck, all Dr. Phil needs to do is recommend a Sporty to his patients and they would feel better!! (Ok, a stretch, but everyone on the forum knows that riding their Sporty makes them feel better!!) :tour

I have found the cure for PMS is RFS.(Really fast snowmobile) hehe

+1! This is the first winter in many that I didn't have to deal with motorcycle withdrawals, and it's because I bought a snowmobile.

Damn! Looks like I've got a couple of weeks to go yet. Its been in the mid-40s up here in NE Wisconsin. Not too cold for me by the way. I just can't get out of my iced up driveway!:censor

+1! This is the first winter in many that I didn't have to deal with motorcycle withdrawals, and it's because I bought a snowmobile.

I thought about a sled too, but I'm a bit skeptical that we'll have many nice snowy winters like this one. Usually, It doesn't snow enough to go sledding until mid January into February and the trails are trashed w/in a few days.:frownthre

I am so glad I don't have that problem. It is 82 and sunny here today! Being from Buffalo,NY, that is a wonderful thing.:tour

I am so glad I don't have that problem. It is 82 and sunny here today! Being from Buffalo,NY, that is a wonderful thing.:tour

Yeah, You guys got a sh!t load of snow this year too, didn't you?

My problem is not so much "parked" MS, but "CRIIWTMS" Couldn't Ride If I Wanted To Motorcycle Syndrome...that being b/c my bike is in pieces and it seems that at every turn of this rebuild, something is breaking!

I'm cured!!! Yesterday I put about 200 miles on my lil Sporty, and today I intend to do the same! :tour

Free at last!

What is this PMS shite you talk about.............. mid 70's and riding today!!!:banana

What is this PMS shite you talk about.............. mid 70's and riding today!!!:banana

Nice looking Sporty! What brand seat is that? No more PMS, today will be in the mid 60's!!