Unfortunately, I've given up riding for the next few months, I've dropped the insurance to comprehensive only, until next riding season. It's not so much an issue of the weather, here in Central Oregon, there are still lots of days that I could nut up and ride in the chilly weather, but it's the damn gravel that they put on the roads here. I swear that as soon as there is a potential for snow, they put about 3/4" of gravel on the roads, and I'm not talking about sand......gravel

. It irritates me to no end to see the state wasting time and money to gravel the roads that aren't slick

. So to avoid damage to myself (crashing) and the motorcycle (crashing, and rock chips), I've put the Monster away until March or April

.