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I could literally coast my motorcycle down my driveway and over to my next door neighbor's house to get this picture. But since I've done that a couple of times already in this thread, I think I'll refrain. And I don't think I'm going to be doing any actual riding anytime soon:
Your bike with a house with Christmas Decorations up before Thanksgiving!
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How are you guys staying warm? Im freezing my @$$ off in yet another drafty rv.🥶 I saw this place with all these Christmas decorations, but it wasnt a house, so ill keep searching.

Your bike with a house with Christmas Decorations up before Thanksgiving!
 

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This may be a silly response, but I keep my bikes in the garage with my snow blower and Sportsman snow plow. It is insulated and I keep an electric milk-parlor heater running to melt the snow off my machines before their next deployment. I figure the bikes like the warmth and companionship. :)

The Mr. Buddy propane is normally stored there in case of electrical grid failure where we need to heat the laundry/2nd bathroom that the woodstove heat doesn't reach. I fired it up for this photo, but that is not its actual role in the homestead.

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Looks cozy. Would a Mr. Buddy heat a drafty rv? Nice pic Bugler. Youre up!
Its first use was in a rather open shop space, but I wouldn't call it drafty, just not sealed as well as a real home. It worked to heat the area I worked in, but I did have it pointed at my backside while I worked. I think it is worth a try - and makes a nice grid-independent space heater. I didn't have one then, but would not run it in our laundry room without a battery powered carbon monoxide alarm.

As for my turn at stating the challenge, how about going in the opposite direction ... something for the hardy boys ...

Your bike on a trip through the snow.
 

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Looks cozy. Would a Mr. Buddy heat a drafty rv? Nice pic Bugler. Youre up!
I'm sure it would . You better have a window at least cracked open or find yourself at the pearly gates .
Why not invest in a decent electric heater .
We run a ceramic heater in our Monaco all day long when it's called for and step outside when we want to cool off . ;).
 

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The reason folks use propane, or diesel, or other forms of heat, instead of electricity is fairly simple. There is no electricity available.
This can happen one of two ways. The power went off for a variety of reasons. Or we moved away from a power source.
Some city folk do have a problem grasping this concept. UK
That's true .
It's also why we have enough of a generator to run everything , at once , if we want . ;)
 

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Is the challenge still...
Your bike on a trip through the snow
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I'm probably not going to get this one... From here in South-ish Texas.
We did have a genuine White Christmas a few years back. The snow actually stayed on the ground for a few days.
Nobody knows how to drive in snow around here. I bet not too many of us could even make it out of the driveway on a bike. :eek:

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I rode my CB160 in the snow when I was young and dumb just to see if I could. It is easier if you have at least six inches of snow.
 

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We have plenty of snow, I just don't ride on it. I know there are a lot of snow country hardy boys who do. I was looking to see one of them pipe in.

When you guys asked for ocean, lake, beach, sailboat, cityscape, industrial and so on, you didn't hear the Darbarian whining did you? When someone asks for offroad, the onroad guys wait their turn. I don't understand the response here.
 

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Is the challenge still...
Your bike on a trip through the snow
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I'm probably not going to get this one... From here in South-ish Texas.
We did have a genuine White Christmas a few years back. The snow actually stayed on the ground for a few days.
Nobody knows how to drive in snow around here. I bet not too many of us could even make it out of the driveway on a bike. :eek:

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We were in east Texas for that 'event' . It stressed the whole state for a while .

Back when I was young and in need , I rode my 500 Kaw all one winter in Michigan . Snow , sleet , ice and rain , I rode . I wouldn't now , unless there was no other option . ;)
 
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