See what happens when the weather turns to crap and none of us can ride?
Created on: 12/09/16 03:58 PM
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Kruz
Location: Anna Texas
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I'm Starting to Worry About Myself!
12/09/16 3:58 PM
See what happens when the weather turns to crap and none of us can ride?
skewedTotheLeft
Location: Cape Coral, FL
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Kruz
Location: Anna Texas
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RE: I'm Starting to Worry About Myself!
12/10/16 9:48 AM
Thanks Skewed, it is forecast to be a high of 46 F here today, going to go out and do a short ride on each to recharge batteries and stir up the oil.
david5525
Location: Kirkland WA PNW
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Kruz
Location: Anna Texas
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RE: I'm Starting to Worry About Myself!
12/19/16 12:58 PM
14 F here in Dallas overnight, rode all of the bikes on Saturday, got up to 70 F for a few hours and then the cold front rolled in.
doubleD
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Kruz
Location: Anna Texas
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RE: I'm Starting to Worry About Myself!
12/20/16 8:52 AM
You must be half Polar Bear, I'm afraid I'm a light weight when it comes to cold, 46 F is my cutoff point, about 55 F for any aggressive riding.
OldMan
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RE: I'm Starting to Worry About Myself!
12/20/16 10:11 AM
in freezing NorCal, I am still riding. I rode to work yesterday and today. Temperature in the morning (I leave my house around 6:30am) was 31 and almost everything was frosted outside. My only issue is my hands. I use dual gloves (thin but thermal liner underneath the winter gloves) but still my fingers became numb after 25 minutes. I need to install heated grips but too lazy (my garage is too cold). It seems this winter is colder than previous few years or am I getting old?
Maddevill
Location: Hayward, CA
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RE: I'm Starting to Worry About Myself!
12/20/16 12:58 PM
You're not that old "Old Man". I rode in to work OT both days this past weekend. Left the house at 5 am. Saturday my fingers were frigid, even with my electric vest on. Sunday I wore my electric gloves, but was too lazy to actually run the wires down my sleeves and plug them in so....my fingers were frigid again. But I can't snivel. My son rode up from San Luis Obispo on Hwy 25 and 101 on Sunday. Said his fingers were freezing by King City. I sneered at him and asked him if he wished he had an electric vest...( I got him one for X mas... heh heh...)
Happy Holidays to all you people!!!
Mad
Kruz
Location: Anna Texas
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RE: I'm Starting to Worry About Myself!
12/20/16 1:25 PM
You guys are way too hard core for me, cold weather and motorcycles just don't compute..
doubleD
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RE: I'm Starting to Worry About Myself!
12/20/16 5:59 PM
Vetter invented "Hippo Hands" glove inserts back in the 1970's. A company in Canada still makes their own brand.
I always wonder what riders do for their Heads? That thin plastic face shield doesn't keep you warm at speed.
http://www.webbikeworld.com/r4/hippo-hands/
Kruz
Location: Anna Texas
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RE: I'm Starting to Worry About Myself!
12/21/16 7:00 AM
61 F forecast here in Dallas for the high today, going to try and get out there and get some riding in, it's going to feel like a heat wave after 14 F a few days ago..... but that's Texas for you, you never know what to expect.
extrapolator
Location: N Cent FL
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RE: I'm Starting to Worry About Myself!
12/21/16 10:14 AM
We'll have a high of 70 here in Florida today. And we still allow visitors
That said, I returned last night from a week long job in Detroit where the highest temp I saw was about 22, and the lowest on my Nissan Titan's display was -5. On day 1 the first step outside the truck I took was at a flat field east of Toledo along the south side of Lake Erie ... 5 deg out but the wind was howling. Found out later it was 5 out but wind chill put it at -19. That hurt.
So I do feel for y'all.
Kruz
Location: Anna Texas
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RE: I'm Starting to Worry About Myself!
12/21/16 10:42 AM
Now they're saying 64 F and partly sunny this afternoon but it's pretty cloudy and 57 F right now.
Kruz
Location: Anna Texas
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RE: I'm Starting to Worry About Myself!
12/21/16 2:34 PM
Beautiful ride this afternoon on the old ZX-10R, 61 F and sunny, did kinda feel like a heat wave..
Rook
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Kruz
Location: Anna Texas
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RE: I'm Starting to Worry About Myself!
12/21/16 5:44 PM
Wow, time to ride bro!
Rook
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