December in Houston
Harold Gailey
snap an historical picture since it was the earliest snow in Houston's
recorded history beating the previous earliest by about a week (pic next
door).
That record was set in 2008.
Before I went to the store I rode over to Republic HD in Stafford. Didn't
see any other bikes on the short trip. When I pulled up to the service
doors, they didn't open automatically and had to be manually opened by one
of the techs. I think they shut off the auto function to keep the cold out
whenever anyone walked near the sensor. Anyway I felt guilty being all
bundled up and warm when I was just pulling a practical joke on 'em. I told
them I needed my heater fixed. All summer long it was stuck in the on
position and now that I needed it I couldn't get it to work. They all got a
chuckle out of it.
Anyway I went there with a purpose and that was to get some dry gloves. The
short ride to the shop had already gotten my gloves soaking wet from having
to wipe the snow off my faceshield every 100 feet. I bought a new model of
the same type I wore up there but with gortex to keep the water out. Happy
to say they did keep the water out for the remainder of the day in the snow.
The real test will be a heavy rain like we had last Tuesday when I rode
through a frog strangler and had to stop for gas in the crap to boot. The
gloves I was wearing that day were "water proof" gloves I got at REI or
Gander Mtn or some such place. They were so wet I couldn't take them off
without the liner coming out. I never even knew they had a removeable liner.
All in all it was a very enjoyable day for riding Friday, traffic was light,
the temperature was tolerable with long underwear and leather pants and
jacket and until it started getting slick a little later in the afternoon,
the traction was excellent.
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74 CB 450 - STOLEN; 74 Z1 900 - TRADED; 76 FX 1200 - STOLEN; 78 FX(E) 86 CI
DAILY RIDER NICE WEATHER; 02 FXDX 88 CI DAILY RIDER OTHER WEATHER