Well, not going anywhere for now
High Plains Thumper
http://highplainsthumper.host22.com/Savage_Snow_28oct09.jpg
Winter came early.
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HPT
S'mee
We already had our SECOND snow of the season yesterday...it's gone off
the streets and sidewalks. Season ain't over until it's over! 8^)
sleazy
<highplai...@invalid.invalid> said:
A reminder of things to come for us northern folks. We haven't seen
snow yet, but it's been cold enough. Fortunately, today is going to be
60* and we're going out to abuse the dirt bikes one last time.
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sleazy
2001 BMW R1150GS
1988 Honda XR600R
The Older Gentleman
Ho, Ho, Ho! Very Christmassy.
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BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple
Suzuki TS250ER (currently Beaving) Damn, back to five bikes!
Try Googling before asking a damn silly question.
chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
Tim Kreitz
Buy cover for that thing, will ya? Heh-heh. (-=
Cheers,
Tim Kreitz
2004 Kawasaki ZRX1200R
2003 Kawasaki ZX7R
1973 Kawasaki S1A Triple
DoD #2184
http://www.timkreitz.com
Road Glidin' Don
I'm still riding to work everyday up here!
Beav
"S'mee" <steven...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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You poor fuckers:-) It's been absolutely PERFECT riding weather here in the
UK for the past month. October has always been kind to me by God, I was even
born then :-)
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Beav
VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19
don (Calgary)
And I am still riding to work every day down here, cept it is on a
bicycle. <g>
Sean_Q_
> Winter came early.
What's with all the snow? Didn't someone say it'll be a mild winter
this year due to El Niño?
ps. Going to junior high in Calgary, Alberta, the teacher said we lived
in a "temperate" climate. This, after riding a bicycle to school
at 40 below in a stiff Prairie wind. Temperate, my frozen butt.
SQ
S'mee
> "S'mee" <stevenkei...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
Oh I could ride if I chose to...I just don't trust the fuckheads to
NOT wreck into me when they see me and go into shock "OH MY GAWD
ETHEL! A MOTORCYCLE IN WINTER!" screw that shit...
Beav
That's a year round problem shirley? It is over here.
S'mee
> "S'mee" <stevenkei...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Oct 29, 2:35 pm, "Beav" <beavis.origi...@ntlwoxorld.com> wrote:
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> > "S'mee" <stevenkei...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > On Oct 28, 10:03 pm, High Plains Thumper
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> > <highplainsthum...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> > > Well, looks like I won't be going anywhere for now:
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> > >http://highplainsthumper.host22.com/Savage_Snow_28oct09.jpg
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> > >> Winter came early.
> > >We already had our SECOND snow of the season yesterday...it's gone off
> > >the streets and sidewalks. Season ain't over until it's over! 8^)
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> >> You poor fuckers:-) It's been absolutely PERFECT riding weather here in
> >> the
> >> UK for the past month. October has always been kind to me by God, I was
> >> even
> >> born then :-)
>
> >Oh I could ride if I chose to...I just don't trust the fuckheads to
> >NOT wreck into me when they see me and go into shock "OH MY GAWD
> >ETHEL! A MOTORCYCLE IN WINTER!" screw that shit...
>
> That's a year round problem shirley? It is over here.
>
Ice and packed snow? Not that I have any of THAT at the moment. I'll
take for granted that you've seen what happens when the cage monkeys
panic and slam on the brakes on a icy road. WEEEEEEEEEEEE!
turby
FWIW, winter came early here, too.
<he says, stifling a snicker>
Twibil
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> FWIW, winter came early here, too.
> <he says, stifling a snicker>
Heh.
"Winter" in Sandy Eggo means that the girls sometimes wear undies
beneath their mini-skirts.
Robert Bolton
I enjoy the snow once it gets here. Winter can be beautiful. We were
scheduled to have snow, but the skies cleared up after the jet stream
did it's not infrequent change in course. It was high 30s F in the
morn and peaking into the 40s F a week ago, but now its low 20s in the
morning to low 30s peak (like 32). I did see one bike yesterday, but
at those temps it's more work then pleasure as far as I'm concerned.
Perhaps it would be different with heated clothing.
This year is unusual in that Halloween came and went without snow. We
usually get snow a week before, even though the weather sometimes
would warm back up and melt it away.
(If I sent this multiple times, it's because my fingers keep hitting
control keys unknown, sending Agent into some other world)
Robert
don (Calgary)
<robertbo...@gci.net> wrote:
>I did see one bike yesterday, but
>at those temps it's more work then pleasure as far as I'm concerned.
>Perhaps it would be different with heated clothing.
Sometimes it feels good just to say you were able to ride in freezing
temperatures. I agree though, there is a point when the fun is lost.
We are usually able to ride on and off throughout the winter, thanks
to our Chinooks. Even with the brief respite to the frigid weather the
Chinooks offer, we still can't head out on the road for any distance.
The Chinooks tend to affect a very narrow area in and around Calgary.
A few years back I took off for Canmore (50 miles to the west of
Calgary) on a bit of a day ride, during a Chinook. I got about halfway
there when I discovered the roads were still covered with ice and snow
and the temps were rapidly dropping to the typical winter values. The
balmy weather was very localized.
All that said, heated clothing makes a huge difference. This was my
first year with heated gloves and jacket liner. All I can say is
"Wow!" With the bar chaps on the Harley and the heated gear, I can
ride in relative comfort, down to the mid to high 20's Fahrenheit.
J. Clarke
Meanwhile, here in CT we had a perfect day for trick-or-treat--according to
my thermometer the temperature briefly touched 70 and didn't go below 60
until well after midnight. Really should have gone for a ride.
Robert Bolton
Sounds like summer weather. I've forgotten where HTP resides, but I
take it it's relatively high?
Robert
Robert Bolton
wrote:
I've been thinking about heated gloves or grips too. The fingers are
first to freeze, for both Sue and myself. My sister has been talking
about switching from gloves to hand grips for ease of use. She's got
either an electric vest too I think. Either a vest of jacket.
Robert
don (Calgary)
<robertbo...@gci.net> wrote:
I like the idea of heated grips being there at the flip of a switch.
On the other hand gloves keep the entire hand warm.
Either way it sure beats riding while holding one hand on the engine.
As for the jacket vs vest, go for the jacket. Mine is a Gerbing and
along with keeping the arms warm the collar is also heated. No more
cold draft blowing down my neck.
I can't believe I waited all these years before buying heated gear.
Stephen Cowell
"don (Calgary)" <hd....@telus.net> wrote
> I like the idea of heated grips being there at the flip of a switch.
> On the other hand gloves keep the entire hand warm.
>
> Either way it sure beats riding while holding one hand on the engine.
Anyone try these?
http://www.hippohands.com/Hippo%20Hands.htm
I've been tempted... my hands hurt when cold.
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Steve
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don (Calgary)
I've seen their website before and I am sure they would help cut the
chill. Personally I will stick with the heated gloves. They are a pain
to put on and connect, but you just can't beat the added warmth.
J. Clarke
I have a pair of the original Vetter Hippo Hands. They work really well on
a commute with good winter gloves, but they aren't really any better than
Gerbing gloves in that regard. Where they are really nice is when it's both
cold and raining--no matter how good the gloves, somehow they manage to get
full of water on long rides--there's some trick to keeping the cuffs sealed
that I've never figured out--the Hippo Hands deal nicely with that.
I don't know how the new Hippo Hands compare to the originals.
The Older Gentleman
Seen 'em in Europe. Just gigantic bar muffs, really, and bar muffs have
problems of their own. Like windblast can push them back against levers
and switches and stuff.
<Reads page>
Hell, even the page mentions this problem!
Stephen Cowell
"J. Clarke" <jclarke...@cox.net> wrote in message
news:hclss...@news6.newsguy.com...
Obviously that's where I'd heard of them before...
Vetter, eh? IIRC they were plastic, or rubber... these
are cordura and velcro.
I'm looking for something that you can just walk
up to the bike and ride like they're not there...
I suppose there are hand guards of other makes.
Not that fond of these Hippo Hands, by the appearance...
they've got a home-made look to them. I'll keep searching.
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Steve
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Beav
On Oct 30, 5:01 pm, "Beav" <beavis.origi...@ntlwoxorld.com> wrote:
> "S'mee" <stevenkei...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> news:5f053155-f443-4e45...@x5g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> On Oct 29, 2:35 pm, "Beav" <beavis.origi...@ntlwoxorld.com> wrote:
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> > "S'mee" <stevenkei...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> >news:469c2477-f221-4a3a...@13g2000prl.googlegroups.com...
> > On Oct 28, 10:03 pm, High Plains Thumper
>
> > <highplainsthum...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> > > Well, looks like I won't be going anywhere for now:
>
> > >http://highplainsthumper.host22.com/Savage_Snow_28oct09.jpg
>
> > >> Winter came early.
> > >We already had our SECOND snow of the season yesterday...it's gone off
> > >the streets and sidewalks. Season ain't over until it's over! 8^)
>
> >> You poor fuckers:-) It's been absolutely PERFECT riding weather here in
> >> the
> >> UK for the past month. October has always been kind to me by God, I was
> >> even
> >> born then :-)
>
>> >Oh I could ride if I chose to...I just don't trust the fuckheads to
>> >NOT wreck into me when they see me and go into shock "OH MY GAWD
>> >ETHEL! A MOTORCYCLE IN WINTER!" screw that shit...
>>
>> That's a year round problem shirley? It is over here.
>
>Ice and packed snow?
Nooo, the "OH MY GAWD ETHEL! A MOTORCYCLE IN WINTER!" bit, although "IN
WINTER" is redundant as we're rarely seen whatever the season.
>Not that I have any of THAT at the moment. I'll
>take for granted that you've seen what happens when the cage monkeys
>panic and slam on the brakes on a icy road. WEEEEEEEEEEEE!
I've seen it and experienced it which is why my winter riding isn't quite as
readily undertaken these days.
Beav
"Twibil" <noway...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>Heh.
They wear undies around here too, but round their ankles usually.
Robert Bolton
wrote:
I just returned from Fort Greely, which is near a town called Delta
Junction, a town known for it's wind. It's windy enough that a fellow
invested in a megawatt wind turbine to sell electricity to the local
utility. The conference room we were working in had lousy heat and a
lot of infiltration, so the room was only 52 degrees due to the wind
that was howling, even though it was around 20 F outside. We stayed at
a bed and breakfast that was on a 400 acre farm, with me staying in a
bedroom upstairs. The only heat in the 8 bedroom house were a couple
oil stoves on the ground floor, so the upstairs rooms were really
cold. There was a portable electric heater in each of the bedrooms to
use. I used mine, even taking it into the bathroom when I showered in
the morning. Not a bad B&B though. It would be great in the summer.
So after 3 days of being cold pretty much all of the time, I'm
thinking you gave me an idea for a birthday present for the wife,
which is drawing near. I'm going to check into electric gloves and
jacket liner for her.
Thanks for the idea.
Robert