Re: I Can Ride! - Page 2

 On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 08:22:36 -0800, Fletis Humplebacker


I'm

I was just thinking the same thing. ;-)
  

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24 hours in a day
&
24 beer in a case

Coincidence?

I think not

 54° F Is downright warm!

Road last Sunday, the temp starting out at 22° F., it warmed up to 27° F.
after about 160 miles of riding. WITHOUT, electrically heated clothing.

This was riding in NJ as part of the Polar Bear Grand Tour. We'll be out
this Sunday also.

If your in the NJ/PA/NY area, check out  www.polarbeargrandtour.com for a
little winter riding.

Wayne aka "CigarSki"
2006 Suzuki DL1000 V-Strom

 I live in California where we can ride all year.  Last year we had two
or three weeks of rain and I was suffering from PMS (parked motorcycle
syndrome).   It's hard for me to imagine what it must be like to put
the bike up for months at a time!

Maybe living in Canada you get used to the cold, better able to
withstand freezing air hitting you in the face.  8^)

Also ice on the ground would really scare me!

Here in CA, my bike is my primary transportation.  I have a car but
only use it when it rains, or when I have to carry something big.
Even as cold as it gets here, people think I'm crazy when I roll up on
the bike and it's maybe 45f (what is that?  Maybe 8 or 10 c?)  "Wow,"
they say, "you aren't riding that bike in this cold are you?"

 On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:44:41 -0800, Blazing Laser wrote:


I ride a Venture and they have excellent wind protection.


It's not so much temperatures that ground Calgary riders. We get lots
of winter days with temps warm enough for riding. For perspective I
consider anything above freezing warm enough for riding. It is the
snow, ice and gravel that is on the roads. You just can't ride
cruisers or touring machines on ice.
  

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24 hours in a day
&
24 beer in a case

Coincidence?

I think not

 

I spent my first thirty years living in Burnaby & Vancouver. While
when the sun shines there is no better place in the world, but
unfortunately sun shine is more often replaced with the never ending
gloom and non stop rain.

Now when I go back, the first day of rain is fun, the second is
interesting and after that all I can think of is when will this crap
stop.

I could never adjust to all that wet stuff again, so I guess I am a
Calgarian.

Glad to hear you found a break in the gloom to get out on the road.
Feels good doesn't it.
  

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24 hours in a day
&
24 beer in a case

Coincidence?

I think not