We are having a cold snap this week... Temps below freezing at night and barely 50f in the day...
I know we'll be back in the 70's soon,... but, just for the challenge, and in order to appreciate what some of you hard-cores go through,.. I took a little ride...

46f,... I had my long johns on,... and a very heavy V-Pilot leather jacket (darn thing must weigh 10lbs)... a thick scarf, and gloves with fingers still in them...

I was pleased, and surprised, the FI Sporty starts easy and purrs.. as if it has no idea it's cold...
I take off in seconds and it never skips a beat...

Pretty comfortable at speeds under 40mph...(no windshield)... as I get over 40, it starts feeling like zippers are coming down on my jacket... (they aren't... it's just the wind pressing cold leather too close to my skin)...
...(I maybe shoulda' wore a sweatshirt under the jacket)...
Breath fogs the faceshield at lights... (I breathe downwards through my mouth)...
Coldest parts are my forearms and chest... (amazing how the cold transfers... even though this jacket is very airtight)... (I guess this is the where the logic of layers comes in)...
My knees felt a little chill as well, but not intolerable...

Anyway,... it was overall, invigorating...(and this is only because I know I don't have to endure 6 months of it)... ...

I feel for you guys...  (you're crazy)...
46f is my limit...
PS... Gerry and George say hi... they showed up in cars...
(I was never the sharpest tool)... ...
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Okay,... now you guys try 110f... ...
...(I realize this is not technically possible for many of you,.. so, just turn your furnace as high as it will go, put your helmet on, and stick a 1800watt blow dryer under the faceshield blowing full blast)...
... and set your pants on fire...
(If you actually ride on days when it's below 40f,... you can skip the pants on fire part........... you're tough enough)... ...

Spring is coming... ...

Dang PG!...   jes' dang!...


Dang!... 22f?...
Dang!...
...

I grew up up in a cold climate where life goes on even if it was cold.  Everyone still still had to go to work regardless.  If you didn't want to go you didn't have to, but they would probably find someone else who would.  You get used to it.

Woke up; coffee going;  13 deg outside right now;  not riding anywhere any time soon.

LANCER wrote on 12/07/13 at 02:24:18:


Yup, if it were me, i'd have my thermos mug in the "warm" truck and wave at you as you drive by  

My below 30 days are over, unless i'm feeling crazy that day.... maybe just to prove I can still do it

Bot, I give you credit for trying to find out how us
cold climate riders cope.
Yet if you really want to know how it feels, then
come on up and take a ride around the area.. lol

This a.m. it was near 18 degrees outside at 7:30. Now
it is almost 11a.m. and it is warming up. It now is 24..
It is   forecasted to NOT get above freezing which is 32, today
and tomorrow..
Burrr does not even cover it.

I am not doing the Olympia toy run today. It is just too cold
for me. I wimped out.

I don't like riding and shivering. That takes all the enjoyment
out of it for me.

I have ridden and gotten so cold that a warm shower even took
awhile to warm myself.
Yesterday I did see one guy on his bike. I thought he really had a
set and was brave, as their is no way I even want to attempt these
temps on a bike..

IF you ever see a gal on a bike and she resembles the Michelin Tire Guy,
that could just possibly be me. Seems I have to layer even in temps above 50.
Enjoy your 70's when they return and take some rides for us that aren't so fortunate to ride right now... Hugs..   kim

Hot coca is a great way to warm up.
Wow were now in the midst of a heat-wave.
It is now 29 degrees out.  
That is a difference of   10 from last night at
this time as was 19 then..
I work in the back of the store along with the
inventory. It stays cold and with the colder weather
I have been layering like I was on the bike.
Tonight I may actually be able to take a layer off..
Serowbot, your 70's may return soon, ours will not
for several months.
So enjoy and how about some more of your great
video's.. We need some of Gerry as well.. Hugs. kim

We have a former member here who lives there now. Uses a sidecar,