I finally get a chance to ride this week but yesterday I can't ride because my battery is dead. Got new battery last night. So I am riding the rest of the week. Yesterday morning it was 52 degrees but warmed up to upper 60's. No worries, not that cold.
This morning as I am leaving the house it is 44 degrees. I have on jeans, a shirt and a sweater as I get the bike out of the garage. It is cool and I say to myself, "Leather jacket should be enough" but I think dang my legs are going to be cold. So I put on the insulated riding pants and start sweating even before I get out of the house. I get on the bike and I am thinking, "man this is hot, maybe I should just take these off". But I need to get going so I just leave. Riding through the neighborhood and stopping to get gas, i'm hot. Finally I get to the highway and after about 3 or 4 minutes at highway speeds I am so thankful I bundled up with the insulated pants, leather jacket and scarf to keep the throat warm. Dang it, I still need good cold weather gloves though.