All this talk and no Southern Boy is used to the cold?? I lived in Savannah, Ga, moved in the spring to Columbus, O. and ran track; I remember being out in what was then record cold (-20°)running my laps in only my sweats, and thought, these guys think this is cold?? I am older now and not able to cope with the extreme cold as well, but the worst experience I remember was not even dealing with cold. After I graduated in Ohio, my dad had booked for me a flight to Phoenix from Ohio. They picked me up at the airport, and that blast of warm air coming in the window of our '57 Chevvy hit me on the ride home: it felt like air coming out of the heater! But I acclimated quickly and loved the heat out there because it was so dry. I rode my bicycle everywhere until I bought my first Honda: a step-thru 50. Nice thing about dry heat is, you can pedal around the block a few times upon arrival (and I am talking about a 10 -mile ride), cool down, and go in refreshed. It ain't happenin' down here in this 90% - 95% humidity. And yes, the mold and fungus are baaaaddd! That description about leaving home with the warm layers on, and going into the warmth at the destination and shedding the layers - that's cool, man... I am about to start using a motorized bicycle here in the mild Southern La. climate. The 450 and the 250 NHs are for liesure and distance driving. Never really did like cars a whole lot, except for the humble Beetle and the Japanese counterpart, which has always been front engine front drive and liquid cooled: the Subaru. It is a worthy "replacement" for the Beetle. But nothing, in my opinion, has really replaced the all - around good qualities of the Nighthawk. Those are a lot of good times for the money.
________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 11:42:44 AM Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: displaced Southerner Yeah... and here in France we say that it's a biker who invented the words "se geler les couilles". Translate : to freeze one's xxxxxx (something important). At 04:51 14/02/2009 -0800, you wrote: >the really best refreshing ride is at below zero F. You ain't lived till >you do it. I've only been to -4*F, but will try to better my personal best! > >riding in cold weather shouldn't be all that surprising now that >snowmobiles have been around for more than a half century and now with the >peripheral industry of the gear that goes along with it. As one cold >weather daily rider tell it, "when he goes out in the morning he is >dressed in his warm toasty clothes and stays that way till he gets into >his office and takes off his gear, while his cager bound workmates scurry >into their fridge cars, shivering the first seven miles till the thing >warms up and then park in a cold parking lot to scurry to the warmth of >the inside, only to repeat this tourure once again before getting back home". --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
