I include pants this time of year in MA. The 84 fired right up and went 25 or so miles first time out. Sand is an issue. Happy Valentine's Day to all.
On 2/14/09, Kyle Munz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Mark, > Your idea of winter riding is different from mine. In houston all I > have to worry about is a good jacket and gloves. > > -Kyle > > On 2/14/09, Mark Hasslinger <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Did I mention I park the Honda during the winter and only ride the Ural > > Tourist, that's a Russian made sidecar and doesn't fall over due to ice. > > Although traction is much better when the ice is below 0*F because it has > > the effect of being dryer and not wet therefore producing more traction. > So > > the colder the better.:-) > > > > I love my Honda and wouldn't ever subject it to the ugliness of the salt > the > > idiots spread all over the roads. I also love my Ural but is a much less > > delicate breed and I can deal with the salt and it easier. > > > > > > --- On Sat, 2/14/09, Dennis Hammerl <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> From: Dennis Hammerl <[email protected]> > >> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: displaced Southerner > >> To: [email protected] > >> Date: Saturday, February 14, 2009, 2:32 PM > >> You're right about the advancements in garb for the > >> cold. The problem I have is finding out how poor the > >> traction is on a very cold day. Sticky tires loose a lot > >> below 40. Greatly reduced lean angle becomes the rule of the > >> day. The bikes from the early 80's ran so poorly in the > >> cold, it took forever for them to respond right. They were > >> bad on a warm day. Whatever pursuit gave us Thinsulate, > >> I'm indebted too. > >> > >> --- On Sat, 2/14/09, Mark Hasslinger > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: Mark Hasslinger <[email protected]> > >> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: displaced Southerner > >> To: [email protected] > >> Date: Saturday, February 14, 2009, 7:51 AM > >> > >> 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". > >> > >> Herbert Kriegle of; > >> > >> http://thetimelessride.com/English/HTML%20files/Home%20htm/home.htm > >> > >> is now on his way to a town in Norway, 400 miles north of > >> the Artic Circle. Go > >> there and be refreshed!!! > >> > >> --- On Fri, 2/13/09, wakeboard TX > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > From: wakeboard TX <[email protected]> > >> > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: displaced Southerner > >> > To: [email protected] > >> > Date: Friday, February 13, 2009, 9:00 PM > >> > In my opinion the 28 degree Winter morning ride > >> (commute) is > >> > worse than the 98 degree, humid, afternoon Summer > >> ride. > >> > But, then again, I was born here. > >> > Dale in Houston > >> > > >> > > Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:19:02 -0800> From: > >> > [email protected]> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] > >> Re: > >> > displaced Southerner> To: > >> > [email protected]> > > I got > >> the > >> > line of "being born there as the only reason they > >> could > >> > stand it" one day riding the MTA up the 405 and > >> reading > >> > some alternate newspaper with a column by some guy > >> imitating > >> > the talk of the then popular social phenomena > >> "Valley > >> > Girls". The girls were having a conversation > >> about ppl > >> > who lived in other places and they came to the > >> conclusion > >> > that the only way they could do it was to be born > >> there. > >> > This hit me as the absolute truth and I never forgot > >> it.> > >> > > > --- On Fri, 2/13/09, Kyle Munz > >> > <[email protected]> wrote:> > > From: > >> Kyle > >> > Munz <[email protected]>> > Subject: > >> [Nighthawk > >> > Lovers] Re: displaced Southerner> > To: > >> > [email protected]> > Date: > >> Friday, > >> > February 13, 2009, 8:13 AM> > I'm glad I > >> don't > >> > know any better ;) I have noticed> > that bread > >> lasts > >> > longer> > up here before it turns green. > >> I've also > >> > noticed how> > raw my throat feels> > with > >> each > >> > painful breath of dry air up here.> > > > > >> > -Kyle> > > > > > On Fri, Feb 13, > >> 2009 at > >> > 7:12 AM, Mark Hasslinger> > > >> > <[email protected]>wrote:> > > > >> > > >> > >> > > I lived in Huston for one year back > >> in > >> > 1980. Aside> > from the oppressive> > > > >> > humidity, well not aside but along with the > >> oppressive> > >> > > humidity is the foul> > > mildew that is > >> > pervasive, covering everything outdoors> > and > >> indoors > >> > if you> > > don't constantly clean and > >> run an > >> > air-conditioner.> > the outdoors is> > > >> > > >> > permanently mildewed except for a few weeks in > >> winter> > >> > > when it dries up a> > > bit. the only > >> way a > >> > person could live there on a> > permanent basis > >> is to > >> > be> > > born there. Just like living in the > >> frozen > >> > tundra you> > only last if you were> > > >> > born > >> > there and don't know any better.> > >> > >> > > >> > >> > > --- On Wed, 2/11/09, Dennis > >> Hammerl> > >> > > <[email protected]> wrote:> > > >> >> > >> > > > > From: Dennis Hammerl > >> > <[email protected]>> > > > Subject: > >> > [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: displaced> > > >> Southerner> > >> > > > > To: > >> [email protected]> > >> > > > > Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2009, > >> 11:06 > >> > PM> > > > Talk about air you can feel? The > >> first > >> > time I> > went to FL,> > > > after > >> riding > >> > in an air conditioned train for> > almost 24> > >> > > >> > > > hours, we got off in West Palm Beach... I > >> > almost> > died. How> > > > can > >> anybody > >> > breath here? It was about 96. That> > was back > >> in> > >> > > > > '62. The coldest it's been here > >> > lately> > was -2. with> > > > a > >> chill > >> > factor of -9. Isn't it wonderful how> > man > >> > can> > > > adapt to almost anything. One > >> of the > >> > reasons I> > gave up on> > > > > >> riding in > >> > extreme cold was the "ice> > > >> cream"> > > >> > > > headaches. Still have my snow suit for > >> riding > >> > but> > only wear> > > > it to blow > >> snow. I > >> > did make a mistake once that I> > still pay> > >> > > >> > > > for every winter. I went sledding in a local > >> > park> > without> > > > gloves.. > >> frostbite > >> > of the thumbs. Dumb, very> > dumb. It's> > >> > > >> > > > been quite warm here past three days > >> (upper> > >> > > 50's) and> > > > the bikes are > >> out in > >> > force. Cabin fever has set> > in.> > > > >> > >> > > > --- On Wed, 2/11/09, Kyle > >> Munz> > >> > > <[email protected]>> > > > > >> wrote:> > >> > > > > From: Kyle Munz > >> <[email protected]>> > >> > > > > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: > >> displaced> > >> > > Southerner> > > > To: > >> > [email protected]> > > > > >> Date: > >> > Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 7:09 AM> > > > >> >> > >> > > > > I know not everyone enjoy's > >> > Houston's> > weather, but> > > > > >> > I'm finding the only time I can breathe up> > >> > here > >> > is in> > > > the shower. I guess I'm > >> just > >> > used to> > breathing air you> > > > > >> can > >> > "feel". 28F is really about the> > > >> > lowest> > > > I've ever seen it in > >> Houston, > >> > and we get> > those days very> > > > > >> very > >> > rarely. Back home I'm seen as somewhat> > > >> extreme > >> > for> > > > riding in temps as low as mid > >> 30s. > >> > I'm> > thinking I would> > > > > >> rather > >> > be up here in August.> > > >> > > > >> > >> > > > -Kyle> > > >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > > On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at > >> 12:17 > >> > AM, Dennis Hammerl> > > > > >> > <[email protected]> wrote:> > > > >> >> > >> > > > >> > > > My sympathy Kyle. > >> The > >> > years I lived in FL, I> > couldn't> > > >> > > >> > > adjust to the heat in summer (102 day, 85 > >> night> > >> > > in Orlando)> > > > and was never so > >> cold as > >> > I was one morning at 28> > in> > > > > >> > February. By afternoon it was 74. I was born up> > >> > > >> > here and am> > > > no fan of the cold. In > >> my > >> > younger days, I rode> > straight> > > > >> > > >> > through two years. Rode to work everyday unless> > >> > it > >> > was> > > > snowing. Then I discovered > >> cars... > >> > WOW ! You> > don't have> > > > > >> to > >> > endure a runny nose all the time. You can be> > > >> warm. > >> > Now at> > > > my advanced age, I treasure > >> the > >> > simple pleasure> > of not> > > > > >> > freezing.> > > >> > > >> > >> > > >> > > > --- On Tue, 2/10/09, Kyle Munz> > > >> > <[email protected]>> > > > > >> wrote:> > > >> > > >> > > > From: Kyle Munz > >> > <[email protected]>> > > > Subject: > >> > [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Hello from a new> > > >> member,> > >> > > > > 1986 650SC owner. Throttle cable > >> routing.> > >> > > > > To:> > > > > >> > [email protected]> > > > > >> Date: > >> > Tuesday, February 10, 2009, 8:55 AM> > > > >> >> > >> > > > > No, unfortunately I'm up here in > >> > Cleveland,> > or rather> > > > > >> Mentor, > >> > until spring. I get to go home this> > weekend > >> > though,> > > > just enough time to spend > >> > Valentine's day> > with the> > > > >> > > >> > missus, then right back up here to the> > > >> > frozen-white-north.> > > > Today isn't > >> so > >> > bad, I can deal with 40F or> > 50F, we get> > >> > > >> > > > those temps in Houston. However things were > >> > quite> > foreign> > > > for me a few > >> weeks > >> > ago when it was -11F outside> > and I was> > >> > > >> > > > trying to knock 10 inches of some weird > >> white> > >> > > stuff off of> > > > the rental car > >> while my > >> > insides were freezing> > solid.> > > > >> >> > >> > > > >> > > >> > > > > >> > -Kyle> > > > -misplaced southerner> > >> > > > >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >> > >> > > > >> > >> > > > > > >> > > >> > > >> _________________________________________________________________ > >> > Windows Live™: E-mail. Chat. Share. 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