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wildchild
09-09-2010, 08:22 AM
well no posts yet about cooler morning rides to work. temps here have dropped pretty considerably in the last couple days. now the morning ride to work involves seeing your breath. LOL
won't be long and I'll have to switch to the winter gloves.
I love the afternoon rides at this time of year. better weather can't be had, but I hate the fact that I know it means the end is coming.
I have ridden all year one year. it was fun, but I don't think i'd do it again. we had an older German fella in the town where I lived as a young teen, that rode all year every year. His only vehicle was a BMW motorcycle. He was an inspiration.
Particle Man
09-09-2010, 09:15 AM
Yep - time to put the features of my Joe Rocket Alter Ego jacket and pants to full use again.
tached1000rr
09-09-2010, 09:16 AM
there's been some brisk rides into work in the early a.m. on this end as well.
Particle Man
09-09-2010, 09:25 AM
Oh yeah: wet leaves EVERYWHERE. Like riding on ice.
marko138
09-09-2010, 09:29 AM
So nice here this morning. Upper 50's and a little breezy. High of 75 today. Wish it was like this all year.
Smittie61984
09-09-2010, 09:37 AM
Fuck me. It's getting too freaking cold for me. I'm already wanting to bust out my Kilo jacket.

This is why I want to invade Cuba. Big ass mountains for great twisties and beautiful weather all year long. Plus Vida Guerras running all around.
azoomm
09-09-2010, 09:51 AM
Cold, who cares about cold... no riding here because we've gotten 13 inches of rain in the past two days. Most of it was on Tuesday night.
marko138
09-09-2010, 10:03 AM
Cold, who cares about cold... no riding here because we've gotten 13 inches of rain in the past two days. Most of it was on Tuesday night.
We haven't seen rain in over a month.
CrazyKell
09-09-2010, 10:04 AM
I switched jackets and have the heated grips on HIGH all the time now.

Oddly enough though, I have more free time to ride now than I ever did in warmer weather.
pauldun170
09-09-2010, 10:08 AM
Leave the house in the morning dressed for 55 degree weather and no sun.
Get home it mid to high 70's sweating my ass off.

Its going to suck when I'm have to shift my riding schedule back to mid day after morning temps dip into 30's and under.

Right now the only people I have to worry about now are bicyclist and other crack-o-dawn riders.
After the shift to midday I'm going to have to deal with "cars" and "cops".
the chi
09-09-2010, 10:12 AM
:lol: Its still in the mid 90's here during the day, tho the mornings and evenings are dropping down to 74-78. Chilly for me, but Im sure you northerners would love it.
dReWpY
09-09-2010, 10:15 AM
i think we hit 48 a few days ago
LeeNetworX
09-09-2010, 10:22 AM
Had a couple of mornings in the high 50's in the last week but back to 60's-70's the last few days. Back up to 90's in the day. :( I'm ready for Fall.
Adeptus_Minor
09-09-2010, 01:01 PM
Cold, who cares about cold... no riding here because we've gotten 13 inches of rain in the past two days. Most of it was on Tuesday night.

No kidding.
I'm tempted to ride a little today, but there's still a bunch of crap on a lot of the roads.
shmike
09-09-2010, 01:04 PM
Cold, who cares about cold... no riding here because we've gotten 13 inches of rain in the past two days. Most of it was on Tuesday night.

Same here.

I hate the short days and the end of Daylight Savings.

Bring back summer!
Adeptus_Minor
09-09-2010, 01:09 PM
Bring back summer!



No. :td:
Tired of the goddamn heat.
the chi
09-09-2010, 02:45 PM
No. :td:
Tired of the goddamn heat.

:lol: Move out of Texas man...

I LOVE the heat, I need to move back eventually, but S. Ga. is almost the same, oh wait, until you consider the humidity levels. Ugh. I'll take dry heat any damn day.
wildchild
09-09-2010, 02:58 PM
Yeah dark in the morning on my way to work and soon will be dark on the way home as well. had to swap back to a clear shield on the helmet. high 40's in the morning here now. high 60's to low 70's in the afternoon.
Smittie61984
09-09-2010, 03:15 PM
S. Ga. is almost the same, oh wait, until you consider the humidity levels. Ugh. I'll take dry heat any damn day.

At least you don't have balls that start sticking to everything.

Then again they stick to everything in the cold too.

We can't have a thread without mention of balls or buttrape.
Angee
09-09-2010, 03:17 PM
I haven't ridden since about a month before we moved (2-up) and haven't ridden MY bike in about 4 months...was too hot in NY, then we moved back to Nashville and it's been too hot and we've been too busy. Nice to see fall and know I don't have to deal with NY FRIGGIN SNOW anymore. :) Ahhh...I think I wanna go for a ride this weekend...
Adeptus_Minor
09-09-2010, 03:18 PM
:lol: Move out of Texas man...

I LOVE the heat, I need to move back eventually, but S. Ga. is almost the same, oh wait, until you consider the humidity levels. Ugh. I'll take dry heat any damn day.

Oh, I love our mild winters... I just wish it lasted longer.
And we have humidity too. After all this rain, it's probably 300% out there right now. :rolleyes:
the chi
09-09-2010, 04:06 PM
At least you don't have balls that start sticking to everything.

Then again they stick to everything in the cold too.

We can't have a thread without mention of balls or buttrape.

Well, I dont have that problem, but boob sweat is our comparable misery, and lemme tell ya, its not the great A/C you'd think it would be. :lol:

Yeah A.M., I know down where ya'll are at the humidity is higher than where I grew up, in the Ft. Worth area, but I swear, Ga is like a jungle when it comes to humidity. Ick. But the alternative would be the desert, so maybe its not so bad. While I dont mind sunning like a reptile, I also like not being bone dry.