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I took my Tiger in to get some service done yesterday,it was 17 deg F and I rode it to the shop,though only a 15 mile ride I was surprised that I wasn't in agony at all.Carhart coat and bibs are wonderful for sure,heated grips and the bit of windscreen also makes a diff as well.So,seein as how that weren't too bad I jumped on my TBA when I got home and took it for a spin as well.My lord  the heated grips and windscreen on the tiger were sorely missed! I filled it up,brought it home,washed it then put it up on the bike stand and pushed it into the corner for the duration.I'm done till I get my Tiger back 
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Kudos to you for getting the bikes out.  There is a lot of ice/snow/salt/cinders on the road in addition to the temps. Looks like we might get a lot of snow this week. Might want to put those snow tires on the Tiger. 
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Waa waa waa, call the waaaambulance...  I got two bikes down in my basement and two more covered in the garage. A foot or so of snow on the ground, 5ºF out (going into the 5-6ºF BELOW zero AGAIN tonight) so I DON'T Wanna hear it!!! I got at least 3 more months before I can even see the grass again. Yea, this winter sux big time, calling for another 2-3 feet of global warming to fall in the next week too. 
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I hear ya Pat!
Here, we've already had 40 inches, normal season 26.
Expected low tonight: 1. That's right one degree F.
Come On April!
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Actually Mike, I'm a little surprised it took you this long to figure this out. Ya see, everybody knows that while the Tigers are great "Adventure Bikes"(which one could conceivably use for their "adventures" in 17F friggin' weather), Bonnie Americas are more meant to be enjoyed during more temperate climes OR otherwise "enjoyed" for their sheer classic beauty while safely tucked away in their garages during those long and harsh winter months! (...where, of course, those "long and harsh winter months" are a yearly occurrence, that is!)  
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Dwight.... not in my neck of the woods this isn't normal cold at all. I was still riding the tba to work this time last year. We get a few days of cold like this as a norm but weeks on end of 20s isn't southern pa weather.
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Dwight.... not in my neck of the woods this isn't normal cold at all. I was still riding the tba to work this time last year. We get a few days of cold like this as a norm but weeks on end of 20s isn't southern pa weather.
 "Southern PA" you say, huh Mike?!
Hey, you don't suppose those West Virginians are behind all this, do ya???!!!
(...OR, of course, it could always be those darn Marylanders down there actin' up again!!!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Yeah,I do believe its the crabcrackers fault.They have done something bad with all the ravens worship and burning all things black and yellow.Must have slowed down global warming.Im gonna have a styrofoam cup,aerosol can burning,tire fire to help bring it about.I hate polar bears anyway,let em drown 
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Rode mine into work one night last week, was 49 degrees when I left, 39 on the way home. My right hand froze up pretty quick, with 3 pairs of gloves on. Excruciating pain there, the left hand was fine for some reason. Bike would'nt fire trying to get home, had to jump her with a co-workers station wagon...Wont ever do that again!
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Geesh if it were that mild around here I would still be out joyriding AND riding to work
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Geesh if it were that mild around here I would still be out joyriding AND riding to work
Yeah, well, to me, there's a difference in enjoying riding and suffering..I was suffering for 45 minutes that night, which, is not enjoyment. If I cant ride with my holy jeans, half helmet and tee shirt, or at the most, my leather jacket, then she stays in the garage...no sense in being miserable or having to "plug in" to something...
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Yeah, I hear you guys.... I live in the Blue Mountains of Sydney and in winter it can sometimes get down to 43 degrees fahrenheit!!! I have to put my vest away and dig out my lined cordura! Geez I miss my vest in winter ;-)
Softens your hands while you do the dishes - You're soaking in it!!!!
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If THATS the requirements for riding you must have a seriously short riding season
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Thats why I love it here in south Texas... long ridin season. We only got two seasons here wet and dry. The wet one is a bit cold and the dry one is very hot.
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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Thats why I love it here in south Texas... long ridin season. We only got two seasons here wet and dry. The wet one is a bit cold and the dry one is very hot.
Yeah Chad! Well word over here in northern AZ(where, btw, there are beautiful twisting mountain road galore and all-year riding also), is that it ALSO gets "rather" sticky and HUMID during that latter time o' year you mentioned down there in Houston!
(...sooooo, any truth to that "rumor"????) 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Oh! And I almost forget...might there also possibly be any truth to that OTHER "rumor" that your air quality down there in Houston is often similar to that of greater Los Angeles??? (...not that I'm questioning anything about "God's Country" down there, you understand!!!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Very humid always. Air quality can be less than desireable east of stinkydena. Every where else is good though. The riding is really west and north of Houston. You don't want to ride in Houston lest you wannabe flatweeded by a cager.
We don,t have mountains but the hill country is nice, and we got the coastal road from Freeport to Corpus.
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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Yeah, actually I've heard how nice the Texas Hill Country is to ride/drive through, and one of these days I hope to experience that for myself. 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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If you ever come here let me know I'll take you for a good stake and a drink.
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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If you ever come here let me know I'll take you for a good stake and a drink.
You got it! Will do!
(...though I much prefer a good steak...those "stakes" can be kinda sharp and pointy sometimes, ya know!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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Nope! I like my Scotch straight up OR with three ice cubes. (...and NOT with any sorta plasma mixed in)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Ok then steaks it is..... I know a great place.
(Just been having a scotch Aberfeldy)
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I live in NH, its cold as h&ll and snow is piled up taller then me. God I hate winter.
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(...OR, of course, it could always be those darn Marylanders down there actin' up again!!!)
We get that all the time...if it hadn't been for Maryland, we might still have Prohibition, Washington would have lost at Yorktowne, etc...
Maryland has given the world Babe Ruth, Cal Ripken, Dashiell Hammet, Edgar Allan Poe, Ogden Nash, Leon Uris, Francis Scott Key, John Astin (without whom I would be without my avatar), Divine and John Waters, Barry Levinson, William H. Macy, Eubie Blake, David Byrne, Cab Calloway, "Mama Cass" Elliott, Billie Holliday, Nils Lofgren, Frank Zappa and at the other end of the spectrum, Sprio T. Agnew, Sylvester Stallone, Kathie Lee Gifford, Alger Hiss and John Wilkes Booth.
But, back to topic, yeah, this winter does indeed suck. Hope ya get your Tiger back soon, Mike!
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Maryland also gave the world ME! I give Md me back every day at the work place.
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(...OR, of course, it could always be those darn Marylanders down there actin' up again!!!)
We get that all the time...if it hadn't been for Maryland, we might still have Prohibition, Washington would have lost at Yorktowne, etc...
Maryland has given the world Babe Ruth, Cal Ripken, Dashiell Hammet, Edgar Allan Poe, Ogden Nash, Leon Uris, Francis Scott Key, John Astin (without whom I would be without my avatar), Divine and John Waters, Barry Levinson, William H. Macy, Eubie Blake, David Byrne, Cab Calloway, "Mama Cass" Elliott, Billie Holliday, Nils Lofgren, Frank Zappa and at the other end of the spectrum, Sprio T. Agnew, Sylvester Stallone, Kathie Lee Gifford, Alger Hiss and John Wilkes Booth.
But, back to topic, yeah, this winter does indeed suck. Hope ya get your Tiger back soon, Mike!
Wow thats a mixed bag..............
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COME ON AND GETCHYA SOME TX RIDIN! THE HILL COUNTRY DOES ROCK! GOOD CENTRAL LOCATION TOO! 
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...and at the other end of the spectrum, Sprio T. Agnew, Sylvester Stallone, Kathie Lee Gifford, Alger Hiss and John Wilkes Booth.
Hmmmm...now there's ya a rather odd grouping of souls, alright!
(...I take it you're not a big fan of "Rocky/Rambo" movies OR the later hours of "The Today Show", huh John?!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Well, those latter names are listed in no particular order...though I must admit seeing Sylvester Stallone and Kathie Lee Gifford squaring-off would probably sell a lot of tickets...hmmm...think I'll have my people talk to their people
John
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Rode my bike to work today. First time in a month. Last week the schools were closed Thursday and Friday due to snow, today it is 72 and sunny. Good ole OK. weather. If you don't like it today don't worry it will change tommorrow. 
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