 ****** it's cold here
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Just flew out of oz and into Atlanta for 3 days of work, and it's not nice coming from mid 30's Centigrade to low 30'sF.  cold cruser
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Ha Ha, welcome to the Artic. Yep, Winter in East Tennessee arrived a couple of days ago. Its bloody freezing here today, if it gets any colder i may have to put a sweater on  . Oh well, it should be nice by the end of the week.......I hope.
Arsenalfan. AKA Mark Able
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Just to remind you what home's like, I'm in Brisbane and the thermometer above my computer's reading 38C/100F. Think I'll go for a nice ride to cool down. 
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You're lucky. Come spend some time in Denver this winter!
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Ride to work this morning was 19F (-7C). Very brisk.
Finally up to 27F just now.
Ride home will be nice as well.
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No riding in temps that low unless no other means of transport. 14Deg F on the drive to work this morning. Roll on Wednesday so I can get back to summer in Oz!!
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I don't when we'll get to ride in Denver again. I usually don't go this long without a ride! Its been a month, we usually have a chance to ride quite a bit in the winter. Global warming must have skipped Colorado!
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jj,
It was 18°F in the carport this morning and my new AGM battery just didn't have the guts to spin my crankshaft through the molasses in the bottom of my engine. I tried for 3-4 minutes to start it but gave up and took the cage, wearing my leathers. Everyone at asked me if I rode my bike and I told 'em I tried. The HD crowd always says stuff like, "Boy, you're tougher than I am!". To which I reply, "I know". 
I guess even in North Alabama, the 20W50 Amsoil is a wee bit thick for winter. It's up to 40°F now - let's go ride!
Ride Safe,
Dennis
Triumph, it's how I live and what I ride.
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thermometer said -2F  the other day at my house...then it was 20-25MPH winds...thats boogger frezzin weather 
THE VOICE OF REASON
per: Stewart
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Got me beat Rob, it's a heat wave here, almost 10ºF today. 
A word to the wise is not necessary. It is the stupid ones who need the advice.
Pat
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-20 here,has been for about a week now,been told the temperture is going up at the weekend but no riding,haven't taken the bike out since october when the snow came,sh!t it was early but don't worry only another 10 weeks and maybe and we can be back on the road again
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Quote:
let's go ride!
I'm right there with you man! LET'S GO RIDE!!
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It is -24c about -12F and it is only around 7pm it is going to be cold tonight.
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Just flew out of oz and into Atlanta for 3 days of work, and it's not nice coming from mid 30's Centigrade to low 30'sF.
cold cruser
Just come back from a early morning coffe run down to the bay, 26deg and perfect riding conditions.
Must be nice to scoot over to USA for 3 days work, by the week end it will be around the high 30's so you'll enjoy getting the bike out.
Always ride with care be 100% switched on.
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In Michigan folks ride in t-shirts and a vest when temps hit the 50's F.
In the 40's F we put on jackets and a vest with gloves.
In the 30's F we put on long johns under our jeans.
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Quote:
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Just flew out of oz and into Atlanta for 3 days of work, and it's not nice coming from mid 30's Centigrade to low 30'sF.
cold cruser
Just come back from a early morning coffe run down to the bay, 26deg and perfect riding conditions.
Must be nice to scoot over to USA for 3 days work, by the week end it will be around the high 30's so you'll enjoy getting the bike out.
Thanks for rubbing that in, I looked at the forcast before I left and it said high 30's for friday.....yahoooo!!
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Another few hundred miles south of your current location, you'd think we were in a blizzard for cripes sake. The lead-in stories on the news last night were all about how cold it was going to be (mid-high 40s F  ), how to take precautions, and how to use a space heater.
"Never underestimate the power of human stupidity" - Robert Heinlein
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Check Pants
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The lead-in stories on the news last night were all about how cold it was going to be (mid-high 40s F ), how to take precautions, and how to use a space heater.
Just in case you frustrated northern hemisphere moto-psycho-ists were feeling sorry for yourselves (me too). I spoke with a friend today who lives about 3 1/2 hours upstream an elevated valley, near Georgetown lake (called a cold sink ). When the last cold snap came through they had an actual temp of about -44dF. That sounds coooold to me.
On the other hand, I live in the so-called "banana belt"
JH
"It's not what I say that's important, it's what you hear" Red Auerbach
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