The weather
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Last time I checked they were and in working order too ;-)
I do have a fairing and I've added deflectors for my hands so I'm not really getting much wind.
The toes tended to get a bit cold (well numb) so I tried snowmobile boots, but they were so bulky that I couldn't shift or brake. I then resorted to electric wool socks and that problem was solved.
I do have a fairing and I've added deflectors for my hands so I'm not really getting much wind.
The toes tended to get a bit cold (well numb) so I tried snowmobile boots, but they were so bulky that I couldn't shift or brake. I then resorted to electric wool socks and that problem was solved.
I have often wondered how effective this electric clothing was so it seem to work great by what you are saying :y115:
Oh most definitely!!!
Electric socks and vests work a treat.
I don't waste my money on heated grips though. I haven't found them to be all that effective.
Electric socks and vests work a treat.
I don't waste my money on heated grips though. I haven't found them to be all that effective.
Our climate on the high altitude savannah is very different from DaveM's coastal climate. We hardly get any rain between end April & early Oct. But having said that we've had a shower this afternoon which is most unusual for this time of year.
A couple of years ago I returned from a cold wet soggy holiday in the UK at the end of August. After I got back to Johannesburg we enjoyed 28 successive days when there wasn't a single cloud to be seen. Yes, clear blue skies for 4 weeks. :happy: Do I ever get fed up with sunshine? Never, especially after 26 years living in England.
DaveB.
A couple of years ago I returned from a cold wet soggy holiday in the UK at the end of August. After I got back to Johannesburg we enjoyed 28 successive days when there wasn't a single cloud to be seen. Yes, clear blue skies for 4 weeks. :happy: Do I ever get fed up with sunshine? Never, especially after 26 years living in England.
DaveB.
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Do I ever get fed up with sunshine? Never, especially after 26 years living in England.
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This caused me to realize why perhaps I enjoy the brisk and snowy climes as much as I do....
For a guy that was raised in a place with 4 distinct seasons and cold, snowy winters, it was like shear torture to then have to spend several years in the hot, rainy, and humid jungles of Vietnam. If I hadn't been as young as I was then, I'm sure I never could have taken it at all. When you add into the equation that people were always wanting to kill me, the aversion is even more understandable.
You couldn't PAY me enough money to live in hot humid conditions again.....come to think of it, I wasn't paid ENOUGH then either! ;-)
Do I ever get fed up with sunshine? Never, especially after 26 years living in England.
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This caused me to realize why perhaps I enjoy the brisk and snowy climes as much as I do....
For a guy that was raised in a place with 4 distinct seasons and cold, snowy winters, it was like shear torture to then have to spend several years in the hot, rainy, and humid jungles of Vietnam. If I hadn't been as young as I was then, I'm sure I never could have taken it at all. When you add into the equation that people were always wanting to kill me, the aversion is even more understandable.
You couldn't PAY me enough money to live in hot humid conditions again.....come to think of it, I wasn't paid ENOUGH then either! ;-)
Funny I would be more than willing to move to an even hotter climate than what I have now :y114: I just cannot take the 7 to 10 days of winter we have each year :tongue: :ya2:
If it's DRY heat such as in Arizona, it's not nearly as bad. But HUMIDITY and heat such as in Florida in August is too much for us Northerners to bear.
You wanna talk weather? Yesterday it was 105 and today it's supposed to go up a couple degrees. Thats just the easy part tho....we have a bunch of huge fires right now and w/o a cloud in the sky it's dark as a completely overcast day, and breathing is worse than i ever remember. Much worse that when we had tho hundreds of fires at once last year....or was that the year before. In any case it feels like i'm suffocating even inside, and you add the temps and it's like dying. no riding this weekend ! I need a freakin' gas mask and a pool full of ice water 
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