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Re: Winter....It's nearly here!!!!!
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:02 pm
by photomike666
I think you all need to HTFU! Day I got my first ever sports bike - it SNOWED on the way home. 15 degrees is bloody shorts and t-shirt weather, and if you think this 2 minute drizzle is rain I wouldn't recommend going to England any time soon.
When you have to dig to find your drive through the snow, or you own several ice scrapers for the window of your car because you are used to breaking them, or the servo pumps are running slow because the fuel has turned to slush - then you pull out the thermals and wooly jumpers, and you understand why it is called antifreeze and the effects on not using it. I've ridden through many English winters and never owned heated grips or heated clothing.
But then we used to put the air con on when it went over 20 degrees

Re: Winter....It's nearly here!!!!!
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:53 pm
by aardvark
photomike666 wrote:I think you all need to HTFU!
Come on Mike. It's true, some of these nancy's think the 15 minute ride home is "riding all year" and to be honest, I could hardly see the point in rugging up if it was the sake of an hour or so.
But when it's down around 4 or 5 degrees, sometimes less, you're out in the middle of nowhere, it's been pissing down with rain for the last 4 or 5 hours and you're mooching along at about 60 or 70km/h and have been doing so for the last 12 hours, sometimes a couple of creature comforts are nice to have.

Re: Winter....It's nearly here!!!!!
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 1:12 pm
by photomike666
aardvark wrote:photomike666 wrote:I think you all need to HTFU!
Come on Mike. It's true, some of these nancy's think the 15 minute ride home is "riding all year" and to be honest, I could hardly see the point in rugging up if it was the sake of an hour or so.
But when it's down around 4 or 5 degrees, sometimes less, you're out in the middle of nowhere, it's been pissing down with rain for the last 4 or 5 hours and you're mooching along at about 60 or 70km/h and have been doing so for the last 12 hours, sometimes a couple of creature comforts are nice to have.

Ok Jason, I can make an exception for that - unless of course you're being a bastard handing out fines on that two wheeled mobile revenue raiser

Re: Winter....It's nearly here!!!!!
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 3:35 pm
by JetPilot
HTFU guys. All ya really need is a hot water bottle.

Just ask Adel.

Re: Winter....It's nearly here!!!!!
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 5:33 pm
by the kid
photomike666 wrote:I think you all need to HTFU! Day I got my first ever sports bike - I pedaled it all the way home. 15 degrees is bloody shorts and t-shirt weather, and if you think this 2 minute drizzle is rain I wouldn't recommend going to England any time soon.
When you have to dig to find your drive through the snow, an then lick road clean aft nice bowl of gravel , or the servo pumps are running slow because Grama wouldnt pedal ard enoof - then you pull out the thermals and wooly sheep , and you understand why I drink a wee bit too much and the effects on not using it. I've ridden through many English winters and never owned heated grips or heated clothing but always ad sheep sit on front , nice an warm .
But then i used to put the air con on when it went over 20 degrees so the rest of the family chipped in and sent me out here

Bored Mike

Sorry
Re: Winter....It's nearly here!!!!!
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:04 pm
by ZXRobyn
Re: Winter....It's nearly here!!!!!
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:31 pm
by Strika
Re: Winter....It's nearly here!!!!!
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:47 pm
by ZXRobyn
Re: Winter....It's nearly here!!!!!
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 11:57 pm
by Rossi
Spare a thought for mates going through a REAL winter
