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    #16
    "And Rob, women at resorts tend to be very healthy and adventurous.
    A hot chick is hot, but a hot chick on a snowboard......................................... ..........."

    is bundled up like an eskimo and not likely to undress.

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      #17
      Most women look better with at least some clothing on. Snowsuits are a bit much, though.
      1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red

      2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after.

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        #18
        You guys really should get out more

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          #19
          It was 18 deg. f when I left on a short 50 mile round trip to the pharmacy a few days ago.

          V
          Gustov
          80 GS 1100 LT, 83 1100 G "Scruffy"
          81 GS 1000 G
          79 GS 850 G
          81 GS 850 L
          83 GS 550 ES, 85 GS 550 ES
          80 GS 550 L
          86 450 Rebel, 70CL 70, Yamaha TTR125
          2002 Honda 919
          2004 Ural Gear up

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            #20
            Originally posted by gustovh View Post
            It was 18 deg. f when I left on a short 50 mile round trip to the pharmacy a few days ago.

            V
            Dang,

            didn't realize Veronia was so high up, V. Seems really early in the year for you to have below freezing temperatures
            '83 GS650G
            '83 GS550es (didn't like the colours in the 80's, but they've grown on me)

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              #21
              18. F is really cold.
              I will need to pay attention to the temps when I ride this winter.

              Need to make a few repairs on my bike first.
              Doesn't look like much though.

              Sunday night/Monday morning I slid my bike into a embankment at the end of a T that I did not know was a T.
              My own fault for going to fast for the rain and fog.
              Couldn't see far but I wanted to get home before I got too wet.
              Decided to take a short cut I had never tried before.
              By the time I saw the stop sign and the embankment it was to late.
              Could not brake enough for the rain and my reckless speed.

              Probably didn't teach me to stop being a idiot though.
              I am hard headed like that.
              And yes go ahead and have your say on that.

              My bike is still being parked in front of my front door so this weekend I will push it in the house and fix what needs fixing.
              I have a front end complete with brakes hanging in the bike barn all rebuilt this past summer.
              I wanted to paint the lowers and calipers but that will wait.

              I do not think the one on now is bad but better to take off, inspect, and rebuild then have a upper shaft stick while leaning a corner.
              I cannot remember if I have a good headlight retaining ring though.
              Other then that just minor scrapes on the ignition cover fuel tank and pipes.
              Went in tires first.
              A better inspection may show more damage but I am doubting it.
              Guess I will see.
              Last edited by Guest; 11-26-2014, 01:52 PM.

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                #22
                Certainly glad I got in my little five-mile trip to the drugstore last night. It's raining, snowing and sleeting now. Not the conditions to be on two wheels - at least not for me.

                Happy Thanksgiving to all. I, for one, am thankful I don't have to be out in this weather earning a living. And glad I finally got back on two wheels.
                1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red

                2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after.

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                  #23
                  Originally posted by Rob S. View Post
                  Certainly glad I got in my little five-mile trip to the drugstore last night. It's raining, snowing and sleeting now. Not the conditions to be on two wheels - at least not for me.

                  Happy Thanksgiving to all. I, for one, am thankful I don't have to be out in this weather earning a living. And glad I finally got back on two wheels.
                  Cheers Rob!
                  Happy Thanksgiving!

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                    #24
                    I've ridden to work when it was in the teens F without windshield. About a 5 mile commute. I was barely frozen when I got there.

                    I happen to be working at Prospect Creek, AK, where the record low temperature is -80F (-62C). It was -24 this morning. I've seen -65 dedrees F in Fairbanks, spring of 1988 or 1989. If someone tells you something like "Below -20 it doesn't make any difference", what they mean is "I've never been in extreme cold, and I don't know what I'm talking about". Each degree colder is worse. At about -45, the seat foam in your truck is hard, and you hit yout head on the roof. -40, and it takes a few miles to round out the bottoms of your tires so they stop thumpimg and shaking. -60, and you better keep it moving so the trans and dif oil doesn't freeze. Anywhere below -40, stationary engines like welding machines, generators, compressors, etc. are likeely to puke all their oil out and seize when the breathers ice up. Working today, in fact. Just another day ending in "Y".

                    Page not found | Geophysical Institute
                    http://www.gi.alaska.edu/AlaskaScienceForum/article/alaskas-all-time-cold-record-turns-40
                    Last edited by 850 Combat; 11-27-2014, 03:51 PM.
                    sigpic Too old, too many bikes, too many cars, too many things

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                      #25
                      Originally posted by 850 Combat View Post

                      I happen to be working at Prospect Creek, AK, where the record low temperature is -80F (-62C). It was -24 this morning.
                      At one time I would have envied you; not now though, fingertip and toe circulatory age-related problems have seen to that. I prefer to stay warm.
                      ---- Dave

                      Only a dog knows why a motorcyclist sticks his head out of a car window

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                        #26
                        I remember on ski trips the driver taking a gas flame heater to the underside of the bus - I think the steering was frozen.

                        Except for the cold, skiing was great. I still dream about it. I gave it up a few years after I got my first bike.
                        1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red

                        2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after.

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