One man's Cold is another's Kool. There is the group mentality but for those that tough it out there is less frequent semi-obligatory 'biker waving' cause nobody else is riding. I have gone as cold as 15 F without wattage only because I did not have any. Got frozen on my first major ride the end of October a few years back doing Route 66. How cold can Texas be for Chimney's Sake? Its Texas with cacti and deserts and longhorns. It was real cold and found myself shivering all of the way into New Mexico. Was considering what to wear on a trip to Peru. That close to the equator, how cold could it get? "In the mountains always bring along your winter suit!" Best advice I ever received. Glove liners are a great plus for those of us not electrically connected. URL=http://s296.ph
<https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vMjRyzY4W5Y/VmtPmeoV58I/AAAAAAAAAFo/JShnjZ7K0Xs/s1600/GOPR1596%2BCold%2Bup%2Bon%2Bthe%2BAndes.jpg> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vMjRyzY4W5Y/VmtPmeoV58I/AAAAAAAAAFo/JShnjZ7K0Xs/s1600/GOPR1596%2BCold%2Bup%2Bon%2Bthe%2BAndes.jpg> On Friday, November 13, 2015 at 1:08:53 PM UTC-6, Paul wrote: > My wife and I drove (car) down to Utah this past week because she was the > speaker at Women's Retreat being held in Park City, Utah. For those of you > who know the area, Park City was started as a silver mining town and is now > a ski resort, around 7000 feet. Needless to say we had some snow flurries > while we were there. (Utah is gorgeous this time of year!) The trip is > about 5 hours from where we live in Eastern Oregon/Idaho. > > The night after the retreat we stayed at a hotel in Ogden (about a hour > north of Salt Lake City) and at breakfast I ran into a whole motorcycle > troop getting their food before heading out. After chatting I learned they > had started out from Colorado in 20 degree weather (there were about 8 > bikes). The morning I spoke to them it was right about freezing but > thankfully the sun was shining. > > I asked if they had heated riding gear and one of the guys said, "Some of > us do." I wondered if that might be closer to ALL OF THEM by the time the > ride was done. > > I have a huge respect for guys who take off in November to ride their > motorcycles, and ESPECIALLY traveling through States that see all 4 > seasons. But where is the dividing line between fun and dumb? > > > *Paul LeBoutillier * > *www.hondanighthawks.net <http://www.hondanighthawks.net/>* > Honda Nighthawk Lovers Email group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/nighthawk_lovers> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
