It's COLD this morning!

[dentheman]

Yesterday the high temperature at Lubbock was 85 (F) and I saw more motorcyclists in that one day than the rest of the year combined (not a single helmet in the bunch!). This morning it was 49 degrees at 7:30 when I took my dog for a walk and it is supposed to only get up to 65. I think fall has arrived in this part of the country, I don't remember it ever being this cold here so early into October.

[alanmcorcoran]

Yeah, it was only in the eighties in Furnace Creek. Pleasant!

[dhgeyer]

37 in Merrimack this morning. The GZ is put away for the Winter - fuel stabilized, oil and filter changed, valves adjusted, battery tender on. The Beemer won't be far behind - next couple of weeks sometime. I've ridden right through the last several Winters. This year I've got well over 14,000 miles already. I've had enough. Time for a break.

[Viirin]

Fahrenheit baffles me.......it's always cold here

[dhgeyer]

Fahrenheit baffles me.......it's always cold here

Well, 37F is roughly 3C (a little above freezing point of water).

86F is about 30C

I always use 20C = 68F as a reference, as that was the temp all the fluids had to be at to process black and white film and photos, back when people did that. From there, every change of 9 degrees F = a change of 5 degrees C. So 77=25, 86=30 and so on.

[music man]

The GZ is put away for the Winter - fuel stabilized, oil and filter changed, valves adjusted, battery tender on.


That just sounds so crazy to someone like me that lives where I live. It is just now in the last 2-3 weeks started to get down cool enough to actually start doing some real serious riding. I probably usually put twice as many miles on my bike from now til' winter is OVER then I do the rest of the year.

But that is because in the summer here, you are flirting with a heat stroke every time you go outside, much less ride your motorcycle with a helmet, gloves, boots etc...

Of course where some of our members live, you would be flirting with frostbite/hypothermia going outside much less trying to ride a motorcycle in the winter, not to mention the snow plow you would need out in front of you :lol: .

[Water Warrior 2]

Fahrenheit baffles me.......it's always cold here
Just get a cheap scientific calculator. It will probably do the temp conversions for you. Mine covers F and C temps, Metric and Regular old standard measurements used in the U.S. Then there are Metric, Imperial and U.S. volumes for liquids, distance conversions and area conversions too. Lots of stuff for a few bucks.

[dentheman]

I know I'm showing my age, but I can remember when a 'low end' scientific calculater cost over $80. Now I suppose they are less than $10 or there abouts.

[dhgeyer]

I remember when the first hand held calculator came out - early '70s I think it was. The camera store I worked for bought one. It cost a hundred or two - can't remember, but not cheap. It was nothing but a 4 banger with no memory at all. Add, subtract, multiply, divide - that's it. And everyone thought it was amazing! Now I'm showing my age.

[3-D Video]

I remember when the first hand held calculator came out - early '70s I think it was. The camera store I worked for bought one. It cost a hundred or two - can't remember, but not cheap. It was nothing but a 4 banger with no memory at all. Add, subtract, multiply, divide - that's it. And everyone thought it was amazing! Now I'm showing my age.
Ah, you young'ns. Tisk. Tisk.
Had a friend with one of them "Bomar Brains". It was the cats pajamas. Ere that, my dad had a pocket mechanical 4 banger. $350 of Swiss perfection, a Curta Calculator (I used a slide rule... or was it an abacus? It all gets a little hazy).

[dhgeyer]

My Dad had a slide rule. He was mechanical engineer - MIT Class of '43. Taught me to use it, and I did a little in high school. Show one to a kid nowadays, they have no idea whatsoever what it is. I think I still have one kicking around in the basement somewhere.

[alantf]

My Dad had a slide rule. I think I still have one kicking around in the basement somewhere.

Yup........ still got mine. We had to use them when I was at college studying electrical engineering in the mid '60s. I remember the first calculators. We weren't allowed to use them in the examinations. Size of a brick & they took four AA batteries. Got one now, the size of a credit card, & it's got a tiny solar cell, so you don't need batteries.

BTW it's around 26ºC (82ºF) here today. Went down to the potato warehouse for a sack of potatoes, in a tee shirt, & was sweating when I got back. And the tomato plants on my patio are just coming into flower, so by next month I should have a good crop before it turns wet & cool. :whistle:

[bonehead]

Broke a record in the Austin area, 45f this morning.

[alantf]

Fahrenheit baffles me.......

There's a real easy way to convert centigrade to fahrenheit. The correct way is to take the centigrade figure and multiply it by 9 over 5, then add 32. It's close enough for our needs to double it and add 30. similarly, for ºF to ºC, take away 30, then halve it. :2tup:

[Water Warrior 2]

Decades ago a friend bought one of the first calculators with 4 functions "AND" a memory. $400 was the cost. Almost 4 months rent for me, sheesh.

[BusyWeb]

Fahrenheit baffles me.......it's always cold here

Well, 37F is roughly 3C (a little above freezing point of water).

86F is about 30C

I always use 20C = 68F as a reference, as that was the temp all the fluids had to be at to process black and white film and photos, back when people did that. From there, every change of 9 degrees F = a change of 5 degrees C. So 77=25, 86=30 and so on.

Wow, you remember those chemical temperatures ???
Once upon a time, there were dark rooms where people are sitting under RED lights.. ha ha ha.
I'm missing those alot...smells of fixer...^^;
Thanks for remind me memories.

[dentheman]

I dabbled a little in developing my black and white film many years ago; but I much prefer the ease of digital.

[mrlmd1]

For me it's been 37C = 98.6F (body temp). We all have our peculiarities and different reference points.

[Water Warrior 2]

For me it's been 37C = 98.6F (body temp). We all have our peculiarities and different reference points.
For the past 5 years my reference points are: Too cold to ride or too hot to ride. Cage time.

[cayuse]

Parked by GZ for the season tonight. :sad: I took it to work every day this week to squeeze in some saddle time before the rains hit and had some GREAT afternoon rides home. But, going TO work? How about 32km at 7C in thick fog? I detoured from my regular route on Tuesday to avoid a known fog bank and got lost in another! My jacket, vest, and shell kept the cold at bay but my hands simply froze. I would get heated gloves or grips if I really wanted to ride in this weather, but it's not my thing. Maybe I'll get them for a x-country trip.
Anyway, it's been a great 1st season of riding!

Cheers!

[blaine]

Parked by GZ for the season tonight. :sad:

Cheers!

Don't forget some basic storage tips:Top up the fuel tank and add some Stabil.Change the oil and filter,and invest in a Battery Tender.Your bike will thank you in the spring.
:) :rawk:

[cayuse]

:tup: You bet. I'll be putting in the gas & Stabil on the weekend. the rest will follow.

[mrlmd1]

Oh come on guys - it's just getting nice down here on the Gulf of Mexico. After being 90-95 for the past 2-3 months every day, it's finally cooling off to the 80's (much better for riding with all the gear on) and down to maybe 50's at night. Can finally open the windows and get some air and breeze into the house instead of the AC being on all the time.

[dhgeyer]

Though it may seem counter intuitive, NH has the highest per capita motorcycle registration rate in the USA. I actually think we in the North have a longer usable riding season than the South. If someone really wants to, they can dress to ride down to at least 20 degrees Fahrenheit, and ride through the Winter comfortably when the roads are clear. I've done it several years. Even if one is not into that extreme, there are a lot of 40 and 50 degree days during the transitional seasons here. With even a modest investment in non-electric clothing, one can ride into November, and start again in March. In the South, where heat is the problem, there's no way to dress for that when it gets over the high 80's, especially if one wants to wear safe gear.

[Sarris]

Since I'm not an ATGATT kind of guy, I ride all year round, from 40 degrees to 98 degrees......... I miss about 10 days per year, if it gets really cold.
:)

[blaine]

A lot of people around here have their bikes put away already.I ride till the snow flys.Last year rode till the second week of November,was back out the second week of March.

:) :cool:

[Water Warrior 2]

Lynda's M-50 is sleeping now for the next 3 or 4 months. The Vstrom is ready to go anytime I want. The determining factor is the rider to get all geared up with heated gear and where to go. I could probably ride anywhere anytime with studded tires and the ambition to do so.
My friend Don with the 2 wheel drive Ural side car rig rides everyday no matter what. Recently he added a canva cover around the engine to capture heat to keep himself warmer. Air ducting still cools the engine and as a bonus he never gets wet in the rain.

[music man]

Since I'm not an ATGATT kind of guy, I ride all year round, from 40 degrees to 98 degrees......... I miss about 10 days per year, if it gets really cold.
:)


Yea but what about us that live in places where it gets above 98 and below 40, i think dhgeyer is right, people up north, probably have a longer "comfortable" riding season then people that live in a place like I do have, but... I can ride my motorcycle all year round with little to no expense on gear, every once in a blue moon in the winter here it will get all icy and shit, and I obviously can't ride in that, but other than that, the heat is worse than any cold winter we have here.

I have to forgo ATGATT roughly around June, and am just now starting to gear back up again. So I am actually forced to be a non-ATGATT kind of guy sometimes.