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Plavanchy
12-20-2015, 08:03 PM
Usually this time of year I have been done riding for a month or more-this year it's been unseasonably warm-I have been commuting to work on the GZ-supposed to be in the 50's all week-Merry Christmas!!

Vegas Street Rider
12-21-2015, 07:15 PM
I ride all year long in Las Vegas. It gets a little nippy in the mornings but not bad after years of riding up in Idaho. Hope you have a wonderful and safe holiday season and the year going forward. 2009 GZ.

Fawlty
12-22-2015, 01:53 PM
Same here in Southern Spain. I love it. That said, when I was younger, in the UK, I did my fair share of riding to work in rain, snow, ice and fog, on shifts. You can't beat a January/February 5am half hour ride in thick freezing fog on an MZ 125, arriving at work numb from the neck down. Happy days! (not).

alantf
12-23-2015, 05:08 AM
When I started riding, in England, in the early 1960s, rear engine buses were just coming into use, with the radiator at the side. Riding at the side of the radiator for a minute or two gave a blast of warm air that put a bit of warmth back into my body. Not exactly a safe thing to do, but it felt great to defrost a frozen body.

Vegas Street Rider
12-23-2015, 12:13 PM
Your guardian angel must have been riding with you.

spldart
12-23-2015, 11:13 PM
I ride down to about 38F nowadays... Used to be when I was younger I'd go below freezing.

Water Warrior 2
12-23-2015, 11:44 PM
Back in the 70's I rode most of one winter in the Great White North. 20 below F was actually warmer than usual. The bike(1975 Suzuki RV 125)sat outside all night while I was at work. It always started every morning.
Not my choice of ride but better than the bus(cheaper and faster). My van had a rotted out radiator and money was really tight.
I have some spine chilling memories to say the least but I never had a mishap. Thanks to my Guardian Angel.