Welcome to NESR! Most features of this site require registration, including replying to threads, sending private messages, starting new threads, and uploading files. Click here to register.

Page 2 of 3 FirstFirst 123 LastLast
Results 26 to 50 of 52

Brrr!

  1. #26
    Lifer
    Join Date
    Nov 2009
    Location
    Bristol County
    Age
    37
    Posts
    3,470

    Re: Brrr!

    Quote Originally Posted by RandyO View Post
    the [alt] number for the ° symbol is 248
    Ah, my mistake. I missed that one.

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!
    nedirtriders.com

  2. #27
    Changes come butcher bergs's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2007
    Location
    the humbling river
    Posts
    12,995

    Re: Brrr!

    I believe I clearly typed Alt 0176

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!

  3. #28
    Angry Gumball RandyO's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2001
    Location
    Farmington, NH
    Age
    71
    Posts
    18,024

    Re: Brrr!

    %%D is the autolisp code

    with wind gusting to 35mph, it's freekin cold out there, no snow predictions yet for this weekends nor'easter

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!
    RandyO
    IBA#9560
    A man with a gun is a citizen
    A man without a gun is a subject LETS GO BRANDON

  4. #29
    Super Moderator TheIglu's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2003
    Location
    Royalston, MA
    Age
    43
    Posts
    21,762

    Re: Brrr!

    ° NEAT

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!
    2021 KTM Duke 890 R
    2016 BMW S1000XR
    1982 Honda CB750F Super Sport

  5. #30
    Lifer PhilB's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2012
    Location
    Pittsfield, NH
    Age
    61
    Posts
    3,137

    Re: Brrr!

    I like to ride whenever the roads are dry. In NH, that gives me 8 or 9 months of riding, but typically means a lot of riding in the 20's in April and November. For me, the heated gloves are the key that makes that possible. WIth those and some layering, I can do more than an hour at 20*F (-7*C) without much discomfort. That generally gets me through the season. Yesterday just happened to be an opportunity to test the limits; I don't intend to ride much below 20*F without good reason and little alternative.

    PhilB

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!
    "A free man must be able to endure it when his fellow men act and live otherwise than he considers proper." -- Ludwig von Mises
    1993 Ducati Monster M900; 265,000 miles -- killed by minivan 30Oct17

  6. #31
    Angry Gumball RandyO's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2001
    Location
    Farmington, NH
    Age
    71
    Posts
    18,024

    Re: Brrr!

    writing deed descriptions, I routinely use ° and ± quicker than I can find the location of some letters the way I henpeck a keyboard, other ascii characters I use enuf that I don't have to look them up are ½, ¼, é and è, I use a few other often enuf that I have the chart pasted in front of my desk

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!
    RandyO
    IBA#9560
    A man with a gun is a citizen
    A man without a gun is a subject LETS GO BRANDON

  7. #32
    Powered by Kurtz theducman's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2010
    Location
    Branford CT
    Age
    40
    Posts
    1,600

    Re: Brrr!

    Quote Originally Posted by MattR302 View Post
    I think this was my coldest ride to work, last February
    I see pictures like this and ask why?

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!
    Ducati/MV Agusta/Kawasaki/Beta
    #277
    Boston Tier 1 Racing/ Fishtail Instructor
    DP Brakes Northeast Road Racing Representative

  8. #33
    Awesomeness, Inc. MattR302's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2008
    Location
    New Haven-ish, CT
    Age
    39
    Posts
    1,644

    Re: Brrr!

    Quote Originally Posted by theducman View Post
    I see pictures like this and ask why?
    Well, for one, that photo won me a leather jacket from NECC on the other forum

    And it's my goal of at least one ride to work per calendar month - I haven't missed a month yet since I started my current job 5.5 years ago.

    2 Not allowed! Not allowed!

  9. #34
    Changes come butcher bergs's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2007
    Location
    the humbling river
    Posts
    12,995

    Re: Brrr!

    13°F for ~2hrs was my personal best.

    Heated jacket and gloves, everything else layered and stuffed with newspaper. Makes me miss my FZ1

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!

  10. #35
    Powered by Kurtz theducman's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2010
    Location
    Branford CT
    Age
    40
    Posts
    1,600

    Re: Brrr!

    Quote Originally Posted by MattR302 View Post
    Well, for one, that photo won me a leather jacket from NECC on the other forum

    And it's my goal of at least one ride to work per calendar month - I haven't missed a month yet since I started my current job 5.5 years ago.
    Other than getting a prize. I don't get the appeal of riding in the bitter cold on the street. It just seems unsafe to me with all the the salt and sand

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!
    Ducati/MV Agusta/Kawasaki/Beta
    #277
    Boston Tier 1 Racing/ Fishtail Instructor
    DP Brakes Northeast Road Racing Representative

  11. #36
    Angry Gumball RandyO's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2001
    Location
    Farmington, NH
    Age
    71
    Posts
    18,024

    Re: Brrr!

    Quote Originally Posted by theducman View Post
    Other than getting a prize. I don't get the appeal of riding in the bitter cold on the street. It just seems unsafe to me with all the the salt and sand
    cold air = free horsepower, salt, sand, snow, ice, is a challenge of skills without going 90mph, like brook trout fishing vs bass fishing

    riding in the winter is prolly the best way to learn to be smooth

    cause you don't get it don't mean it ain't fun

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!
    RandyO
    IBA#9560
    A man with a gun is a citizen
    A man without a gun is a subject LETS GO BRANDON

  12. #37
    Angry Gumball RandyO's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2001
    Location
    Farmington, NH
    Age
    71
    Posts
    18,024

    Re: Brrr!

    Quote Originally Posted by butcher bergs View Post
    13°F for ~2hrs was my personal best.

    Heated jacket and gloves, everything else layered and stuffed with newspaper. Makes me miss my FZ1
    coldest ride for me is a loop around Winnipesaukee (about 100 miles starting and ending at my house) on my SV when it was -15°f, warmed up to -12° during the ride. Tried going out once when it was -25° but by the time I got my SV started it was -10°, been wanting to beat my record but we haven't had that cold of weather since..... maybe never now, global warming and all

    1 Not allowed! Not allowed!
    RandyO
    IBA#9560
    A man with a gun is a citizen
    A man without a gun is a subject LETS GO BRANDON

  13. #38
    Backwoods lobster boy number9's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2005
    Location
    Waltham, MA
    Posts
    5,335

    Re: Brrr!

    Quote Originally Posted by carsick View Post
    Randy, subzero C° or F° or Kelvin°? Interesting that you could get your tires above boiling in that weather to make steam. You must ride like Satan himself. This is great, I can use my tire warmers to get ready for my ½ mile commute!

    2 Not allowed! Not allowed!

  14. #39
    Lifer PhilB's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2012
    Location
    Pittsfield, NH
    Age
    61
    Posts
    3,137

    Re: Brrr!

    Quote Originally Posted by theducman View Post
    Other than getting a prize. I don't get the appeal of riding in the bitter cold on the street. It just seems unsafe to me with all the the salt and sand
    I'm not generally out to set records or whatever; I just like biking better than driving, and thus ride the bike by default unless there's a specific reason not to. In NH, I can usually get a riding season of 8 to 9 months, if I'm willing to ride when it is in the 20's. With heated gloves and some layering of clothing, I can ride pretty comfortably for an hour or two at 20°F, and so I do. I don't intend to ride much below that; yesterday just happened to be a 5°F day that was dry, so I decided to see what it was like, and test the edges of my comfort zone.

    Also, when I'm in NH, and it's super cold, I can borrow my wife's car if I have need. But right now I'm in MO, with a bike and without a car, so if I don't ride I have to have my roommate take me to work. And she has no other reason to have to go in that direction, so I want to minimize that as much as I can.

    Riding is fun to me, but it is also my primary mode of practical transportation, so I do also ride when it isn't any fun.

    PhilB

    1 Not allowed! Not allowed!
    "A free man must be able to endure it when his fellow men act and live otherwise than he considers proper." -- Ludwig von Mises
    1993 Ducati Monster M900; 265,000 miles -- killed by minivan 30Oct17

  15. #40
    Lifer Garandman's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Location
    Dorchester, MA / Mt Sunapee, NH
    Posts
    13,097

    Re: Brrr!

    -19° F and 115mph winds on Mount Washington yesterday. That is - normal!

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!

  16. #41
    Day late, dollar short carsick's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2011
    Posts
    2,861

    Re: Brrr!

    Ah, so THAT'S where Randy lives!

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!
    99 + 02 SV650 ex-race - 91 FJ1200 street - 03 KDX220R woods - 12 WR450F motard/ice

  17. #42
    Angry Gumball RandyO's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2001
    Location
    Farmington, NH
    Age
    71
    Posts
    18,024

    Re: Brrr!

    Quote Originally Posted by carsick View Post
    Ah, so THAT'S where Randy lives!
    yes, it's balmy here compared to growing up in northern Vermont, college in the Adirondacks and the year I lived in northern NH

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!
    RandyO
    IBA#9560
    A man with a gun is a citizen
    A man without a gun is a subject LETS GO BRANDON

  18. #43
    Senior Member smokinjoe's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2007
    Posts
    470

    Re: Brrr!

    Spent all last winter commuting. Actually the last 25yrs, but last winter had many sub zero days. Many at -9ish. 70mph at -9 is a surreal experience.

    I finally broke down and got heated gloves. Everything feels weird. Seat is rock solid, suspension barely wants to travel with honey thick oil.

    Oh and then coming off the Williamsburg bridge I got a flat tire and had to pull over to plug it. THAT is when it got interesting.........

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!

  19. #44
    Senior Member smokinjoe's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2007
    Posts
    470

    Re: Brrr!

    Spent all last winter commuting. Actually the last 25yrs, but last winter had many sub zero days. Many at -9ish. 70mph at -9 is a surreal experience.

    I finally broke down and got heated gloves. Everything feels weird. Seat is rock solid, suspension barely wants to travel with honey thick oil.

    Oh and then coming off the Williamsburg bridge I got a flat tire and had to pull over to plug it. THAT is when it got interesting.........

    And for me the big trick is snowmobile hand guards. Gotta get those hands into a still air pocket.

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!

  20. #45
    Senior Member WinVT's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2010
    Location
    Winooski VT
    Posts
    539

    Re: Brrr!

    I honestly won't take a bike out if it's less than 70°

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!
    LRRS #313

  21. #46
    Member NH848's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2012
    Location
    Seacoast
    Posts
    103

    Re: Brrr!

    Phil - you are one crazy bastard. Ride safe!

    1 Not allowed! Not allowed!

  22. #47
    Day late, dollar short carsick's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2011
    Posts
    2,861

    Re: Brrr!

    Quote Originally Posted by WinVT View Post
    I honestly won't take a bike out if it's less than 70°
    Sooo, only racing round 4?

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!
    99 + 02 SV650 ex-race - 91 FJ1200 street - 03 KDX220R woods - 12 WR450F motard/ice

  23. #48
    Lifer nt650hawk's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2006
    Location
    Rockland, Assachusetts U Know South Shore
    Age
    50
    Posts
    7,551

    Re: Brrr!

    well only 16 degrees this . no the coldest i've ridden, but my right had w/no heat got a bit cold

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!
    Gino
    HAWK GT Racer Expert #929
    2012 CCS LRRS ULSB Champion
    2012 CCS LRRS P89 Champion
    2008 CCS ULSB National Champion
    ECKRACING Bridgestone Street & Competition Woodcraft MOTUL On Track Media Pine Motorparts Vanson Leathers

  24. #49
    Super Moderator TheIglu's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2003
    Location
    Royalston, MA
    Age
    43
    Posts
    21,762

    Re: Brrr!

    Oh man, Gino. Just thinking about you riding today made me cold.

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!
    2021 KTM Duke 890 R
    2016 BMW S1000XR
    1982 Honda CB750F Super Sport

  25. #50
    Soul Rider Paul_E_D's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2003
    Location
    western, MA
    Age
    53
    Posts
    15,000

    Re: Brrr!

    Quote Originally Posted by TheIglu View Post
    Oh man, Gino. Just thinking about you riding today made me cold.
    And here I am avoiding walking out to the mailbox this morning...

    0 Not allowed! Not allowed!
    Paul_E_D


Page 2 of 3 FirstFirst 123 LastLast

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •