I must be getting old
#13
08-07-2012, 07:25 AM
Road Master
I remember back when 50 degrees used to be my limit before I put on my chaps. I didn't have all the gear that I have now, I had cheap gloves, cheap jacket and a small windhield that I didn't put on until it hit 50 as well. I would ride my sporty down in the 40's. heck I had many bikes that didn't have windshields.
I currently have my fairing off my RK and have my chopped down OEM windshield on and I rode it to work tonight. (as usual) for the last several weeks it has been really nice riding home at 2 A.M. tonight it was about 60-65 when I headed home. I found that this now my limit for where I want to have my gloves on. Used to be I would have been wearing a thin leather jacket that now I would have been freezing in had I been wearing it. Heck at 65 I might have still just been wearing my long sleeve levi shirt.
don't get me wrong I am not a fairweather only rider. I will ride down into the 30's but now I have 3 different levels of leather jackets (depending on the temps) balclava's, head wraps, subzero carharts, regular carharts, chaps, crash bar covers, heated gloves and 2 or 3 other sets of regular gloves to chose from, and who knows what else. I guess after 24 years of riding I have added alot and fine tuned what I need to ride and when.
I also realized tonight that If I had to go back to wearing the gear I had in my early 20's again that my bike would probably do alot more sitting.
Living in Ohio, if you don't ride when it gets cool you miss half the riding season.
call me a whimp if you wish but I have a feeling that my fairing might go back on my bike alittle earlier this year
I currently have my fairing off my RK and have my chopped down OEM windshield on and I rode it to work tonight. (as usual) for the last several weeks it has been really nice riding home at 2 A.M. tonight it was about 60-65 when I headed home. I found that this now my limit for where I want to have my gloves on. Used to be I would have been wearing a thin leather jacket that now I would have been freezing in had I been wearing it. Heck at 65 I might have still just been wearing my long sleeve levi shirt.
don't get me wrong I am not a fairweather only rider. I will ride down into the 30's but now I have 3 different levels of leather jackets (depending on the temps) balclava's, head wraps, subzero carharts, regular carharts, chaps, crash bar covers, heated gloves and 2 or 3 other sets of regular gloves to chose from, and who knows what else. I guess after 24 years of riding I have added alot and fine tuned what I need to ride and when.
I also realized tonight that If I had to go back to wearing the gear I had in my early 20's again that my bike would probably do alot more sitting.
Living in Ohio, if you don't ride when it gets cool you miss half the riding season.
call me a whimp if you wish but I have a feeling that my fairing might go back on my bike alittle earlier this year
I'll admit that the last couple of years I seem to find more and more excuses to take the Jeep when it's under 20 degrees. I guess I am old.
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Last edited by ocezam; 08-07-2012 at 07:36 AM.
#14
08-07-2012, 07:50 AM
It's not that we are getting old - we are finally getting smarter, lol!
I don't give a crap how cool I look anymore - it was 57 degrees this morning when I went to work and I want to be warm - not cool looking. So, on with the leather jacket and half-gloves, stop at the starbucks for coffee, then open up the shop. It's going to be eighty-something degrees when I leave this afternoon - I will look cool then!
I don't give a crap how cool I look anymore - it was 57 degrees this morning when I went to work and I want to be warm - not cool looking. So, on with the leather jacket and half-gloves, stop at the starbucks for coffee, then open up the shop. It's going to be eighty-something degrees when I leave this afternoon - I will look cool then!
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#18
08-07-2012, 08:44 AM
I haven't had a long ride for some time but I ended up staying out after dark Sat. night and on the way to the room the cold from the center pivots made my teeth chatter.I was feeling old thinking I needed something with a windshield and lowers until I pulled into my motel and a young couple were getting dressed to push the last 400 miles to sturgis to beat the heat and they put on more clothes than I have ever owned------they were from Ohio and said it was horrible cold here---------------After a 108 day and the night was 69 I just laughed
#19
08-07-2012, 08:53 AM
I think it has more to do with the temps you get acclimated to more than age. Just a few years ago, I was riding my Sporty, with no windshield, in the upper teens with just a couple of extra layers of clothes.
As I started adding heated gear, wind shield, etc. I start wanting the heated gear around 45 degrees. I still don't do the chaps until also 45 - 50 degrees.
On the other hand, I recently took a 3 week trip out west in the brutal heat. Thousands of miles with temps in excess of 100. When I returned home, it was only 92 degrees and I was almost cold.
So, I think it has more to do with how your body adjusts to different temps.
As I started adding heated gear, wind shield, etc. I start wanting the heated gear around 45 degrees. I still don't do the chaps until also 45 - 50 degrees.
On the other hand, I recently took a 3 week trip out west in the brutal heat. Thousands of miles with temps in excess of 100. When I returned home, it was only 92 degrees and I was almost cold.
So, I think it has more to do with how your body adjusts to different temps.
#20
08-07-2012, 08:16 PM
Road Captain
I remember back when 50 degrees used to be my limit before I put on my chaps. I didn't have all the gear that I have now, I had cheap gloves, cheap jacket and a small windhield that I didn't put on until it hit 50 as well. I would ride my sporty down in the 40's. heck I had many bikes that didn't have windshields.