Comments on: Riding Out of a Warm Bed https://scooterinthesticks.com/2006/11/riding-out-of-warm-bed/ Exploring life on a Vespa, Royal Enfield Himalayan, Honda Trail 125, and a Kawasaki W650 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 21:52:40 +0000 hourly 1 By: Giest https://scooterinthesticks.com/2006/11/riding-out-of-warm-bed/#comment-517 Sat, 11 Nov 2006 22:06:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=667#comment-517 thanks for the UTMC site, steve! seeing those winter pics was inspiring, to say the least. i’m trying to push my riding as far into the winter season as possible, but i’m not sure how far i’ll actually get.

]]> By: Steve Williams https://scooterinthesticks.com/2006/11/riding-out-of-warm-bed/#comment-495 Sat, 04 Nov 2006 14:25:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=667#comment-495 lucky: I agree, those guys seem focused beyond what I am up for. riding doesn’t keep me from complaining about the cold and I even find myself talking about it as a badge of honor…. maybe I am just trying to get attention?

gary: I kept thinking I was going to see you in their gallery of members. They just seem like your tribe. Glad I could find you a few friends….*grin*

scooterguru: Sounds as if you have done more than your fair share of cold weather riding. My hat is off to anyone patching gear and straightening handlebars and still is riding. For me the heat of Florida would be a far greater challenge than the cold.

steve

]]> By: ScooterGuru https://scooterinthesticks.com/2006/11/riding-out-of-warm-bed/#comment-494 Sat, 04 Nov 2006 03:28:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=667#comment-494 I know I can’t quite sympathise as much living here in sunny Florida, but there was a time when I lived in Virginia, and commuted over 45 miles each way on my trusty BMW in all but the iciest of weather. I bought a heated jacket liner, fashioned home-made hand guards, and sewed extra fleece insulation into my already-bulky riding pants to survive. I also fell a couple times on ice. I had to sew and patch-up my pants and jacket, because I couldn’t afford new ones, and spent a good deal of time straitening the handlebars in a vice at the shop. But, hey, the Wife was staying home with the Baby, and that bike got 65-70 MPG.
John
Crawfordville, Fl

]]> By: gary https://scooterinthesticks.com/2006/11/riding-out-of-warm-bed/#comment-493 Sat, 04 Nov 2006 02:26:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=667#comment-493 Wow… I had no clue these guys existed. Thanks, Steve, for introducing us. I just sent in one of my photos from last year. For the first time in my life, I’m actually interested in joining a club.

Ride well,
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]]> By: Anonymous https://scooterinthesticks.com/2006/11/riding-out-of-warm-bed/#comment-492 Fri, 03 Nov 2006 19:48:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=667#comment-492 All the other UTMCers I’ve met have been absolutely nuts. Some may think I’m a hardcore rider, but those guys…..

Good people.

I’ve become thoroughly wussified when it comes to cold weather from living in the desert. I think I’ve ridden when it was below 32 degrees once. Maybe twice. It doesn’t keep me from riding, but riding doesn’t keep me from complaining about the cold to anyone that’ll listen.

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