I was really thinking about ditching work today in order to get some practice in but it is just too darn cold; wind chill is 2, I'm all set with that but with the Iceberg 300 in N.H. only next month I need to sharpen up those skills.
1973 Penton Jackpiner
1982 Yamaha XT200
1982 Yamaha XJ650J Maxim
1987 Yamaha YZ490
2005 Honda CRF450R
Must be the "Global Warming" !
Air temp here today will be lucky to clear 10. Windchill in the neg teens. Global warming at it's finest... ;)
Just got back from running a few miles in the McDowell Mountain trails in Scottsdale Az. In a T-shirt and shorts!! It's like a brutal wind chill of 60 here. Sorry =)
Jeff
(grew up in Ohio though)
40 deg high today in N Ga. and lows in mid 20's with a nasty NW wind. I cant even paint on my Penton project it is so cold !! ( I know the Ohio guys are laughing at me thinkin thats cold!) Saw golf tourny footage in Fla last nite.. its like 80 in Orlando.. humm...
1974 250 Hare Scrambler
Charles, if you are not doing anything Sunday, stop by Social Circle, I am running the Battle of Atlanta 8 hour race. Looks like a low 38 and highs in the mid 50s for Atlanta on Sunday, perfect riding weather.
Brian
'72 Berkshire
The most severe weather which I ever attended a motorcycle race was at Amherst Meadowlarks, in Amherst, Ohio. I believe it may have been one of the ANNULE JOSHUA McCOY NASHNAL CHAMPEEN HAIR SCRAMBELS (sic), around the later 1970's. Anyway, I remember it being minus 15 degrees F., and with the wind chill, it was colder than minus 50 degrees F. Many of the top Penton riders attended. I had to help Mark Unger push his Penton Berkshire around the pits even after the START flag dropped to get it to fire. Some wise-old Yamaha rider had a small camp fire under the crankcase of his bike. Conditions were interesting. No mud. A little dust, even. There was a little snow on the ground, but not much. Actually, the track was fairly easy to ride, other than it being frozen solid. Any other racers remember this race? joe
(http://i811.photobucket.com/albums/zz38/garrettccovington/IMG_0062-1.jpg)
72 six-day
Brian, sorry I just got back to this thread or I would have come out to Social Circle and said hello to all of you... Thanks for the video.. way too cool ! Glad you guys had a good time!! It looks like we will finally be getting warmer this week thank goodness !
1974 Penton 250 Hare Scrambler
1973 Honda CL 100
1983 Honda XL 185
1993 Yamaha RT 180