Too darn cold!

[David Laite]

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

[VICTOR MONZ]

Must be the "Global Warming" !

[thrownchain]

Air temp here today will be lucky to clear 10. Windchill in the neg teens. Global warming at it's finest...

[jeff greenberg]

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)

[Charles Gresham]

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

[brian kirby]

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

[joe novak]

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

[garrettccovington]

72 six-day

[Charles Gresham]

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