Damn straight. With temps supposed to be in the 70's and only a slight chance of rain, I'm draggin' the Harley out and goin' for a ride. I can Jeep when it rains or snows.
-- Old Crow '82 Shovelhead FLT 92" 'Pearl' '95 Jeep YJ Rio Grande ASE Certified Master Auto Tech + L1 TOMKAT, BS#133, SENS, MAMBM, DOF#51
Damn I woke up to -32 Deg C here this morning .... but with the help of this forum my old 87 started right up. :)
Jeepster did pass the time by typing:
-32C "brr" at that temperature even ice cubes wear little hats.
I feel for you :) I have worked outside for the most part in the winters in -20 to -45 deg C weather for years.....it makes you and your vehicle tough.
It's a little warmer here than that, but we're about to pay for our (so far) very mild winter starting late tonight.
Cheers, - Jeff G Ft. Atkinson, WI
It didn't get quite as warm as they said it would, but it was perfect for a nice 60-some mile winter(more spring-like than winter)ride...got up to 71F or so. Still 67 at 7:45, but supposed to drop into the 50's tomorrow and lower still on Monday. Tried to go back and look for a geocache that I missed the first time I looked for it, and missed it again today. Not supposed to be that hard to find. Guess I'll have to get my son involved, he has better luck than I do at actually locating the caches.
The only local skiing we have here in Arkansas involves boats and large bodies of water...it's too cold for that too, right now.
-- Old Crow '82 Shovelhead FLT 92" 'Pearl' '95 Jeep YJ Rio Grande ASE Certified Master Auto Tech + L1 TOMKAT, BS#133, SENS, MAMBM, DOF#51
Traitor.... Your jeep will be crying....
I can understand though. If I had a Harley I'd sneak it past my jeep every once in a while too... :-)
Not really, she knows that when my driveway is muddy, it's her turn!
They have to share. My wife and I both have Harleys...and Jeeps. And I'm broke all the time...go figure.
-- Old Crow '82 Shovelhead FLT 92" 'Pearl' '95 Jeep YJ Rio Grande ASE Certified Master Auto Tech + L1 TOMKAT, BS#133, SENS, MAMBM, DOF#51
You don't need a Harley to ride. My 74 Harley isn't anywhere near reliable to ride in anything but the fairest of weather and it's only got ~50k on it. The Kawasaki on the other hand (86 Police 1000) is the one I ride in anything nature throws at me, anytime. With 125k on it and no work on the motor, it's always going to be my 'go to' bike. Damn thing's built better than my Jeeps are!
Jeff G
86 Kawasaki Police 1000 82 Kawasaki Police 1000 74 Harley FLH 67 Kaiser Jeepster Commando 50 Willys 4x4 Station Wagon
Well, my bike is surely reliable enough to ride in any weather that I'd care to ride in, but since I have a Jeep too, when the temps drop the Harley will stay in the shed and the Jeep will be my choice. Since I hit 50 I've come to the conclusion that there are times to ride a bike and times to drive the Jeep. Saturday, when the temps were in the 70's was a time to ride the bike. Today, OTOH, when the temp is 25F is a time to take the Jeep to work. No good reason I can see to ride the bike 66 miles one way in this kind of weather.
-- Old Crow '82 Shovelhead FLT 92" 'Pearl' '95 Jeep YJ Rio Grande ASE Certified Master Auto Tech + L1 TOMKAT, BS#133, SENS, MAMBM, DOF#51
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