There are people in this world who ride this time of year in spite of the cold. I'm not one of them. Temperatures have been in the teens and single digits which translates to frostbite when you add in the wind chill of speeds on a bike. That's not to mention the tons of road salt the State has slathered on the roads waiting to dissolve anything that drives on it. So I sit and wait for the weather to warm up a little and hope a rainfall appears to wash the roads clean. Given the weather lately...
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Here in the Frozen North where I live there is usually a period during the winter when riding is not just out of the question, sometimes walking is too. We just had one of those nights most people here dread. With a wind advisory going we had wind chills at twenty below zero. That's cold in anybody's language. It's the time of year when I'm reduced to starting something in the garage and blipping the throttle to get a motorcycle fix of sorts. Also I have to run the big scooter every week to k...
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