Author Topic: Winter is here (Read 15440 times)

Johnie · « **Reply #125 on:** January 21, 2018, 09:26:58 AM »

Yah, yah...rub it in

We are getting warm in WI for January. 40 today, but with all the salt on the road bikes stay in the heated shop. Have fun on the 90 bud.

FrankenFrankenstuff · « **Reply #126 on:** January 22, 2018, 07:10:27 AM »

Was a good ride. Zipped around town. Didn't see another bike out.

dave500 · « **Reply #127 on:** January 23, 2018, 02:59:47 AM »

its winter alright,only just turned off the airconditioner!

Johnie · « **Reply #128 on:** January 23, 2018, 09:22:29 AM »

That's nasty Dave...we have ice here.

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #129 on:** January 24, 2018, 10:42:46 PM »

Well the only ice here is in my glass of Bourbon, and it's melting fast. It's gonna be around 100 deg F for the next few days, so I'm thinking about buying a portable air conditioner to compliment the swamp cooler I had installed many years ago, the humidity is pretty high too, and the higher the humidity, the less effective the swamp cooler. Oh well, at least it's not snowing...........

754 · « **Reply #130 on:** February 18, 2018, 04:01:41 PM »

February is the worst month for travel in BC..lots of closures in the passes.
We have passes 3 hours east and west of us that get 50 feet of snow every winter.
Meanwhile much closer but up high on another pass the air ambulance got sent out
Not much info yet, but it looks Like the day went to he'll for a couple dozen folks

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #131 on:** February 18, 2018, 04:07:39 PM »

Fcuk that! The only white sh1t I want around here is sand!

754 · « **Reply #132 on:** February 18, 2018, 04:20:45 PM »

I hope its the inbound lane, my daughter left on the bus 2 hours earlier. . So probably got there an hour later.
If it's on her sides they will be waiting a while.
The hill going up there is about 15 miles of steady climb.. long one..does not level off once. Only a few places to turn, even on a bike. Head up there riding and hit bad weather you are hooped.
And not a surprise to hit snow in MAY up there.

Johnie · « **Reply #133 on:** February 18, 2018, 04:43:48 PM »

They are talking rain, ice and snow in WI Monday and Tuesday. I hate that ice...

Yamahawk · « **Reply #134 on:** February 18, 2018, 07:12:36 PM »

Quote from: Terry in Australia on February 18, 2018, 04:07:39 PM

Fcuk that! The only white sh1t I want around here is sand!

I hope your daughter is safe, Frank. And really I think all those vehicles are just huddled together for warmth...

Charlie

754 · « **Reply #135 on:** February 18, 2018, 09:10:10 PM »

Yeah they got through ok, but said there were several pileups.
The one in the pic was 9 vehicles.. that is a lot for here.
I bet everyone would drive slower without traction control and ABS..

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #136 on:** February 18, 2018, 09:39:33 PM »

Maybe, driving home this afternoon in perfect weather I saw several near misses where young peanuts were driving their cars like they were playing computer games, they'll get a shock one day when they wrap their cars around something solid and realise that they're playing for real.............

Yamahawk · « **Reply #137 on:** February 19, 2018, 02:56:39 AM »

Quote from: 754 on February 18, 2018, 09:10:10 PM

Yeah they got through ok, but said there were several pileups.
The one in the pic was 9 vehicles.. that is a lot for here.
I bet everyone would drive slower without traction control and ABS..

You know, those are great aids to go... but, they still only have 4 brakes like everyone else, lol... I see SUV's all the time that went really well, but stopping was another matter...

Charlie

ofreen · « **Reply #138 on:** February 19, 2018, 07:50:48 AM »

Quote from: 754 on February 18, 2018, 09:10:10 PM

I bet everyone would drive slower without traction control and ABS..

I don't know if they would or not since their track record on this wasn't that great before all these hi-zoot interventions became available on vehicles. But I agree with your point, the technology has made people complacent, plus it actually can obscure from the driver how much traction is available. So they go bombing along, oblivious to how slick it is.

754 · « **Reply #139 on:** February 19, 2018, 06:26:55 PM »

I dont know what it is about that road, but many people insist on trying to drive 70 mph, during winter conditions.
They crash.. often..

Yamahawk · « **Reply #140 on:** February 20, 2018, 04:27:29 AM »

Gonna be 66 degrees today, but rain most of the day... which should get rid of a lot of salt!!
I remember driving up I5 to B.C. in September of 1977, and then heading east to where I went north to Ft. McMurray. I spent a couple months there with my mom and dad, he was working for Bechtel building the Athabasca Tar Sands project.
When I left in late November, it was -22f below zero. My 1968 International Travelall 1100C series lost the water pump seal 100 miles south of Ft. McMurray... and as you know, Frank, there is NOTHING between the 400 miles of road that leads to Edmonton... and at -22f there isn't any water that ain't frozen either. I found out that the 345ci engine would air cool itself if I drove 50mph...
And so, I did. Through Edmonton, into Calgary, on to Medicine Hat... through one of the WORST ice and snow storms they had in 30 years. I had to stop in Medicine Hat, as they had closed the highway down into the town, as it was too icy, and I got the last motel room west of Medicine Hat. I stopped to pee that night on Hwy1, and as I stood on the passenger side of the truck, the wind blew it sideways on the ice, and it was heading right for me... I zipped up in a hurry! 18" of snow on top of 1 1/2" of freezing rain... The next day, I reached the border of Alberta and Saskatchewan, and it is a banked curve to the right, heading east on Hwy 1. There were 10 Semi trucks jackknifed on the road, from where their trailers had slid down the banked road, and covered both lanes... more of them had ran off the road, and there was about 25 cars ahead of me. Now, remember.. I have to be going 50mph to cool, which the truck did admirably in 4wd.. but after a couple minutes wait, the temperature started climbing.. so, I rolled down the passenger window and asked the semi driver if the ground was frozen and he said 'hell yeah'... so, 4wd low range, down the 30 ft. embankment, around the semi, back up the embankment, and 4wd high at 50mph, all the way to where I crossed into the states in Manitoba and N. Dakota, then on to Port Huron Mi. with absolutely NO WATER or antifreeze in the engine or radiator... as it would just leak out in a few minutes. Quite the journey, and I miss the old Travelall... I changed the water pump out in the parking lot of the El Rancho motel and restaurant the next week, with my 1st paycheck from the job I started there... it was a BEAST!
Charlie
Charlie

Stev-o · « **Reply #141 on:** February 20, 2018, 06:39:28 AM »

Winter is over here, hit 80 yesterday for the first time this year. But a strong cold front is on it's way down, a lot of rain expected this week....

ofreen · « **Reply #142 on:** February 20, 2018, 10:10:10 AM »

Quote from: Stev-o on February 20, 2018, 06:39:28 AM

Winter is over here, hit 80 yesterday for the first time this year. But a strong cold front is on it's way down, a lot of rain expected this week....

I am picking up an M Roadster for my brother in Arlington tomorrow and bringing it back to Idaho. The forecast along the way is a real mixed bag. Ought to be innaresting.

Yamahawk · « **Reply #143 on:** February 20, 2018, 02:17:35 PM »

Quote from: ofreen on February 20, 2018, 10:10:10 AM

Quote from: Stev-o on February 20, 2018, 06:39:28 AM
Winter is over here, hit 80 yesterday for the first time this year. But a strong cold front is on it's way down, a lot of rain expected this week....

I am picking up an M Roadster for my brother in Arlington tomorrow and bringing it back to Idaho. The forecast along the way is a real mixed bag. Ought to be innaresting.

Is that Arlington, Washington? If so, my older sister lives there!
Charlie

Johnie · « **Reply #144 on:** February 20, 2018, 02:20:16 PM »

Here is the ice storm we had. Lucky it did not get as bad as they were predicting. Only had a 15 second power outage. Ice covered the roads and all schools closed today.

sixthwisconsin · « **Reply #145 on:** February 20, 2018, 02:40:01 PM »

Johnie,
Glad you came through that ice storm ok, that can be nasty. Down here in Brookfield, we have had tons of rain and flash flooding. My side yard looks like a flooded ice rink!

Don't forget, the ides of March are fast approaching!

ofreen · « **Reply #146 on:** February 20, 2018, 03:09:19 PM »

Quote from: Yamahawk on February 20, 2018, 02:17:35 PM

Quote from: ofreen on February 20, 2018, 10:10:10 AM
Quote from: Stev-o on February 20, 2018, 06:39:28 AM
Winter is over here, hit 80 yesterday for the first time this year. But a strong cold front is on it's way down, a lot of rain expected this week....

I am picking up an M Roadster for my brother in Arlington tomorrow and bringing it back to Idaho. The forecast along the way is a real mixed bag. Ought to be innaresting.
Is that Arlington, Washington? If so, my older sister lives there!
Charlie

That would be easier, but no, it is in Arlington Texas, just outside Dallas.

754 · « **Reply #147 on:** February 26, 2018, 06:30:58 PM »

Things got real bad on the Coq yesterday, freezing rain.
8 pm last night there was a bad accident, 2 buses, 2 semis, 2 passenger vehicles. One bus had a semi on it and on the side trapping people, it took 2 1/2 to get the people out of one bus. There were over 25 ambulances and helicopters. 29 injured, 150 people involved in 6 vehicles.
Luckily all survived so far. .. bad out there...be Safe..

I should mention this is the road where the TV show Highway to Hell , is filmed.

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #148 on:** February 26, 2018, 06:55:17 PM »

Fark! Well it's the last day of summer here in Oz today, so it won't be long (3 or 4 months) before I'm complaining about the cold, I better decide what bike I'll build in my patio workshop this winter!

scottly · « **Reply #149 on:** February 26, 2018, 07:08:24 PM »

8 degrees F the last 2 mornings here, but daytime temps up to high 40's-low 50's. That may change tomorrow, as a bit of weather is forecast for the area.

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