Fri, 8 May 1998 09:32:58 +0100 - Message No. 2923
From: Chris Longhurst

Subject: Winter finally seems to have gone. The plastic crotch-rockets hav


I commute 55 miles to work and 55 miles home each day using my AT. With
the exception of a week or so in February, the weather here has been
pretty typical for this time of year in the UK. I've been commuting
between 3 and 4 days a week using the bike, with the other day(s) in the
car or on a train. (boo!)
Given that I ride all through winter, in everything except snow, I think
of myself as a pretty well-honed rider. What I object to, then, are the
fair-weather bikers who come out at the first sign of sunshine after not
having ridden for 5 months whilst it was cold. If you've only ridden a
motorbike in the dry, then you've not really got any riding experience
at all. If you can ride successfully through the winter months, then
you'll appreciate the onset of summer far more. I certainly do. I get a
warm buzz when the clocks change and I can get more and more daylight on
my commute. I enjoy it as the weather gradually warms up and I can start
to change my riding gear from huge, bulky winter items, to light summer
items (especially the gloves). I get the impression that a lot of the
plastic crotch-rocket brigade simply have their bikes because they view
them as fashion accessories. These are the same people that ride into
the side of a truck on a perfectly clear and dry day after not having
ridden all winter, and then wonder why.

I think those of us fortunate enough to own ATs know better.

Here endeth my bit for the day :-)


"Aaalrighty then" - Ace Ventura.

Chris Longhurst, Flight Simulator Graphics Modeller.
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/2195/
Work:clonghur@es.com
Home:chrisl@audicoupe.demon.co.uk




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