It's a scorcher!

[Black Sheep]

Freezing? I'll agree it's a bit breezy but 6 to 16 degrees is pretty idyllic - at least in Scotland it is.

[muskrat]

"1963 was the winter to remember"
Sorry I was only 2. 
4C when I rode to work. Beautiful. And the bike goes better when it's cool.
Cheers

[duTch]

 Farquaall that ^^^ all too cold for me...had a few coldies last week down to 6˚ a couple of nights...but back up to 20˚ish through the day..today made it to a tolerable ~25, so should be back up to sensible high 20's before too long  ....2009 I was working in 36˚ in August, that was different, hadn't seen more than a few spots of 'moisture-from-the-sky' for about four years or so (forgot what it looked like), but the summer was not so hot as I expected- and a year or so later had crazy floods.....

[a101960]

This hot weather has reminded me of an incident many years ago (1964 or 1965) when I was an impoverished student. I had a Sunbeam S8, and one hot sultry afternoon I was waiting at the traffic lights on Shaftsbury Avenue in London. A traffic cop pulled up along side of me, and while he was sat there like me, waiting for the lights to change he gave me and the bike a visual going over. Then he leaned across, and said “Oi where’s your tax disc then?” “It’s in the post” I replied “Yeah it always effin is” was his response. With that the lights changed and he rode off. Lucky or what? Anyone else had a close shave like that?

[duTch]

 

....“Oi where’s your tax disc then?” “It’s in the post” I replied “Yeah it always effin is” was his response. With that the lights changed and he rode off. Lucky or what? Anyone else had a close shave like that?..

 Almost. A few weeks ago, (maybe the day I hit the sunken cover, being right around the corner), I pulled up at lights and had a feeling something was behind me, so had the usual glance over my left shoulder. Sho' nuff, lights changed and lights flashed and hornie-sireny thing (more of a sound blaster these days)....so pulled into the gutter...first thing he said was "where's your reflector...?... ", but before I could come up with anything he looked at the tail-light and satisfied himself that it has a built in reflector...(which they apparently do but not very effective ).

 Next inevitable item on the list was ... "...and where's your indicators ? And what is it anyway....?  ", so I explained that I know that mandatory fitment to new machines in our State was not effective until 30 June '75 (I actually thought it was '76 so checked the next day), and indicators didn't exist in the '50's.
  Not content with that and adamant I should have indicators, he made some phone calls and his mate turned up, and he was on his eyepad thingy googgling and doing all he could for evidence
   I explained that I've been through it lots of times since the '70's and know I don't need them. After a bit of debating he said " well if I don't know, I can't give you a ticket..." the only thing I could say to that was " I know I don't need them, and you still can't give me a ticket.. " .....and they climbed on their bikes and rode off in a collective huff....

....and the things I thought funny was being a street away from the wrecker where I found the frame to start the build AND right out front of where the last State distributors (Brisk Sales) for BSA were housed....
 And it was a nice mild mid-20˚'s day...

[kiwipom]

Good story Dutch, i will be at `The beach Houses`Moroochydore first week in September if you are in the area drop by for a beer whether should be a `cool`29/30c by then, cheers

[Peter in Aus]

125K winds thunder storms and rain here not a good day for a ride

[muskrat]

^^^ "not a good day for a ride"
No such thing Peter!
Cheers

[Sav]

Normality is resumed!

Flooded, fence blown down and the poor moggy frightened silly at the pyrotechnics.

Long may it continue!!

[bsa-bill]

poor moggy

in our case pooch, not generally bothered by lightning but wouldn't settle this time.
Yes a little more bearable but heat is to come back so they say,

[Sav]

Yes a little more bearable but heat is to come back so they say,

Hoping not too bad as camping at the West Kent International on the Empire Star from Thursday.


Our poor moggy was hiding in the corner mewing loudly during the unusually noisy thunder, could not calm him down.

[cyclobutch]

poor moggy

in our case pooch, not generally bothered by lightning but wouldn't settle this time.
Yes a little more bearable but heat is to come back so they say,

Earl the tortoise remained untroubled throughout.

[lawnmowerman]

poor moggy

in our case pooch, not generally bothered by lightning but wouldn't settle this time.
Yes a little more bearable but heat is to come back so they say,

Earl the tortoise remained untroubled throughout.

But how would you tell? 

Jim

[bsa-bill]

Earl the tortoise remained untroubled throughout.

obviously shell shocked -- boom boom - "it's the way ah tell em"

[lawnmowerman]

Earl the tortoise remained untroubled throughout.

obviously shell shocked -- boom boom - "it's the way ah tell em"