Cooler temps makes for a comfortable day on the bike.

[dazzler24]

400km round trip today with a HD friend.   Temps here are starting to cool off - at last!

Plenty of native wildlife out and about which we managed to avoid hitting - bonus!

But I managed to crash into a bee with my neck and she reacted accordingly by stinging me on my throat and then went walkabout inside my helmet. 

All in all a pretty good day on balance.

Managed to find a dirt/gravel road on our travels.

[2and3cylinders]

Cool is relative 

What is cooler?

I'm hoping to finely get out with Old Man this weekend if he's up to it. It seems we are finally warming up. I hope I didn't jinx it putting the pail of calcium chloride pellets into the garage; not for the season yet though back into the shed. Something you've likely never used if even seen.

I should flush the brakes before...

Lube the throttle and clutch cables. Brian ihas indicated replacement of the former is a better option and I am ordering a set.

[OldBikers]

Didn't make it with 2&3, I was too sore to wear my helmet after oral surgery.  As it turned out he didn't ride either.

On the other hand another friend went out for a ride and went down injuring his

[2and3cylinders]

4 hours ago, OldBikers said:

Didn't make it with 2&3, I was too sore to wear my helmet after oral surgery.  As it turned out he didn't ride either.

On the other hand another friend went out for a ride and went down injuring his

The weather for friday and saturday is still in question old man so we'll play it by ear as discussed yesterday

[dazzler24]

10 hours ago, 2and3cylinders said:

Cool is relative 

What is cooler?

I'm hoping to finely get out with Old Man this weekend if he's up to it. It seems we are finally warming up. I hope I didn't jinx it putting the pail of calcium chloride pellets into the garage; not for the season yet though back into the shed. Something you've likely never used if even seen.

I should flush the brakes before...

Lube the throttle and clutch cables. Brian ihas indicated replacement of the former is a better option and I am ordering a set.

Cooler for where I'm at is 25C(77F) and under with 60% and under humidity.  We started out the other day at 22C(72F)-bliss and it warmed up to around 28C(83F) in the middle of the day - still good with the lower humidity as the air starts to dry out and we move towards our Winter.

Yes, the closest we come to a pail of calcium chloride is this stuff and its many cousins and we use them in the hot heavy humid months inside the house to keep the mould (mold) away/reduced. Same main ingredient.

[2and3cylinders]

Interesting, I presume they use in our southern regions for that too.

We've used only three 50# bags of the ice melt pellets here, and the chance of anything sticking for more than a few hours is low.

We did get this to day.  I saw some 1.5" as well...  Put a tiny dent in the wife's hood; they make Subaru's out of some thicker steel.  Not as heavy gauge as our old 1980 Volvo 240DL though.  That thing was a tank.  The sprayed more pounds of coatings (paint) on the old Volvos than even Bentleys.