Winter!

**Oakie** · 11th May 2012, 13:02

Originally Posted by GSF

My Bandit always seems to run really well on days when the air is very cold and dry (anyone else find this? Lesser air pressure and humidity makes carbs run more efficiently?

Yes I do! Every so often the conditions must be at the optimum for fuel burn ... air pressure, temperature, humidity ... and the Bandit just seems to go perceptibly better.

**rastuscat** · 11th May 2012, 14:25

I commute on the bike, it makes parking in the city a breeze.

I start work at 6.00, so set off at 5.30 from Rangiora.

My bike (bless it) tells me how cold it is, and this morning it was -2 on Lineside Road. I'm going to put a piece of tape over the display, coz I don't want to know.

It's normally a chance (compulsory actually) to wear ever layer available. Thats means having to have somewhere to store the gear on the way home in the afternoon, for use the next morning.

Re gloves, I find the Rain Off gloves http://www.rain-off.com/ to be great. They are rain gloves, but over my winter gloves they provide a wind blocking layer.

It makes head checks a bit more difficult, wearing to much gear, but I'd still rather do that than pay for parking. It's cheaper to run the bike, and basically I love riding.

Yes, it has heated grips.

I've googled the heated vests, pants etc, but I have survived so far, so can't see the point in spending a bloody fortune on gear I might use so infrequently.

I'm missing Marmite.

Just my thoughts.

**Big Dave** · 11th May 2012, 14:37

Some days I miss living in NZ. Some days I don't.

Friday
Mostly sunny
Min: 14°C Max: 26°C

Saturday
Sunny
Min: 14°C Max: 27°C

Sunday
Sunny
Min: 13°C Max: 26°C

**unstuck** · 11th May 2012, 14:56

Originally Posted by Big Dave

Some days I miss living in NZ. Some days I don't.

Friday
Mostly sunny
Min: 14°C Max: 26°C

Saturday
Sunny
Min: 14°C Max: 27°C

Sunday
Sunny
Min: 13°C Max: 26°C

Yeah but, you have to put up with all them obnoxious auzzy pricks.

**george formby** · 11th May 2012, 15:08

I forgot to mention that eating a litre of porridge at 98c will keep you warm in a blast freezer wearing nothing but your undercracks for 2 hours minimum. A winter riders breakfast du jour IMHO.

**GSF** · 11th May 2012, 15:22

Originally Posted by Oakie

Yes I do! Every so often the conditions must be at the optimum for fuel burn ... air pressure, temperature, humidity ... and the Bandit just seems to go perceptibly better.

This is what I thought, my working knowledge of carbs is very rudimentary but it stands to reason. Piston-engined aircraft have a mixture adjustment control to lean/richen the mixture as altitude, air pressure and temperature change. I saw a Mikuni jet size chart once that was intended for setting up race carbs depending on temperature, air pressure and altitude above sea level.

**Zedder** · 11th May 2012, 15:44

Originally Posted by george formby

I forgot to mention that eating a litre of porridge at 98c will keep you warm in a blast freezer wearing nothing but your undercracks for 2 hours minimum. A winter riders breakfast du jour IMHO.

And as an added benefit, according to health experts, porridge lowers cholesterol. Great stuff.

**Oakie** · 11th May 2012, 17:44

Originally Posted by Zedder

And as an added benefit, according to health experts, porridge lowers cholesterol. Great stuff.

Unless you have great lumps of brown sugar on it like I do. Well, I must admit that the lumps aren't as big as the used to be.

**Zedder** · 11th May 2012, 18:57

Originally Posted by Oakie

Unless you have great lumps of brown sugar on it like I do. Well, I must admit that the lumps aren't as big as the used to be.

Try it with lumps of fruit mate.

**unstuck** · 11th May 2012, 19:02

Oh jezus, next you bloody nannas will be riding around with hot water bottles tucked under ya jackets.

**FJRider** · 11th May 2012, 19:07

Originally Posted by unstuck

Oh jezus, next you bloody nannas will be riding around with hot water bottles tucked under ya jackets.

But few will be riding around in shorts and T-shirt ...

**unstuck** · 11th May 2012, 19:09

Originally Posted by FJRider

But few will be riding around in shorts and T-shirt ...

I wonder if that is why you dont see many squids down here.

**FJRider** · 11th May 2012, 19:21

Originally Posted by unstuck

I wonder if that is why you dont see many squids down here.

All the Goreon's come up here in cars ...

**unstuck** · 11th May 2012, 19:24

Originally Posted by FJRider

All the Goreon's come up here in cars ...

You can keep all those dickhead firm members. Last 2 visits out there for me were in the cage too, damn it all, was glorious weather too. But, oh no, she who must be obeyed wanted to go shopping blah blah blah.