How cold are you this morning?

[rickss69]

Going to be 5 degrees here when I leave for work. Going to be macho-stupid and ride the bike in...got a new Canadian Carhartt jacket I've been wanting to try. Wish me luck! :ohcrap:

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq69/rickss69/winterriding002_zpsebe3b9d9.jpg

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq69/rickss69/Last%20Sportster%20build/Sportsterforsale006_zps17d17df8.jpg

[Witchdoctor]

Dude,

Just don't do it.

Wind Chill T(wc) = 35.74 + 0.6215T - 35.75(V0.16) + 0.4275T(V0.16)


Not a rocket scientist, but I am thinking the solution to this formula = DAM COLD

Edit,

found a chart and it does not even account for doing 65 MPH down the highway

[Mr.Scott]

How cold are you this morning?

So cold my nipples could cut glass right now.

[rickss69]

Oh, I'm committed now lol. I may regret it coming home at midnight...betting I don't see another bike on the road hehe. :taunt:

By your chart Witchy it appears it may approach -60 @ 60mph haha!

[Witchdoctor]

They are calling for 2 F tomorrow morning here with 20 to 25 MPH winds

I will be driving my truck with cough heat in it cough ............ :laughing:

[rickss69]

Not that bad after all... http://pweb.jps.net/~prichins/windchil.htm

[Witchdoctor]

you will have to let us know if you made it bro ......... :blink:

[Kal-EL]

It was mega cold this mornin, 57 defreez, hope u dont get any frostbitten parts bro!

[Witchdoctor]

:finger:

[Gunslinger]

It was around 12 degrees or so, low of 5 tonight.

Work is a disaster, pipes frozen everywhere, the city threatened a natural gas curtailment that would have doomed the plant for sure. Not looking forward to the next few days at all. The real fun begins when shit starts to thaw.

[rickss69]

The ride into work yesterday was fine, but I didnt anticipate a 16 hour shift. We re-fused and changed out transformers all night and up until 7:30 this morning. Went to start the bike and it would barely turn over...not fast enough to get the fuel injection going. 1 degree temp plus windchill probably jelled the oil so thick it would not let the starter spin the motor fast enough. It has a fresh hot battery and has always been on the Tender...powerpack booster and a truck with jumper cables had no effect. I'll have to push it into the building this evening to warm it up I suppose. I know the limit of the bike now anyway.

[Gunslinger]

Got to stand under a firewater sprinkler this morning to close an isolation valve to the system, we were using steam to thaw a frozen pipe, steam set off the sprinkler system.

Gotta love winter in the south.

And it was 5 degrees F.

[Witchdoctor]

It's so cold the police aren't even pulling speeders over.

Wonder if my 8800 gts will do 900 in this ?

[rickss69]

Very irritating...now I have to deal with two vehicles. Probably end up pulling the trailer to work at some point. Stupid bike...:taunt:

Hope we both have better luck this evening Gunslinger...stay warm if you can. :thumbsup:


EDIT: I just figured out why the jump start didnt work this morning...the inline fuse on the Tender pigtail was blown. I was so tired and frustrated this morning it didnt even occur to me at the time. Pushed the bike into the heated warehouse and have the Tender charging right now. If it fires up later I will likely ride back to the house this evening.

[rickss69]

Bike fired right up after being warmed and I rode it home this evening. Only 13 degrees tonight, but all is right in the world once again. Moral of the story is if I ride it into work again in the cold it will be parked inside while I work hehe.

[Bones]

It was around 12 degrees or so, low of 5 tonight.

Work is a disaster, pipes frozen everywhere, the city threatened a natural gas curtailment that would have doomed the plant for sure. Not looking forward to the next few days at all. The real fun begins when shit starts to thaw.

You've got that right, I've already had my fun with it.

Early this morning I found we had one of the feed lines to a cooling water tower on the roof at work freeze up. Had to get it thawed out since the tower's water level was getting low and began running regular water over the affected area of the pipe so it could start refilling the tower as it should to maintain the correct water level.

Got it thawed out all right - When the ice in the pipe let go, it caused a waterhammer that blew out the chem feed meter, :scared: looked like a fountain when it came apart, blew the guts of the meter all over the place.
Had to reassemble the meter, then get it back in place on the pipe and hope it didn't let go again which luckily it didn't. I'm also hoping the meter itself will work after all that but at least the tower is up to it's proper level again. If nothing else goes wrong, I'll be happy.

[Gunslinger]

nice, I've got similar issues with the 6 cooling towers we've got. We stopped the chem feeds while it was real cold and bypassed the controllers that had the option.

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

Three days ago in St. Paul MN, minus 22 degree's no Internet and already working so I can't use it YET!

[Neuromancer]

Not that bad after all... http://pweb.jps.net/~prichins/windchil.htm

I was wondering how that had any effect since, humidity affects evaporation rate. But noticed they added "affect on exposed skin" which would be the evaporation rate they were talking about.


In Jr High school (middle school for most of the country) we performed the wet bulb thermometer experiments.

Spin a thermometer around on a string, then dip the end of the thermometer into a liquid and spin it around. the wetbulb will be below ambient.

I imagine that this would the same affect on human skin (ugly bags of mostly water :) )


Nice and warm here, smoking outside in a tshirt :) (currently 42F in AC )

[Kal-EL]

66' here, horrible just horrible :P

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

LOL! You poor thing!

[V2-V3]

-27c in the early morning.....
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g94/V2-V3/PART_13918830388891_zps2a6cfe3b.jpeg

[Witchdoctor]

yea this winter just blows, need to move to the south

[rickss69]

Just cold enough here this morning for a light dusting of snow. Actually sold the bike this morning and the guy rode it back home 150 miles...lent him my heated gear for the ride.

After he left I decided to do the long overdue project of a radio/speaker swap in the truck in the driveway...wasnt too awful bad.

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq69/rickss69/truckradio001_zpsb4d8bbfe.jpg

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq69/rickss69/truckstereo002_zps80d3ef6b.jpg

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq69/rickss69/truckstereo001_zps1d1c2ddd.jpg

How about some Courtney Force pics on this cold Saturday afternoon? :D

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq69/rickss69/Stock%20Eliminator/Force_zps114139ca.png

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq69/rickss69/Stock%20Eliminator/Force3_zpsf3e6523a.png

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq69/rickss69/Stock%20Eliminator/Force2_zps3720145d.png

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq69/rickss69/Stock%20Eliminator/Force4_zps09ae1c12.png

[Witchdoctor]

Wow, she's put together ....

nice job on the radio .... :laughing:

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

Hope you saved the code on that factory head unit, or else..........

[Kal-EL]

She seems gassy, gas can, fart strong enough to fill a chute, she's a real showroom girl :)

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

That face of hers looks like Nepolian dynamite;)

[Witchdoctor]

Maybe she pics her teeth with a digging iron :blink:

18" more inches of snow rolling up on pa start tonight Around 10:00 pm

Getting to the point there is no where to go with it

Ready for spring

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

I hear ya, so ready for warm weather. I went to hang my rad out the window it was barely 0 degree's outside, and climbing this week too.

[Witchdoctor]

better add some glycol to that loop ...... :laughing:

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

better add some glycol to that loop ...... :laughing:

Always have it in my loops :thumbsup:

[Witchdoctor]

We are getting hammered , they are calling for 30 hrs. of snow up to 18" of it :shock:

I hate shoveling snow , I hate snow altogether TBH

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

We are getting hammered , they are calling for 30 hrs. of snow up to 18" of it :shock:

I hate shoveling snow , I hate snow altogether TBH

Haaa I say along the NE coast there calling for 11-26 inches insanity!!!!:thumbdown:

[kikicoco1334]

this is not my car but it's pretty much what it looked like earlier this monday.

http://dailypicksandflicks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/picdump-1050-20.jpg

i had to work from home because i couldn't even make out of the neighborhood it was raining ice and all that good stuff

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

That's a killer photo, I feel for ya!!!!

[Splave]

40F and gloom, mega storm might hit wednesday with another foot may slide south too early to tell

[kikicoco1334]

stay safe out there guys. weather this year is just insane

[V2-V3]

Got frost bit on my nose and cheeks last week...
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g94/V2-V3/Thiscold_zps00933868.jpg

[kikicoco1334]

Dude that's pretty hard core xD

[Mr.Scott]

Got frost bit on my nose and cheeks last week...
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g94/V2-V3/Thiscold_zps00933868.jpg
Keep your face out of the pot. ;)

[V2-V3]

Keep your face out of the pot. ;)

What can i say? its an addiction!