Weather where you are?

mauricejota7604 said:
Bloody shit NSW weather another day of punting my old Jota through near 40 degree temps again lucky back in the deep south its a more moderate 24 degrees.
Had to do quite of a bit of beer hydrating at Tom the wreckers yesterday after a spirited ride with Batto on his 79 Jota Tom on his 80 Jota and my 81 Jota it was a real case of a trifecta
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but dont worry got your back son but can you please, please clean your camera lens.. how many times must you be asked ?? :D :D :D

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Geez........looking at that photo one can do a lot of rivet counting seems there is one bike there that is close to original........guess which one ???
Oh cant believe the chief rivet counters bike... wow goodgrief, its a fail fail fail  :D :D :D
also has anyone told him that its not good practice to hang one's helmet from the mirror
 
How come you're roads don't turn to goo with the high temps, a week or so of mid 20's here would have it all getting a bit sticky mid bend and at the main road  junctions.  :-X
 
No idea, the last crash I had I put down to melted bitumen on a real hot day about 30 years ago going to hard on the Taree bends. Haven't seen similar since.
Googled it, yep it happens.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-06/how-heat-affects-roads-trains-and-planes/9308342
 
We get a lot of melted bitumen here in summer. It's a direct result of a mild verging on cool climate. As temps drop, the road builders add more diesel to the mix to make it workable - the real cheap bastards we have locally, do it even when it's hot to save money...
So when it does get hot, the melting point of the bitumen is low.
I can only surmise that as Oz is generally warmer most of the year, the contractors don't add as much diesel, hence the comparitive rarity of melted roads over there...
 
Typical Perth day today. Stinking hot in the morning, looked like it was snowing mid afternoon but it was white ash blowing in from the bushfire 25km away, now the smoke has arrived and we are waiting for the predicted heavy rain from the ex cyclone now tropical low that is heading south. Yep, all is normal.
 
Couple of weeks now of high 30's here. Not pleasant at all.

Only side benefit is that I've got a set of CBR600 honda cases soaking in my cleaning mixture - in full sun.
The soaking bath steams quietly by late afternoon - and they're starting to look quite good after being some of the worst I'd seen.
 
32c with 20% humidity in the Adelaide Hills. Very pleasant but expecting 42c Sat and Sun.
 
Going away for the weekend on the Jota. Forecast is sunny, 30? Saturday and 36? Sunday. I reckon I'll roast in my black leathers. Reckon I'll be wearing my summer jacket and draggin' jeans. Road will be pretty warm. Tyres should stick well.
 
Today is Australia Day, celebrating the arrival of the first fleet and I usually go down to The Harbour to watch the Air Force fly past. It's on occasion brilliant with 3 FA18s arriving and 2 departing leaving one to do a handling display around the Harbour, unless like today we had low cloud. Instead of a 15minute display of acrobatics it was 2 laps around, bloody low cloud wouldn't allow line of sight flying.
 
It was only around 33 degrees here today but as humid as hell so only two things to do, take both Jota's for a  ride then start drink red ...............nope not red wine however but cold red Peroni's  :D
 
Pretty tropical here lately in Auckland. Lovely riding weather most mornings, 16-20?C, usually calm and clear.
But best to get home by lunch cos by then it's nudging 30 with a good chance of running into a thunderstorm!
 
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