Looking forward to this Summer...

Mac_Knife wrote:

^^^Correct, Im aussie. Im also in Canberra (the capital) which is about 2-3 hourse drive south of Sydney, and its inland. The coastal areas get MUCH better weather and temperatures than the inland does. The coast get lots of moisture from the sea which helps filter some of the sun rays and level out the temperature. Here though where there is no sea, theres almost nothing to stop the sun, so when it hits you, give it about 5-10mins before it starts to feel like your skin is on fire. Most people ive seen who come from somewhere outside and have experienced a summer here like my relatives from Singapore or my brother's friend coming back from Greece, all complained about the blistering sun here. If it werent for the trees and plants around the place, you could pretty much call this place a desert...

Indeed, coastal breezes make a huge difference. In San Diego I'm about five miles from the ocean, so the breeze causes the temperature to hover in the seventies (possibly eighties in August) in the summer. Here in Los Angeles I'm about 25 miles from the ocean so it obviously gets sweltering around here.

Grizzled_Imposter wrote:

I ride a 1979 HD sportster XLCH.

Sweet! I have a friend, Trish, who has the same bike, I believe. Is a rare model year as there were a few items on that bike that was only made that year, so OEM parts are hard to find, if memory serves me correctly.