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Subject: Re: motorcycles for novices - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 24-Jan-84 03:31:30 EST
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uiuccsb!dollas    Jan 23 23:42:00 1984

   In response to the previous comment "...maybe in the freeway it
doesn't matter,...", referring to short pants, don't you dear even thinking
of doing so!!!   I did that mistake (I do admit) on a very hot Summer day;
before long my legs felt numb from the wind, and I even felt cold. 
The upper half of my body  was all right because I was wearing a windproof 
jacket. To conclude, after I covered the distance of about fifteen 
or twenty miles I realized it was a very happy coincidence that nothing
worse happened, since my reflexes were degraded due to the cold and the
numbness I felt (something everyone who has ridden in a really cold day has
probably experienced). 
   If this is of any worth I do not know, but since then I feel very happy in
my blue jeans and riding boots even at 90 degrees (usually I carry a pair of
short pants and gym shoes to change at my destination if it is that hot).

                                             Apostolos Dollas
                                            Dept. of Comp. Sci.
                                          University of Illinois 
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