FROM THE CAVE

BEAR FACED HOT RODDING… ER, RIDING

You will read my whinging about riding in the heat in the next issue of MOTORCYCLIST, but I thought I’d get in early in this column.

Heat can be your friend. Bless the inventor who came up with hot air hand dryers; she or he has probably helped tens of thousands of motorcyclists to continue on their rides after they warmed up hands and other parts of their anatomy. And of course there is nothing like an open fire after a cold ride, unless it is an open fire in a pub. But like anything good, an excess can go the other way.