we should meet up and go 4 a ride sometime, but not at -15 :22yikes:
are u riding to the motorcycle show next month ?
A ride sounds interesting (and yes, not at -15).....anywhere in Wisconsin is probably more interesting than central MN. I had to look up where Rib Lake is. My old boss lives just outside Marshfield, so I went out to visit in '07. Went up 13 from Marshfield and came back on 8, so I probably went right by your place.
Now that I have the Wing, I'm probably going to skip the show. The only thing I really wanted to see was the new Voyager, but that can wait till they hit one of the dealers. I have ridden the bike to the show several other years.
It isn't so much the temperature you ride at, it is more the length of time at that temperature. Spending a couple of hours running at 9 degrees at interstate speeds is much different than running twenty minutes at zero degrees...
-15? That has to be cold no matter how long you are riding :shock:
Absolutely. I only have a 30 minute commute to work and 40+ minutes coming home depending on traffic. Even -15 isn't that bad if you're only out for half an hour. My electrics died on the way home Monday. I didn't have time to look into it, so I rode without them today. It was -5 this morning and around 12 on the way home. My hands were pretty cold, but it really wasn't that bad.
When I did my second SS1000 in '07, I left after work and it was 32 degrees. By Kansas City, it was down to 28 at midnight. Even with the Gerbing vest, I was shaking so bad I could barely put gas in the bike. I ended up spending 30 minutes in the gas station trying to warm up. Time in the saddle definitely trumps the temp any day.