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Or Colorado.
Or, someone from Colorado.....
Wussies.
I sure miss your town (actually, it's more like "I sure miss my money").
Need (want) to get back down there soon.
Whatever the temp - ride safe. Also, remember that since it is colder than normal, the cages may not be looking (if they originally had been) for bikes as much.
Or, someone from Colorado.....
Wussies.
I sure miss your town (actually, it's more like "I sure miss my money").
Need (want) to get back down there soon.
Whatever the temp - ride safe. Also, remember that since it is colder than normal, the cages may not be looking (if they originally had been) for bikes as much.
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Chef here in SC, wussies! (we don't need no stinking chaps above 20 degrees!)blizardj said:Hey Rick...How long do you think someone from MI, or NY will chime in an tell us what wussies we are...
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$hit, I got my bike all wired up and got heated jacket liners. Pant liners will be next. Tim
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Yeah, it was 46 as I rode home from work late last night. I actually had to get my winter gloves out of the saddlebag! If it gets much colder, I may have to switch to my full-face helmet. :roll:
Chef, who you callin' a wussie? :shock:
Chef, who you callin' a wussie? :shock:
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Are you going to get heated gloves ..... so your heated grips do not melt?shuckaduck said:$hit, I got my bike all wired up and got heated jacket liners. Pant liners will be next.
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Be careful!!
I ride my wing to work every day unless it is precipitaing in some form or another, and until the other day really didn't think about the temps. I was on my way to work with a raw temp of 26. I went through an area in a park where the groud temp is alway lower due to a lake next to the road and hit sheer ice. It was most likely from a pickup with a bed liner that held on to the rain form the previous day, the water sloshed from the truck bed, hit the road and became sheer ice. For the first time ever I (we[me and the wing]) went down. I stayed with the bike and when the sliding stopped I was still plugged in to the helmet connection. I got up, picked up the bike, knowing I would find some serious damage (all the day before my annual trip to the Dragon). We slid about 50 yards on the right side. I looked the bike over and not believing my eyes there was absolutely no damage to the wing other than a broken extension arm for my highway peg. No scratches, no breaks. The engine guard and saddle bag guard took all the abuse and I guess since it was so slick and the bike didn't grab traction any where along the way it just slid effortlessly along the asphalt. Made the trip to the Dragon as scheduled with no problems. Key note being, be careful, anything below 32 could change things in an instant.
I ride my wing to work every day unless it is precipitaing in some form or another, and until the other day really didn't think about the temps. I was on my way to work with a raw temp of 26. I went through an area in a park where the groud temp is alway lower due to a lake next to the road and hit sheer ice. It was most likely from a pickup with a bed liner that held on to the rain form the previous day, the water sloshed from the truck bed, hit the road and became sheer ice. For the first time ever I (we[me and the wing]) went down. I stayed with the bike and when the sliding stopped I was still plugged in to the helmet connection. I got up, picked up the bike, knowing I would find some serious damage (all the day before my annual trip to the Dragon). We slid about 50 yards on the right side. I looked the bike over and not believing my eyes there was absolutely no damage to the wing other than a broken extension arm for my highway peg. No scratches, no breaks. The engine guard and saddle bag guard took all the abuse and I guess since it was so slick and the bike didn't grab traction any where along the way it just slid effortlessly along the asphalt. Made the trip to the Dragon as scheduled with no problems. Key note being, be careful, anything below 32 could change things in an instant.
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lows between 37 and 42,,,highs around 66.........I don't wear chaps until it is below 40...I will ride in shorts,tank top and flip flops down to 40,,then I wear chaps.....arrive at work with ice -cicles hanging from my nipples!!!!!
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No, my grips get super hot and they do real good with those hand deflectors. Think I broke out my winter gloves twice last year. Once this year going over Independence Pass at 530 in the morning(It was a little chilly) :lol: 24-26 degrees. That's why the heated clothing, can't let the cold stop me from riding' and the older I get the more it get's to me.
Gotta get back to Arizona and do some twisties to warm up. Tim
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As my secretary used to say, "it's only cold on account of the temperature."
Good story, Frank. I hit a nice sheet of ice on the Cherohala three years ago on the Friday after Thanksgiving. Nasty business; I slid left all the way into the on-coming lane. Luckily there was nothing coming... My wife slapped my helmet and said, "why'd you do that?" The snow and ice got pretty deep up a little further so I turned around and took the long way to Deal's Gap.
Good story, Frank. I hit a nice sheet of ice on the Cherohala three years ago on the Friday after Thanksgiving. Nasty business; I slid left all the way into the on-coming lane. Luckily there was nothing coming... My wife slapped my helmet and said, "why'd you do that?" The snow and ice got pretty deep up a little further so I turned around and took the long way to Deal's Gap.
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