Best thing about winter riding

**Idaho** · 10-21-2007, 02:31 PM

NO BUGS!!

**voyager** · 10-21-2007, 03:30 PM

I love it too, we have such a short riding season at the best anyway, so you have to get acustomed to cool weather. Chaps, soft lowers work great for me. I like Fall riding best anyways because you don't cook in trafic or at lights.

dan · 10-21-2007, 04:15 PM

I have had some of my best rides in winter. I will ride most of the time at 37 degrees or above. You just have be dressed right. There are people who ride snowmobiles at 10 degrees, they are just dressed for it. I say lets ride all winter. Excluding Snow and Ice ofcourse.

**Idaho** · 10-21-2007, 04:17 PM

Alberta, Canada! Is your riding season over now? We are already getting snow in Idaho. Was going to take the bike to church this morning but could not get it out of the driveway due to ice and snow. Gone now, sun is out roads are dry and ......... NO BUGS

As long as the roads are dry and the temp is north of about 17 I will ride. Not far at 17 but still better than a cage.

**ringadingh** · 10-21-2007, 05:52 PM

I agree this is some of the best riding right now ,weather permitting of course. It was supposed to be a cool rainy weekend here, but I just returned from Pittsburgh a couple of hours ago and it was a great weekend, today it was between 75 and 80 degrees all the way home. Not bad for this time of year , and the leaves where awesome most of the trip.

dogdoc · 10-21-2007, 06:48 PM

I agree with big dan, best time of the year now to ride. Good foliage change, no bugs, not too cold yet! I ride all year around due to being in central TX but we do hit freezing and near zero at times. if it ain't snowing/raining I'm riding 365.

dank · 10-21-2007, 08:18 PM

Best thing is how good the coffee and hash browns taste when you stop for breakfast!

audiogooroo · 10-21-2007, 09:17 PM

Worst thing? Sand on the roads after a snow! Be careful all.

**voyager** · 10-21-2007, 09:42 PM

Not winter yet here in Alberta. Nice day today, around 7C ( 43F ) Sunny and dry. Soon it will be time to winterize and throw the tarp over her............

jayc · 10-22-2007, 03:50 AM

No best thing. HATE the winter. Although this time of year isn't bad.

socwkbiker · 10-22-2007, 09:50 AM

You have a good point there. See, I hate winter. Too many cold, snowy, icy winters in my life, but I do like cooler weather. Don't mind bugs, that why we have a windshield. Cooler weather makes traffic a bit more tolerable. So, I'll take fall and spring and summer, you snowmen up north can have winter.

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Best thing is how good the coffee and hash browns taste when you stop for breakfast!

rlfaubion · 10-22-2007, 10:50 AM

Well it was decided last night that a few us will be calling in to work Wednesday advising our employers we're feeling well and won't be there. It's gonna be 84 degrees and we'll be riding through the Redwood Forest towards the Pacific Coast. This will make for a nice winter day.

bobzinger · 10-22-2007, 11:29 AM

When drops below 60 degrees here in California some guys get tempted to stop riding but I'll even ride if it's 50...I just have to put on a jacket over my long sleeve T-shirt!

Actually it get's down into into the 30's here, but what the heck...anyday on a bike beats a ride in the car!

socwkbiker · 10-22-2007, 12:53 PM

The best thing about winter riding? Coming home to this

dano · 10-27-2007, 05:39 PM

Where my office is, they have a bike parking lot. 8 spaces for about 20 bikes. All winter long, I don't have to look for a place to park cause when the temps drop below 45, I'm the only bike in the lot I love the look the cagers give me when it's down in the teens and single digets. The look like I just sprouted 2 heads and they're both purple. :)
Ride safe,
Dano

10-21-2007, 02:31 PM	#1
Idaho Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Pocatello, Idaho Posts: 5,241	Best thing about winter riding NO BUGS!! __________________ Idaho (aka Curmudgeon) Blue Knights Idaho III VBA #110 VROC #24864 IBA #49753 2007 Nomad 86,000 miles Bud Smalley Pocatello, Idaho Idaho Jack Adapter Login or Register to Remove Ads
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10-21-2007, 03:30 PM	#2
voyager Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Stony Plain, Alberta Posts: 694	Best thing about winter riding I love it too, we have such a short riding season at the best anyway, so you have to get acustomed to cool weather. Chaps, soft lowers work great for me. I like Fall riding best anyways because you don't cook in trafic or at lights. __________________ Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.........Mark Twain.
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10-21-2007, 04:15 PM	#3
dan Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Alton, IL Posts: 174	Best thing about winter riding I have had some of my best rides in winter. I will ride most of the time at 37 degrees or above. You just have be dressed right. There are people who ride snowmobiles at 10 degrees, they are just dressed for it. I say lets ride all winter. Excluding Snow and Ice ofcourse.
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10-21-2007, 04:17 PM	#4
Idaho Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Pocatello, Idaho Posts: 5,241	Best thing about winter riding Alberta, Canada! Is your riding season over now? We are already getting snow in Idaho. Was going to take the bike to church this morning but could not get it out of the driveway due to ice and snow. Gone now, sun is out roads are dry and ......... NO BUGS As long as the roads are dry and the temp is north of about 17 I will ride. Not far at 17 but still better than a cage. __________________ Idaho (aka Curmudgeon) Blue Knights Idaho III VBA #110 VROC #24864 IBA #49753 2007 Nomad 86,000 miles Bud Smalley Pocatello, Idaho Idaho Jack Adapter
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10-21-2007, 05:52 PM	#5
ringadingh Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Newmarket Ontario Canada Posts: 35,387	Best thing about winter riding I agree this is some of the best riding right now ,weather permitting of course. It was supposed to be a cool rainy weekend here, but I just returned from Pittsburgh a couple of hours ago and it was a great weekend, today it was between 75 and 80 degrees all the way home. Not bad for this time of year , and the leaves where awesome most of the trip. __________________ 2002 Nomad aka Bountyhunter VBA #27 VROC #18951 Login or Register to Remove Ads
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10-21-2007, 06:48 PM	#6
dogdoc Top Contributor Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 5,263	Best thing about winter riding I agree with big dan, best time of the year now to ride. Good foliage change, no bugs, not too cold yet! I ride all year around due to being in central TX but we do hit freezing and near zero at times. if it ain't snowing/raining I'm riding 365.
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10-21-2007, 08:18 PM	#7
dank Sr. Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,595	Best thing about winter riding Best thing is how good the coffee and hash browns taste when you stop for breakfast! __________________ Dan K Member #100 2009 ST1300: Performance exceeding even Victory riders' boasts.
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10-21-2007, 09:17 PM	#8
audiogooroo Sr. Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado/Las Vegas, NV Posts: 3,390	Best thing about winter riding Worst thing? Sand on the roads after a snow! Be careful all. __________________ Audiogooroo - Daryl Porter Colorado Springs, CO VBA #248 VROC #17261 1999 Grn/Grn Nomad
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10-21-2007, 09:42 PM	#9
voyager Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Stony Plain, Alberta Posts: 694	Best thing about winter riding Not winter yet here in Alberta. Nice day today, around 7C ( 43F ) Sunny and dry. Soon it will be time to winterize and throw the tarp over her............ __________________ Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.........Mark Twain.
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10-22-2007, 03:50 AM	#10
jayc Advanced Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bristol, CT Posts: 523	Best thing about winter riding No best thing. HATE the winter. Although this time of year isn't bad. __________________ 2005 Black/Silver Nomad "Kaw Cow" (sold) 2012 Candy Lime Green Vaquero the "Hulk" 2007 Road King Peace Makers LEMC
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10-22-2007, 10:50 AM	#12
rlfaubion Sr. Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 1,582	Best thing about winter riding Well it was decided last night that a few us will be calling in to work Wednesday advising our employers we're feeling well and won't be there. It's gonna be 84 degrees and we'll be riding through the Redwood Forest towards the Pacific Coast. This will make for a nice winter day.
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10-22-2007, 11:29 AM	#13
bobzinger Sr. Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Livermore CA Posts: 1,334	Best thing about winter riding When drops below 60 degrees here in California some guys get tempted to stop riding but I'll even ride if it's 50...I just have to put on a jacket over my long sleeve T-shirt! Actually it get's down into into the 30's here, but what the heck...anyday on a bike beats a ride in the car! __________________ Life is Good! Eternal Life is better!
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10-22-2007, 12:53 PM	#14
socwkbiker Top Contributor Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Jefferson City, MO Posts: 6,272	Best thing about winter riding The best thing about winter riding? Coming home to this __________________ Jeff Platz VBA #0002 VBA VP-Global B.A.C.A. Hoss 2005 "StrongBear" Black/Silver Todd and BD
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10-27-2007, 05:39 PM	#15
dano Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: East TN Posts: 282	Best thing about winter riding Where my office is, they have a bike parking lot. 8 spaces for about 20 bikes. All winter long, I don't have to look for a place to park cause when the temps drop below 45, I'm the only bike in the lot I love the look the cagers give me when it's down in the teens and single digets. The look like I just sprouted 2 heads and they're both purple. :) Ride safe, Dano
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