What's Your Temperature Cut-Off For Riding?

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The ride in this morning was fine. I'm the only bike parked on the street. :(

With my new wind deflectors, I almost had to turn off my heated grips.
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new cut-off time for me is +5 degrees. those wind deflectors look nice!
next motorcycle related purchse would be heated gloves and heated socks.
 
V-Tom said:
-3 this morning when Ileft home, warmed up to 0 by the time I got to Newmarket. It had warmed up to +3 by the time I got to Woodbridge.


I was pleased to have seen three other bikes: A cruiser of sorts (on Greenlane in Newmarket Area), a sport bike (I think it was heading up Bathurst towards Davis) and a sport bike heading west on 9 aroudn hwy 400 (not sure what it was but either an SV650 or a Yamaha Sport Bike. It was blue is about all I can recall.)

Nice to see other bikes out not letting coolish temps stop them from riding!


..Tom
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Is it the temps? or is it really the comments by those within earshot that stops people from riding?
 
In December sometime...
 
ItIsWhatItIs said:
Is it the temps? or is it really the comments by those within earshot that stops people from riding?
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I guess there are people that base their riding on other people's opinions.

..Tom
 
my cut off time is 5-6C. i have a thick leather jacket and the heat coming off from my r6 keeps of legs warm. no need heated grips i just put on leather gloves, the pads in the helmet will provide some warmth to the head. thats about it
 
Cut-off Temperature... I dunno:dontknow:

I got 1200km more planed for this season though... :toothy9:
 
Riceburner said:
The ride in this morning was fine. I'm the only bike parked on the street. :(

With my new wind deflectors, I almost had to turn off my heated grips.
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Cool! Did you make those yourself or did you buy them?
 
1200k more? - today's one of the better ones. Likely warmest along Lake Erie - was very nice last weekend.
3-6 degrees warmer and once more a SW wind helping today.

Trying for 400 or so today starting late....stop in at the Shed around noon and then up to Eugenia Falls - hope the bakery is open - good bread.

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Those wind deflectors look very good - big weakness on the Burgman no hand protection.
 
after have a nice night in with the g/f last night, i dropped her home around midnight, i thought to myself, heck lets go DT and see some costumes.. i got on my biked, warmed her up for about 8 min and started to ride ( i live at Don Mills and Steeles ) jumped on the 404 and my buike just felt sluggesh, so i got off at Lawrence and let the bike ide for abit. after a few min i was going to drive back on the on ramp until i felt my hands getting numb... i drove the F home, it was wayy to cold for me to riding, one of the more dumber things i have ever done. i was hard for me to rev the throttle or even use the clutch. I don't have warm gri[s, but i use winter thin mits under my gloves
 
Doesn't factor in your speed too. I felt the beginings of frost bite in my finger tips at around plus 3 while riding on the highway.
 
I think it was -1 when I went out this morning. 400 and 401 wasn't bad at all. By 11am it was warm enough, I turned off my heated grips.

Thanks, I made the deflectors.
Used the vinyl from refrigeration doorway...
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Just get these, this + leather gloves had me warm till -20 @ 100kph (-39 with windchill):

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FS Motorcycle can order them :D
 
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