sburns
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Yeah the temps are certainly looking better for next week, pre spring I guess, then going back to 2nd winter...Next weeeeek if morning commute is not too cold ???
Yeah the temps are certainly looking better for next week, pre spring I guess, then going back to 2nd winter...Next weeeeek if morning commute is not too cold ???
Yeah the temps are certainly looking better for next week, pre spring I guess, then going back to 2nd winter...
???Beautiful ride in to work this Morning! My bike's temperature display stops below -10c but the apps said it was -12c when I left home. Nice clear sky, roads were fine.
No Bugs!
..Tom
The snow is so frozen you can ride on top of it in places right now you know what that means!
If your tires don't freeze off, you can aim it absolutely anywhere and she might even make it.
or until the front wheel breaks through the snow crust and you go over the bars.
I should have made a movie of that bridge crossing
Here's a video of the vitim bridge crossing on the BAM road, Siberia
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DittoDamn that scares me!
..Tom
Same here! Reportedly one of the scariest bridges worldwide, as the bridge has been unused after the construction of the BAM railway, and is unmaintained, just like the BAM road - which is also considered to one of the most difficult road/path to traverse worldwide; Similar to the road of bones.Damn that scares me!
..Tom
Andre Burke he use to put on 2 knee braces before every ride, amazing rider.You could call the movie "Bridge over the river ice." or something like that.
Wish I could ride a trials bike! (Bad knees and weight make it impractical.)
When I was 13 and had my first motorcycle (Honda 90 road bike) I rode it all the time. It weighed almost nothing and was fun in the snow. Also was able to park it by just stuffing it into a snow bank.
..Tom
Hypothermia?Why are most riders so scared of the cold? I feel like an alien on the road riding from November to March, only seen 3 other riders so far this winter.
Beautiful ride in to work this Morning! My bike's temperature display stops below -10c but the apps said it was -12c when I left home. Nice clear sky, roads were fine.
No Bugs!
..Tom
Hortons Choice, awesome PP.What, you didn't crash every 15 feet because your tires had zero traction and your bike didn't collapse into a pile or rust? And your engine didn't catastrophically fail after being started in subzero temperatures?
Pretty sure some motorcycle owners are convinced all of that is an absolute reality if you (gasp!) dare ride your motorcycle in the winter. Some are convinced motorcycle tires apparently have negative traction in the winter or something as well.
Reading the gasps of horror from the 1000km/season Hortons Choice riders in some of the facebook groups about riding in the winter months is pretty hilarious.
I rode 12 months a year for about 10 years straight. It used to be about riding, riding, riding all the time and everywhere and anywhere I could. I liked getting the crazy looks from people when commuting, riding out to Port Dover only if the 13th fell on a winter month, and testing my skills riding in snowstorms. It was also about how many kilometres I could ride in one year and try to beat my previous year. It was about how cold or difficult weather conditions I could I ride through. If any of that is your thing, great - enjoy these moments while you can.Why are most riders so scared of the cold? I feel like an alien on the road riding from November to March, only seen 3 other riders so far this winter.