winter ?

[Jabba]

Winter here means wet and windy, despite christmas cards having nice snow scenes on them.... If it does snow the country grinds to a halt!

p.s. I don't ride in ice and snow

it gets to around 20F here during the winter with ice and snow and Mat and I still ride during that whole time

[Michael]

I know this post is a bit early, but I was wondering what does one do when the winter time comes around with their GS500.  Do you start it every week?  If it's too cold to ride?  Can you explain everything one should do with a motorcycle that will not be ridden much in the winter.  I am a n00b and must be prepared for when winter rolls around.  I tried searching and did not find much.

Just keep ridin', just keep ridin', just keep ridin', ridin', ridin,.  

[Ed_in_Az]

If it's below 40 degress I don't ride. Below that isn't fun. That means November, December, January, and February are iffy months. On good days I ride. There are usually stretches of one to two weeks at a time with cold/bad weather non-riding days through those months. I don't intentionally ride in the rain either, but it got me yesterday going home. 85 degrees and rain is not so bad, 40 is awful.

[Kerry]

Just keep ridin', just keep ridin', just keep ridin', ridin', ridin,.  

Thanks, Dory....  

If it's below 40 degress I don't ride. Below that isn't fun.

Well, on the way INto winter it's no fun.  But coming OUT of winter, 40 degrees is about when I start leaving my insulated overalls at home.  

[PITBULL]

Hey what is snow I dont think i have seen it but like once where I live in georgia and hell even then there was none on the ground and what does 30 f really feel like it normally dont get below like 45 f  here and thats some cold stuff to me im used to  120 f  and 90 precent humidity   I hate cold weather but plan on riding my gs all winter long just so I dont have to make  bike payment on a bike thats just sitting there thats no damn fun.

[manofthefield]

Hey what is snow I dont think i have seen it but like once where I live in georgia and hell even then there was none on the ground and what does 30 f really feel like it normally dont get below like 45 f  here

It's all relative.  After weeks of weather in the teens or single digits or lower, 30 degrees feels like 60.  And one time a year and a half ago it got up to 40 in winter, man that was like a tropical heat wave.  So hot, my buds and I had to go to the beach...

I'm the blindingly white guy on the left.  Yes that's really a beach under the snow

[Ed_in_Az]

 

[PITBULL]

HOLY $HIT  that looks freaking cold   you crazy yankees

[noodle]

Quite mad

The reason *I* don't ride in ice and snow is since the roads haven't been treated properly and no-one in the UK can remember how to drive in snow, riding a bike in it is asking to die... And to have your bike disolved by salt, which is put on the roads just as the snow melts....

:dunno:

[matt86to]

We ride all  year round in Australia (Well I do ) it's winter now    Just get out there & Ride even if it's onces a week :mrgreen:

Safe Riding

all the best matt:) your friend

[manofthefield]

Pluto eh?  I'll have to check into that.   :lol:

No, I don't like cold that much, but after a couple months of cold and snow, 40 degrees F and sunny feels great, and one tends to have some cabin fever by late february.  

On the flip side it has been in the 50's and low 60's here for the past week and I'm starting to get upset.  It's August for cripes sake!!! :x  At least it doesn't keep me from riding

[mp183]

I ride all winter.  I try to ride at least one day per week even during the coldest months.  Last winter I had starting issues so I just stuck a heater under the GS for 20 minutes and that did the trick.  This year I have it made.  I'm getting hand guards for my DL650 so I should be good to at least 20 degrees for over one hour.  In the winter you don't see too many bikers but they sure are friendly.  They all wave.  Maybe it's just to keep warm?

[Cal Price]

We seem to be phasing out Winter/Summer and have very long springs and autumns. The biggest difference here is in June it's light from about 0400 to 2130/220 whilst at Yuletide it's light from about 0800 to 1530.
Seriously, it's tepid rain or cold rain. I ride pretty much all the time, try to avoid the ice but the local authority around here has a salt mountain and they are fairly good at distributing it. Once the roads have been salted a few times, enough to get a build-up effect it's not too bad.
The day I passed my riding test it started to snow during the test and the examiner could have called it off and I am very grateful he did'n't.

[cernunos]

In the early eighties there was a time when I had nothing but a bike to ride...it got old quick...don't love ridin' in the cold. Love the little GS, cool forum.

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