A new record
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You guys must wear some serious gear. The coldest I ever rode was 45 to 49 degrees one night on the highway. It was about an hour ride at 75 mph and I was wearing jeans, shirt, and leather jacket with a mask on under my fake helmet. It wasn't unbearable (close) but I could tell that 45 was about my limit wearing normal clothes at highway speeds. Do you guys who ride in the teens and 20's have thick suits or what? I don't know how you could safely control your muscles enough to operate a bike at those temps in normal clothes.
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Got me beat..
I went for a ride to work the other morning (didn't have my truck, had left it at the shop) at 36 degrees. It was raining. I was in all denim, my full face and Harley leather gloves. I took the slow roads in and still had to treat my fingers and legs (from the knees down) for frostbite...
Need better gear before I go back out in cold and or rain.
I went for a ride to work the other morning (didn't have my truck, had left it at the shop) at 36 degrees. It was raining. I was in all denim, my full face and Harley leather gloves. I took the slow roads in and still had to treat my fingers and legs (from the knees down) for frostbite...
Need better gear before I go back out in cold and or rain.
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16 is cold but ya know it was kinda a warm up from what it had been so it wasn't as bad as it sounds. As far as keeping warm... you don't. Layers and leathers is about your only hope, not to mention living with weather like this every year for 20 years, that helps!
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negative 33 degrees, come on. This is why I have a hard time believing this. Fluids freeze, whether they are in a bucket or in your veins. I've been hunting (deer ambushing) early in the morning when it was cold enough that your spit froze within seconds of hitting the tree stand and that was in the teens to 20 degrees. I don't even know what below 10 feels like let alone ride in it. I do have a recent issue of some bike mag where a guy in Alaska or somewhere is out running his sportster with a thermometer in the background that says minus 40. How the hell do you get a carb'd harley to start in 40 below?
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iam wondering if oil can even get to the top of the motor @those low temps. iam thinking u better have the right weight or a long warm up.
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RE: A new record
God love ya man!!!
I'm up in the mountains of Maine tonight. Forecast -10 and winds up to 25 mph. So a wind chill of about 40 below zero, BUT i wish I could go for a ride.
Take Care
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I'm up in the mountains of Maine tonight. Forecast -10 and winds up to 25 mph. So a wind chill of about 40 below zero, BUT i wish I could go for a ride.
Take Care
2003 FDWGL