How much longer is your riding season?
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Road Warrior
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From: Southeastern North Carolina
How much longer is your riding season?
We are starting to have a little crispness in the air here in southeastern North Carolina which makes it just perfect for riding. It's great not feeling that stifling humidity that we are plagued with during the summer. Soon it will be getting cooler, but will feel really nice for a while. Only in Dec. or later does it really get too cold to feel comfortable riding (unless you have heated gear) and even on into the winter we still have some good riding days here and there. We don't have to put the bike away for the winter like some up north do. We don't get a whole lot of snow. We can have several years in a row without any significant snow fall.
I feel for you up North that have to store your bikes for months on end. It must be horrible to have to do that and to wait for Spring. But I bet it makes spring all the more appealing.
How much more riding season do you have left in your area? If it's near the end, do you have any big rides planned before then?
I feel for you up North that have to store your bikes for months on end. It must be horrible to have to do that and to wait for Spring. But I bet it makes spring all the more appealing.
How much more riding season do you have left in your area? If it's near the end, do you have any big rides planned before then?
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From: San Antonio, Republic of TEXAS
let's see...... our riding season closes when next year's season starts. no seriously, we'll have a week or two of weather down in the 40's.... and most of us will "put" away the bikes then..... now, in July and August it gets too hot to ride.
I feel for our northern bros too.... must be tough to have to winterize the scooter and park it for months. just can't imagine.......
I feel for our northern bros too.... must be tough to have to winterize the scooter and park it for months. just can't imagine.......
Tourer
Joined: Sep 2008
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From: Wisconsin
I have never put my bike away for winter. We get days in the 30s even in January or February. It is not unusual for me and my buddies to go for a ride and park next to a 6 foot snow bank. I do wash it afterwards though. Lots of salt on the roads here in Wisconsin.
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From: Nomad
Yeah....hopefully at least 6 more weeks, maybe as much as 10, though I doubt it.
The temps don't bother me. I'll ride below 20°, below 0°--just dress for it. I call it a season when the ice is here to stay (they only plow the interstate and US routes around here).
The temps don't bother me. I'll ride below 20°, below 0°--just dress for it. I call it a season when the ice is here to stay (they only plow the interstate and US routes around here).
Road Master
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From: Denver, Colorado
Riding season never ends.
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From: Ontario, Canada
Northern Ontario here.
It's usually riding weather if you pick your days, afternoons mostly, from now til the end of October or early November.
I'm selfemployed, so I can bugger off on the bike pretty much whenever I want, if the weather is nice. I'm not expecting to have the chance for a real nice long ride more than a half dozen times from here on.
It's usually riding weather if you pick your days, afternoons mostly, from now til the end of October or early November.
I'm selfemployed, so I can bugger off on the bike pretty much whenever I want, if the weather is nice. I'm not expecting to have the chance for a real nice long ride more than a half dozen times from here on.
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From: SW Minnesota
SW Minnesota. We can usually ride until Thanksgiving, into the mid 30's, but two years ago our last ride was on Christmas Eve day. We often have a "January thaw" when we get a blast of warm, 40-50 degree air that lasts a few days, but by then the roads are so full of salt and pulverized sand that most don't take their bikes out, but some do. Water on the streets and roads from melting snow and frozen drains is a problem as well.
We're usually riding again by the middle of March.
We're usually riding again by the middle of March.
Road Captain
Joined: Mar 2007
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From: The Heart Break Hotel
Year round here but I do wear heated gear just to be more comfortable on the colder days.
Snow maybe 2 days a year that may stays on the road overnight.
This is the best time of year to ride besides Spring, Summer (except the JULY-AUG dog days), Fall and Winter.
Snow maybe 2 days a year that may stays on the road overnight.
This is the best time of year to ride besides Spring, Summer (except the JULY-AUG dog days), Fall and Winter.