Caught by unexpected weather!
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Road Warrior
Joined: Sep 2006
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From: Mission,BC.Canada
Caught by unexpected weather!
I rode to work yesterday. Every morning, I check the weather service for the forecast. Sunny with a high temp. of +6c (42f). Snow was not mentioned at all. When I left the job site, 50 miles from home, it was sunny and warm. About 10 miles in to my trip, I noticed some very dark clouds rapidly over taking me. I had about 25 miles left to go when the hail and snow hit! The remainder of my route is rural back roads. No safe place to leave my ride over night. I decided to continue home. The snow was coming down heavily, large wet flakes. I put my hazard lights on, kept the tranny in 2nd and tried to relax. I passed 2 single vehicle and 1 multi-vehicle accidents. I navigated several down hill turns with minimal slippage. The snow added an extra 30 min. to my commute. By the time I got home, 4 inches of snow was on the ground.
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Cruiser
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From: Myrtle Beach SC
Wow, gota hand it to ya, I probably would have freaked and just sat on the side of the road. My bike is sitting on a lift in the garage and that's where it will be staying for a while!
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From: northeast
been there, I got caught in a storm back in 83, wasnt supposed to snow and ended up riding home in about 3" snow/slush using my feet as stabalizers on an old cb350.
took about 2 hours to thaw my feet out.
took about 2 hours to thaw my feet out.
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From: Milton Mills NH
Gotta admit you did a fantastic job of keeping your cool. Last spring the sky was clear and bright, went for a ride, coming home I ran smack into a snow squall. Complete white out, talk about scared. I will never do that stunt again. Lost 8 of my nine lives LOL