Too cold for oil?
Road Captain
Joined: Apr 2008
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From: Pine, Colorado
Riding a bike when its 24 degree's out is rediculous.
You'll need a heated snowmobile suit to keep frost bite from wrecking parts of your anatomy.
No way I'm riding in any weather lower than 40 and only if its a bright sunny day.
But we do have about three or four guys around here that do traffic control for funerals and those nutburgers ride year round in any weather.
Rain, snow, ice nothing stops them from doing their job.
But in their defence they do wear heavy duty snow mobile suits in winter and have their Police model Road Kings fitted with 'training wheels' in the winter.
You'll need a heated snowmobile suit to keep frost bite from wrecking parts of your anatomy.
No way I'm riding in any weather lower than 40 and only if its a bright sunny day.
But we do have about three or four guys around here that do traffic control for funerals and those nutburgers ride year round in any weather.
Rain, snow, ice nothing stops them from doing their job.
But in their defence they do wear heavy duty snow mobile suits in winter and have their Police model Road Kings fitted with 'training wheels' in the winter.
Road Master
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 1,223
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From: Peoria, AZ
Got caught in the 30's in Utah going to Sturgis in '97 using 20W-50 after riding from LA through the desert heat. Only way to start the bikes was to hold the starter in while the bike kept RUNNING to keep turning it until oil flowed, otherwise it would just die. Sounded like a freight train taking off and slowly building up speed! Just another memory from that trip...
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From: Rochester, NY
My problem with riding in 24 degree weather around here is two things.
One is that its just too damn cold for me. Twenty or thirty years ago I would do it too.
But I'm not a kid anymore and the heart medications I have to take today make it harder for me to deal with it. Even that wouldn't stop me for short rides if it were not for the fact that around here if its that cold out.
There is ALWAYS some kind of ice on the roads, end of story.
Two wheels, me, and ice, be it white ice, pink ice or black ice just do NOT get along.
One is that its just too damn cold for me. Twenty or thirty years ago I would do it too.
But I'm not a kid anymore and the heart medications I have to take today make it harder for me to deal with it. Even that wouldn't stop me for short rides if it were not for the fact that around here if its that cold out.
There is ALWAYS some kind of ice on the roads, end of story.
Two wheels, me, and ice, be it white ice, pink ice or black ice just do NOT get along.
Road Captain
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 505
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From: Pine, Colorado
My problem with riding in 24 degree weather around here is two things.
One is that its just too damn cold for me. Twenty or thirty years ago I would do it too.
But I'm not a kid anymore and the heart medications I have to take today make it harder for me to deal with it. Even that wouldn't stop me for short rides if it were not for the fact that around here if its that cold out.
There is ALWAYS some kind of ice on the roads, end of story.
Two wheels, me, and ice, be it white ice, pink ice or black ice just do NOT get along.
One is that its just too damn cold for me. Twenty or thirty years ago I would do it too.
But I'm not a kid anymore and the heart medications I have to take today make it harder for me to deal with it. Even that wouldn't stop me for short rides if it were not for the fact that around here if its that cold out.
There is ALWAYS some kind of ice on the roads, end of story.
Two wheels, me, and ice, be it white ice, pink ice or black ice just do NOT get along.
And I hates that pink ice.........gets you every time.
Cruiser
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 217
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WARG... Man I went on Sunday. It was 19* in McKinney when I pulled out and took Central to downtown to boot.
I had LJ's and 2 jersy shirts and a flannel with a sweater. Plus Jeans and my leather Jacket and chaps. It was not bad at all. Just the finger tips were cold.
Of course I swung by Strokers on the way home and they were fresh out of warm beer
Check back this evening 'cause I'm posting some pics from the McKinney and DFW runs.
I had LJ's and 2 jersy shirts and a flannel with a sweater. Plus Jeans and my leather Jacket and chaps. It was not bad at all. Just the finger tips were cold.
Of course I swung by Strokers on the way home and they were fresh out of warm beer
Check back this evening 'cause I'm posting some pics from the McKinney and DFW runs.
Stellar HDF Member
Joined: Mar 2007
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From: Lakeland, FL
I rode mine all last winter in jeans, a sweatshirt and a leather jacket. I didn't even have a hat or helmet! I'm not sure what I was thinking at the time. I stopped when it dropped to 18* while I was at work one night. That's cold. My shins were frozen from the inside. It took me hours to warm up again.
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