At Ease
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From: fegfsg
RE: At Ease
I dress with sweatpants under my jeans with those tucked into my over ankle boots. and my normal jacket (with the air vents zipped up) warm glove liners and my standard gloves, a beanie to cover the small areas in between the helmet and my goggles, and to cover my ears, and a half facemask for the rest of my face.
if i completely seal myself from the wind i can ride all night, but if im getting a small draft at the ankle or anywhere, it makes my entire body freeze and when i freeze my back tenses up and i get cramps in my ankles and back of my legs.. not fun..
your right though, once you hit the throttle the cold melts away.
good thing about these bikes is at idle the engine heat rises up to warm you. at least for me, it gets under the crack in my facemask and warms me up.
if i completely seal myself from the wind i can ride all night, but if im getting a small draft at the ankle or anywhere, it makes my entire body freeze and when i freeze my back tenses up and i get cramps in my ankles and back of my legs.. not fun..
your right though, once you hit the throttle the cold melts away.
good thing about these bikes is at idle the engine heat rises up to warm you. at least for me, it gets under the crack in my facemask and warms me up.
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I use a heated jacket liner & heated gloves and ride till it gets down below 20 deg.
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From: Nashville, TN
RE: At Ease
I know exactly what you're talking about HDK. I don't have to worry too much about magnesium chloride, they don't use that stuff here. We don't get very much snow or ice, but it does get pretty darn cold. I rode some last week when it was 16 degrees. I love the way the bike sounds in that crisp cold air. You do need to adjust the air/fuel mixture just a bit for really cold weather though.
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RE: At Ease
I get the same paranoid nerves as I get before I strap into an aircraft on the first flight of the day, but once I'm rumbling along, evenin sub-freezing temps I'm in another world with all tension gone- - keeps me coming back for more every time, as long as the roads are clean.
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