I just cannot understand it?
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From: Here and there
Man, who knew that riding a motorcycle was so hard!
If I waited til every last bit of salt was off the road, I'd only have two months to actually ride. And even then, I still have to deal with the Atlantic. Yeah, salt air can f*** up your scoot just as easy as road salt.
Same here. I can't wait til May to ride - that's ridiculous. As long as the roads are dry and it's above 45 or so, then game on.
If I waited til every last bit of salt was off the road, I'd only have two months to actually ride. And even then, I still have to deal with the Atlantic. Yeah, salt air can f*** up your scoot just as easy as road salt.
....I'm just south of Boston on the south shore of Mass....anytime it hits 40 degrees or higher during the winter..I try and take mine out for a spin..as long as the roads are cleared....helps the bike...and helps my brain...just hose her off and it's fine..what's thew big deal?...I have zero rust or pitting after 7 years of ownership....
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From: Wisconsin
No doubt! I still have some stuff on my swing-arm of my '79 from my 2001 Alaska trip. Don't know what it is, just know it ain't coming off unless I grind it or something, a big glob of it from the rear tire throwing it up there. It dried, hardened and I've tried chiseling it off, it's like a weld.
Absolutely! Salt don't hurt if you rinse it off, gotta pay attention to bare metal and aluminum. Chrome and paint are the same as any motor vehicle, how many people rinse the paint and chrome on their four wheel vehicle that they paid $15k - $60K for? I flush the undercarriage on my SUV as often as I can when the salt is out, the bikes get a good flushing anytime they are exposed to salt, never had any problems or signs of corrosion.
I ride often in the winter even in Wisconsin. And everyone knows we use so much salt the great lake will be salt water someday.
I clean the bikes often I also use S100 Corrosion protectant the stuff is amazing.
I care for my rides but I own them to ride them not look at them
Another Wisconsin day. After all HD was invented in Wisconsin. I ride 20-60K a year
I clean the bikes often I also use S100 Corrosion protectant the stuff is amazing.
I care for my rides but I own them to ride them not look at them
Another Wisconsin day. After all HD was invented in Wisconsin. I ride 20-60K a year
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From: on the road
Man, who knew that riding a motorcycle was so hard!
If I waited til every last bit of salt was off the road, I'd only have two months to actually ride. And even then, I still have to deal with the Atlantic. Yeah, salt air can f*** up your scoot just as easy as road salt
Same here. I can't wait til May to ride - that's ridiculous. As long as the roads are dry and it's above 45 or so, then game on.
If I waited til every last bit of salt was off the road, I'd only have two months to actually ride. And even then, I still have to deal with the Atlantic. Yeah, salt air can f*** up your scoot just as easy as road salt
Same here. I can't wait til May to ride - that's ridiculous. As long as the roads are dry and it's above 45 or so, then game on.
If you are in a coastal area you know the life cycle of all iron then I would say ride it all the time because you are facing it no matter what.For me in the midwest its stupid just due to more ride time in the first place.I have seen michigan harleys that the neck is all but corroded off from the salt along with other stuff.I dont know if I could deal with that
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From: Nevada Sierras
"If you gotta ask, you'll never know." ~Louis Armstrong
....in response to a reporter asking "What is jazz?"
I kinda don't understand the question... I always thought that as long as I am able to get on the bike and make it go... I should keep riding it.
But then, that's what the voices in my head keep telling me... for all I know they got it wrong?
I figure, here today, gone tomorrow... as long as there is air I guess I will keep sucking it up. As long as I can ride, I'm gonna.
No judgement, that's just me.
~hth~
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Joined: Jan 2012
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From: Maine
If I have weather in the winter that was safe, I will ride my bike as well.
Don't kid yourself if you think liquid calcium wont corrode your bike, no matter how much you rinse, in fact water activates the corrosive properties.
We have no choice here, insurance coverage is yearly because the insurance thieves know most riders will only go 6 months since at least 3-4 months are unrideable.
What pisses me off are the loudmouths who figure if you dont ride all year, or god forbid put your bike on a trailer or don't ride in a hurricane you are a *****. We have a window of opportunity here where I live to ride about 7 months, I put on about 16,000 miles but dont brag about it.
If you can ride all year where you live, good for you, I'm jealous but I also have common sense about where I live and the limitations of the traction of a 2 wheel vehicle.
I notice a lot of the posts about how they ride no matter the weather are from arctic climates like Texas, Florida, Georgia (home of the 3 foot snowfalls).
Get a grip, we would all like to ride all year but some of us can't or are not stupid enough to ride on snow covered roads, which, coming from someone who lives where it really snows, I really doubt you do.
Don't kid yourself if you think liquid calcium wont corrode your bike, no matter how much you rinse, in fact water activates the corrosive properties.
We have no choice here, insurance coverage is yearly because the insurance thieves know most riders will only go 6 months since at least 3-4 months are unrideable.
What pisses me off are the loudmouths who figure if you dont ride all year, or god forbid put your bike on a trailer or don't ride in a hurricane you are a *****. We have a window of opportunity here where I live to ride about 7 months, I put on about 16,000 miles but dont brag about it.
If you can ride all year where you live, good for you, I'm jealous but I also have common sense about where I live and the limitations of the traction of a 2 wheel vehicle.
I notice a lot of the posts about how they ride no matter the weather are from arctic climates like Texas, Florida, Georgia (home of the 3 foot snowfalls).
Get a grip, we would all like to ride all year but some of us can't or are not stupid enough to ride on snow covered roads, which, coming from someone who lives where it really snows, I really doubt you do.
I too get a kick out of all the blowhard hardcore southerners that don't have a freaking clue about real Winter weather; Christ some Winters we don't see pavement for weeks at a time.
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From: outskirts of ba habba
Freezing fog turned 16 miles of asphalt into black ice.....
Wondering why I didn't see any bikes on my way into work
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Did you ride or take your car?
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Posts like this amaze me, why would anyone PAY 30,000 dollars for a HARLEY, and NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF NICE WEATHER TO RIDE IT? I ride all year long, if the roads are clear, (NO SNOW) I've ridden. I buy my motorcycles to ride, not look at and clean, yes, I'm one of those Harley riders who cleans my bike for 1/2 hr to go ride it all weekend,, not all weekend to ride to the coffee shop,,,,,, LOL