Winter Riding....your thoughts....

[Smoothandquick]

after my trip over to Fudgeys in a torrential downpour last weekend, coupled with some of your responses to FB's thread about me riding on low tread tyres in the wet....

How safe am I riding in the winter....? Wouldn't it be better if bikers just hung the leathers up and reserved the summer for flinging the 2 wheels around ?

If riding in the wet was a s bad as Sat then heaven knows what it'll be throught he Winter months....

:dunno:

 

[NoBBy]

I dont mind it at all, the secret is keeping warm and dry. Get some good gear and Heated grips/gloves.

Riding in the wet is one of the best ways to make you a faster smoother rider in the dry.

 

[Fat Bert]

Nar

Youre having a giggle S&S.......

Proper bikers ride 12 months of the year

Wussy bikers spend the autumn and winter months polishing and checking there "optimisers - now available from http://www.jaws-motorcycles.co.uk - tell him Bert sent you LOL...toooo commercial cue Rolfy]
Then try to sell their trusty steeds as low mileage - 10 years old - only done 800 miles - grrrrrrrrrrrrrr :bang: :bang: :wank:

So what are you ?

Biker or Wuss?

Discuss

Could be worse though - you could be :-

a] Bald
b] No sense of humour
c] Support Leeds
d] Never ride the bike more than 10 miles in a weekend

 

[parttimepilot]

I dont mind it at all, the secret is keeping warm and dry. Get some good gear and Heated grips/gloves.

Riding in the wet is one of the best ways to make you a faster smoother rider in the dry.

I'll second that :- plus

1. make sure youv'e got tread on your tyres
2. Relax, dont "grip" the bars vice like
3. make all inputs super smooth & you'll be fine

As long as a fookin multi tasker does'nt get you in her sights:f

 

[Supabird1100]

get a hack, then ride and enjoy.

Or coat ya bike up with Rust Wax spray...or ACF50.(Available from Jaws) !!!Bike will look like shit...but at least it won't corrode away over the winter months.

 

[Duck n Dive]

Why would I want to spray rust on my bike ??? :dunno:

Oh and what's an optimiser thingy for, the battery charges up each time it's used!!

:dunno:












































































Now watch me not turn up at Matlock Friday 'cause it's cold, windy and blowing leaves :neenaw:

 

[ianrobbo1]

Oh and what's an optimiser thingy for, the battery charges up each time it's used!!

flamin big head well MINE dosnt!! :B

 

[Duck n Dive]

flamin big head well MINE dosnt!! :B

All together now AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!! :k



Any nearer to being back ont he road M8??




You didn't by any chance borrow Berts GPS did you? Its just I think it pulls out about 500 watts and then gives itself a headache......

 

[Coggy]

Just ride it through winter

But don't expect there to be as much grip on the tarmac as in high Summer.
And avoid ice and torrential rain

 

[Bob Pinder]

move south

ice, wind, rain and snow aren't used in our vocabulary

 

[Fat Bert]

and I bet Lord Pinder

.........................

will have something to say - and sure enough...he does!!

 

[Bob Pinder]

are you following me :dunno:

 

[Rods]

4 months off a bike over winter? how safe are you going to be then? or you could ride in shitty conditions (in a safe manner of course) and still be up to scratch when the summer finally arrives...%$fan what summer?!c7u8

 

[derek kelly]

Could be worse though - you could be :-

a] Bald
b] No sense of humour
c] Support Leeds
d] Never ride the bike more than 10 miles in a weekend

For a moment I thought you were referring to me but

a] I've loads of hair (in the wrong places]
b] I've a sense of humour [a strange one but nevertheless a sense of humour]
c] guilty
d] I ride my bike most days [it's 24 miles to work and back so if I work sat & sun then that's 48 miles]

:f :}

 

[Fat Bert]

LOL

a] Not convinced

b] Not convinced - never seen it

c] Doesn't everyone who works for the Co-op in Ossett?

d] Riding to work is classed as "commuting" not real riding so doen't count [in my book]

 

[derek kelly]

a] Not convinced

b] Not convinced - never seen it

c] Doesn't everyone who works for the Co-op in Ossett?

d] Riding to work is classed as "commuting" not real riding so doen't count [in my book]

a] like I give a F*ck

b] you wouldn't know one if it bit you on the arse

c] probably not as the total IQ of Co-op staff in Ossett is on a par with a forest fan.

d] What book is that then? 'Janet & John get verbal flatulence' just for your info whilst I was on leave last week I clocked up 300 miles just bimbling about, I know some of you riding Gods manage that and more in one journey but some of us don't have the luxury of just being able to take off when we like.

 

[Smoothandquick]

crikey, the bait got a few bites.....

as if I'd lay my trusty steed up for the winter, pah....:t

17 years of constant riding, come winter, rain, hail whatever.....I believe that experiencing these conditions makes you a far better rider, more appreciative of throttle and brake control and hazard perception....:yo:

Unlike birthday boy who is a hazard when he uses all the road to block your overtaking moves, grrrrrr.......:t

 

[Fat Bert]

Whay Hay!!!!

We got Hovis Head to bite!!












RESULT

 

[Gerrard]

Winter Riding

Me I luv winter riding..... 28c.....not a cloud in the sky, just T shirt and bike gear on..... no thermals...sheer bliss.
Ps The next day will be the same. :-: Its tough here but someone's got to do it.

 

[Smoothandquick]

only one thing to say to that Paul

GIT......grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr or should that be brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr....