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| Hello All
I live in Utah and work at Hill AFB. The temperature this mourning was 29 degrees and the high today will be 38. I am comfy as long as I have the seat on high and the hand grips cranking. I also wear long johns and a good liner in my jacket. I get the strangest looks from the gate guards in the morning as I take my flagship through the gate. I think they think I'm crazy for riding in the the cold. I like to stand out in the crowd. I am determined to ride until the first snow flake hits the ground. I don't have the heart to cover my baby up and wait out the storm. Give me Victory or give me death.  |
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| Same here, I will ride until they salt/sand the roads. Just need to keep out of the mountains. Pesky black ice. |
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| Same here, I will ride until they salt/sand the roads. Just need to keep out of the mountains. Pesky black ice. |
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Spirit Lake IA "Birthplace of Victory Motorcycles" | Same here . . . oh, sh#@! Looked out the window and it is now snowing. Hibernation time for my new Vision (other than doing mods). |
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New Bohemia, VA | I live here in CVA so it really is not great feat to ride year 'round except for a few days when it will ice over the bridges. They often do not anticipate the icing of bridges in freezing rain and will wait until the interstate is blocked by crashes and it is mid day when the temp is above freezing. Then they'll come around with the salt trucks so the bridges are sandy and create its own slippery surface and another rash of crashes.... |
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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | SNOW? Who cares! As long as it isn't RAINING !
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New Bohemia, VA | i'm humbled.... |
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Northeastern Penna. | Me too. Riding in the 40's on this machine is a pleasure, with the heated stuff and the wind protection. You know, some people think you are cold, when they ride by, Little do they know ! |
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Scottsdale AZ | Little chilly here today - high was only about 70. Hope it warms up a little! Now that we are out of the 110 furnace months we can brag about our riding weather! Any of you in the freezer belt, you are welcome to visit this winter. BTW/ what are salt and sand trucks? |
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Brighton, TN | donesnowyTracey, you must be in dire need of a Vision eightball seat, I had yet, prior to moments ago, see a guy on his tiptoes on a Vision. All other pics of you are very deceiving. Photoshopping some snow behind you now, that's, just down right indespicable. I thought for sure you would have had an OIL Cloud above you like the CASTROL commercials.
Here in the Memphis area, your lucky if they can figure out how to load the trucks for winter weather. Nothing goes down until after the bad weather.
DesertSandCamelJim - You've had your summer torture, So I think a little ribbing is OK, this early in the winter season, but don't feel like your wife has let you out of the house, and you get to go feeling all Macho and Manly! Simmer down now! Do you still need the kickstand puck, to keep it from going through the asphalt during the winter months? |
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Fredonia, WI United States | Still riding here in NE Wisconsin! Yay!! I love this bike! |
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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | Listen up, Chickinman, I am a full 5' 7 3/4" (was 5'8" once). If you notice, the side stand is 6" above the pavement - s'why I'm on tippy-toe. And we get WAY more snow than you sissys in the East. It's just that almost all of it is above 1,500 feet - and we live near sea level. I just need to drive up one of our many ski-resort access roads to find snow - up to 50' or more deep.
Unfortunately for us - the snow falls as RAIN below 1500' - and that's the only thing that keeps my bike parked. Sun comes out - and ZOOM - I'm gone.....
And yah - I agree with your comments to DesertSandCamelJim - rather have my winter weather than his spring/summer/fall cooking. |
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mansfield, MA United States | I ride all year here in Mass. I get up in the morning open the garage door and look out. If its snowing I keep the bike in the garage for the day. If the roads have no snow on them I ride! It can drop below 10 deg here but if you dress for it you're fine. Take corners slow when the salt and sand starts to go down and don't ride if it rained the night before and the temp drop's below 32. Simple rools but its fun to ride down the highway in the morning when the temps are in the teens and people look at you like your nut's! Little do they know you're warmer and happier then they are. |
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mansfield, MA United States | I ride all year here in Mass. I get up in the morning open the garage door and look out. If its snowing I keep the bike in the garage for the day. If the roads have no snow on them I ride! It can drop below 10 deg here but if you dress for it you're fine. Take corners slow when the salt and sand starts to go down and don't ride if it rained the night before and the temp drop's below 32. Simple rools but its fun to ride down the highway in the morning when the temps are in the teens and people look at you like your nut's! Little do they know you're warmer and happier then they are. |
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Scottsdale AZ | Pootscoootinackin - Stop pickin on guys smaller than you - if Don and I were closer you'd be lookin at chikns from between your legs and other orifices. And - now you got him pickin on me because of our beautiful weather. This will be our third Christmas together - hope you are well - Where is Bucky?
Don - I just looked again - you are pretty short- sorry -
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New Bohemia, VA | i think that's from too much air in his rear that's pushing Don up on his toes.... |
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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | Re: "too much air in his rear "
Chris, you referring to MY suspension? Or the bikes? Both of us are jet propelled - at least sometimes..... |
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Brighton, TN | OOHHHHHHahahahahahahahahahhehehehehehehehehehhohohohohohoho! Now that right there is funny, I don't care who ya R! Why is the kickstand six inches in the air, were you falling over? |
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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | Depends on who you believe..... Chris and the 'air' thing, or me - as I was about to fold up the sidestand when Co-Pilot took the picture. |
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New Bohemia, VA | Typical pollotician, blame it on the media. He says that he was going for the kick, but he may have gotten the seat too hot and he was letting it cool...
But Don, you do have the expression of "now where did she get off too...get on over here and get on the bike." I've got to hand to you, she's is certainly one of a kind to be out riding with you on a cold and snowy day... |
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LaPorte,Tx. | Snowing in Houston today!! |
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New Bohemia, VA | woot woot! |
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Anderson, IN (48mi NE of downtown Indianapolis) | I left the house this morning in 22F temp. I have been riding 21 miles to work everyday and plan to keep doing so. Last winter I did not have the Victory air deflectors. I wore long underwear under my riding jacket/pants. With the deflectors I do not need them anymore. My riding gear is not heated, but I don't need it for the short 21 miles. The heated grips and seat do fine. The only difference in clothing from my summer dress code is the First Gear jacket/pant combo, sweatshirt, and MSR Cold Pro gloves. All of my co-workers think I'm crazy (approx 30 of them ride bikes). They think I get cold no matter what I tell them. I try to explain it's all in wind management with the fairing, deflectors, and windproof jacket/pants. They don't understand it.
I'll keep riding until it snows or freezing rain.
P.S. The temp gauge on my 08 Vision is accurate down to 30F. Below that it displays a negative number. For example, it read -8 this morning. Anyone else have this problem? |
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20 miles west of Chicago. | In the 20's here this morning, with a little, very little light snow on the ground from yesterday. Local weather reporters saying there are some slippery roads in the area. I'm willing to brave the low temps, but the "slippery roads" thing means that they will be dumping steel rusting, aluminum pitting, electrical connection corroding, boot leather destroying, salt on the streets and roads. That's it for me; both bikes now oil changed, fuel preserved, battery tendered and up on lifts in the garage until spring rains wash the salt away.
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Belding Michigan | Well I rode last weekend in Michigan that would be 11/29 IN MICHIGAN. However Mother Nature got us today the ground was dry and it was 40 degrees yesterday today I am looking at 7 inches of snow on my deck and it is still falling. RATS well lets see what happen next but if like most years my next real ride will be March or April. DARN, RATS, and other words that imply. I can speak in other languages. Oh well I am dreaming of a white Christmas Archie |
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Linwood, MI | All I can say is that y'all that are professing to ride in the snow (as Don's photo clearly shows) must either have an indoor, heated place to wash your bike on a daily basis or live in a state that doesn't use salt on snowy roads. I've been riding every day--rain or shine--until today when the snow finally flew here and the salt trucks came out. Now my poor bike is stuck in the garage until we either get a warm-up and a rain to wash away the road salt, or until the Spring thaw.  |
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New Bohemia, VA | the thing I hate here in CVA is that they use a chemical on the road, not salt or sand. So last year they anticipated snow and they put the chemical down in the "critical spots" you know, stop signs, stop lights and curves. Well, it don't snow, but it drizzles and makes the spots they put the chemical slicker than snot. It took several days before a good rain came and washed it way, but until then it was rough going.
But when they do put down the stuff, I let the bike cool and then give it a good underspray for a while to get ride of the stuff. So far no real problems...yet. |
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North Orange County CA | These posts reminded me of my youth in Massachusetts.
My neighbors dad was from New Mexico. Every day he would drive home from his engineering job at Raytheon and pull out the garden-hose, which he had attached to the drain valve on the water heater. He would then proceed to spray the accumulated sand, salt and frozen muck from the undercarriage and wheel wells of his Pontiac (which also had clear vinyl seat covers); all the while entertaining the neighborhood kids by repeatedly proclaiming sotto voce, "D**** NEW ENGLAND CRUD!".
His driveway was a slope. When he was done washing the car, we would all wait for the water to freeze and then pull out the sleds and FLY down the hill, across the street and into the vacant lot on the other side. I always wondered how he managed backing out of the driveway in the morning because their drive was always so slick that a Zamboni would have had difficulty negotiating it.
After I moved to Tennessee my R50 stayed on the sidewalk in front of my house 365 days a year. I would walk outside, wipe the snow/or ice off the seat, free the clutch, tickle the carbs, and kick the heck out if it. It usually fired 3rd kick and then it was off to the job sites.
All you guys who ride in the winter know that stopping and turning is always more fun than a trip to the circus. The BMW was quite adept at sliding sideways and never complained when I used the curbs as a berm to change direction.
But that was when I was a real motorcyclist, not some old fart reminiscing about his youth and thanking providence for global warming, and the gods of technology for giant oil coolers, heated grips and heated seats.
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| I hit some black ice for the first time last week.
Riding 880 pounds for an eternity(5-10) seconds was scary as hell.
Happy as hell when I hit dry dirt on the side of the road.
Hit 66 degrees in Maine yesterday, some rain storm brought up some warm air.
50 today, just had my dealer order me a new tire.
Screw waiting for Spring, I am riding in December in Maine. |
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| It is somewhat surreal to think that I rode the bike today and may ride the snowmobile tommorow. It is also very cool ( no pun intended) when you can be riding and see the snow capped white mountains in New Hampshire from Maine while riding in December. The season may be drawing to a close but spring is just around the corner. |
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| Here's a pict of my on a nice February day...
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Perry Hall, MD | OK, got in about 150 miles yesterday. Traffic sucked, but it was another good time on the VV. With the 20+ " of snow on the ground now it looks like it's time to stay parked for a day or two.
How soon before the withdraw symptoms start? |
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20 miles west of Chicago. | C'mon guys, don't you feel sorry for those people who who never get a white Christmas, really, does it even seem right to have Christmas without snow? We are sooooo much better off with Christmas lights glittering offf the wonderful white stuff and the serene beauty of a snow covered landscape.
Now, if I can just talk myself into actually believing that..... |
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New Bohemia, VA | woo hoo, I was out on the white stuff today...I thought the roads was clear.... |
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