THAT'S A WRAP ... Is anyone else all packed up for the season?

[CatatonicBug]

No packing up for me. As long as the roads aren\'t icy, I\'m riding. We don\'t usually get more than a couple 7\" snow storms each winter, so that usually only means 5-6 days out of the winter that I share the cage with SWMBO. I got myself a set of Vetter Hippo Hands this summer, and I\'m looking forward to trying them out once the temps get cold enough. I\'m still wearing my mesh jacket most days now, but I imagine I\'ll be switching to the solid one soon. Then, the liner will get zipped in once the temps get down to the 30\'s.

Sorry about the funny punctuation - This proxy server is adding it all by itself!

[DiverRay]

Well, as I don't need to worry about snow here I just keep riding. I AM putting in a second fuse block on the BMW, to handle heated gear and a HAM radio on down the line. I DO ride the black bike AT LEAST once a week, so it's good. I AM selling the '79 I bought two years ago from planedick, so I can have some room back in the one car garage!
I feel sorry for those that have to give up riding for winter, but I do understand you have sleds to make up for it!

[ManitoulinLad]

Got till Nov.7/10

Still rode to work today (1/2 hour ride) - was plus 1C -thats my limit, worry about frost on the highway. Really plus 4C or more is okay for the 1/2 hr to work. This year using big black leather ice fishing mitts with finger gloves as liners for the morning - really does the trick & still have the dextertity for the brake & cluth levers - even the signal with my thumb. Will ride till the time change on sunday nov.7/10. If no sign of rain, its too cold now to get rained on. After Nov.7 it gets dark up here at 6:00 everynight & i don't get home till almost 5:45 most times. Gets too dark too fast & too many deer up here to ride a bike at the killer dusk time so it gets parked after that date. And to be honest we sometimes get a brush of snow near the middle to end of Nov. so it will be parked then. But I'lll be back at it as early as beginning of April. Always the light at the end of the tunnel. Hey & I get to stare at it all winter when I'm in the work shed - Dan

[cywelchjr]

Well, being in sunny Ca I ride pretty much all year round, unless it's raining too hard that is. Funny thing, once again I can't get on from work, and worse, the machine I generally remote to when this happens is also unable to connect. However, I can get on via my phone, so right now I'm hooked up to the wifi access point of my phone and typing on my computer.

[yamahansolo]

Nope ride all year round!!! Couldn't possibly packit away!!

[malber]

Still my daily rider, but it's getting tough. Today it was down to 26 degrees F on arrival at work. Going to try to hold on through about mid-November and possibly later depending on 1st snow. I figure the more I get acclimated to the cold and wind-chill the better I'd be able to withstand even colder temps. Shudder to think having to drive the gas guzzling POS Exploder.

[Crusty Snippets]

Winter

One of the reasons I bought the XS11 was to ride in the colder wetter weather. The SV1000S Suzuki will be parked mid Novemeber and I will ride Yami unless it snows. Yami is sooooo much warmer and dryer to ride.

Uncle Crusty

[cywelchjr]

The only thing I'm missing for a bad weather rider is the lowers for the fairing. That said, I can get through some pretty bad weather without too much distress.

[cafejunky78]

not packing it up,

Unfortunately, or fortunately depending on how you look at it, my bikes are my most reliable transportation so I am riding until I get my heep fixed. We usually don't get snow until late October early November here so hopefully I get something running in the next week or so, riding in the snow sucks!

[79XS11F]

I must admit that I ride and build my bikes for pure pleasure so when it gets cold enough to remove the pleasure, I pack it up. If my only other option for getting around was the bus, then I would use the bike until the snow was on the ground to stay.
Rob

[Crusty Snippets]

Fairing

The only thing I'm missing for a bad weather rider is the lowers for the fairing. That said, I can get through some pretty bad weather without too much distress.

I did not mention, my Yami has a Vetter fairing with lowers.
When I get time I will make a smaller more swept back window.
As is I get a bit too much buffeting. Yami also has saddle bags and a large top box so I can transport lots of junk, I mean warm weather gear.
If it snows too much I will fire up my belch mobile ( 78 Chev 3/4 ton truck )
Will sell my car as I do not need it anymore. Might buy something in the caged variety ( 4 wheels ) if I start to fall off the bike, or maybe a smaller bike with training wheels.
But that will be 10 years or more away.

Uncle Crusty, licensed to thrill in 1961.

[DGXSER]

I must admit that I ride and build my bikes for pure pleasure so when it gets cold enough to remove the pleasure, I pack it up. If my only other option for getting around was the bus, then I would use the bike until the snow was on the ground to stay.
Rob

Amen Rob, I must admit, I took a long ride last November, about 6 hours or so. Day started off in the mid 40s and never reached 60. As bundled up as I was, even with thermals on, my legs were shivering on me and the back of my neck and my back were very cold. Fingers were not much better than ice.

I got home and told SWMBO, if I try to leave for a long ride in this weather again, beat me back to my senses. Riding for me is for fun. It stopped being fun about 2-1/2 hours into that 6 hour ride. Still had a great site seeing at the mural wall in Portsmouth Ohio, but took to long to warm back up!

[skippy344]

All packed up...

For another ride!

We are in the 80s all week, with high 60s at night!

This is one of the advantages of living in Texas! We can ride all year long, if you don't mind the heat in August, the rest of the year is beautiful!

greg

[kevxs]

not even close

i rode until dec 1 last year, literly rode EVERYDAY in november, doubt i'll do better than that this year but I'll try

[tinman905]

i rode until dec 1 last year, literly rode EVERYDAY in november, doubt i'll do better than that this year but I'll try

When I lived in Toronto I could go until the middle of Dec some years .

I put one of my SG's away today in my storage unit . I will be working on my BDF Special in the garage soon.
I think it's going to a few more wet weeks here in Ontario even in Toronto .
The word this year is we are going to get hit hard and early with winter .