Everyone be carefull out there today!

[Jenks]

As title! be damn carefull!

Lost the front and back end on the way to work, But stayed upright.

Mate of mine binned his bike.

TAKE IT EASY!
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1978 MZ TS 250 1 Supa 5
1992 yamaha fzr1000 exup
1998 aprilia af1 sintesi

[Feasty]

It's fun!

My first time in the snow on a 650 and the SLR has come into its own. Just have to be gentle on the low down torque, otherwise it eats snow for breakfast!
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Previous: Aprilia Habana Retro 50cc (beauty), Yamaha SR125 (fell apart), Honda XR125 (nippy little commuter), Honda SLR650 (Geewhizz), Yamaha Diversion 900S (Smoooooth) written off courtesy of a stupid escaped horse.
(7 year gap), BMW F650 (Relaxing ride). Aprilia Caponord ETV1000 (Big and bold). Yamaha FZS600 (got me in trouble too quick!).
Current: Yamaha TDM 900 (Comfy, light but big, power when needed).

[DuNnInG_2K5]

i also nearly lost it this morning, back end slid whilst going round a around about,
kept it up right though and was quite pleased with my self

take care everyone!

[ZaphodBeeble]

I'm almost jealous. You guys are getting snow and I'm getting rain. Sucks. Although I'm not sure what Michelin Road 2's are like in the snow on a litre v-twin.

I walked to work last year when we had snow and it was quite nice. Although we didn't get a single customer heh.
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Current bike: VTR1000F Firestorm. Previous: Firestorm (written off) - XJ600 Divvy - NSR125 - DT125 and a load of offroaders.

[quacker_boy]

4 car pile up on the A30 this morning heading from Exeter in towards Honiton, saw a recovery truck heading the other way whilst I was in the jam with two Ford Escort vans on the back, smashed to shit. I think one of them might have been my friend from college as he hasn't turned up tdaoy and has a Ford Escort van. There was also a Merc and an MX5 involved. I know they're all cars, but still, slow down a bit today boys and girls
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[smegbrains]

It's proper mental out there! Ended up stuck in traffic for ages, gave some poor frozen biker a sit in the car to warm up for a while... The guy must be a bloody lunatic, I took one look at mine covered in snow and went "...cage time"

I love the bike and I ain't scared of the snow but I am scared of the appalling driving I've seen today!

[kawakid]

Like a pr*ck I went on the bike today.

Bloody frightening, I live at the top of a hill, ice/snow all the way down to the main road.

And most of the way to work 4 miles away.

It was bloody stupid of me, a colleague crashed his car.

I had my foot down but it was like skies. Coming to a halt was soo weird ohh and the bike is brand new. What the f**k am I doing.

I live in Halifax not London and when I say we get snow, we get snow.

What is more stupid of me is that I have a car, that I had to reverse out of the garage to get to the bike.
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I've a twin and a 4.

[ZaphodBeeble]

Kawakid if you can handle the bike in the snow and make it OK I say it makes you a better rider. Keep it up and just take it easy.
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Current bike: VTR1000F Firestorm. Previous: Firestorm (written off) - XJ600 Divvy - NSR125 - DT125 and a load of offroaders.

[tutton]

This weather scares me slightly, on friday went into a roundabout at a mere 30mph, and lost front and rear, and was just hoping i could balance it out without planting myself into the roundabout kurb
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Past: '05 Peugeot XPS '99 Aprillia RS125 '94 FZR600R
Current: '02 ZX636 A1P '51 CCM R30

[tzr]

I have sun in B'ham Really clear sky and everything..
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Previous: An almost immaculate FZR400 '86 - Current: A sorry looking FZR400

[Itchy]

Came in on the bike today , was slippery very , the council haven't gritted the roads at ALL ...

took 90 minutes to go 5 miles....

ended up pushing it through snow banks,
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[DugieT]

Well i nearly went on bike, but went out and saw that my driveway was a skating rink and the street road which never gets gritted....
A man was walking past and as he was explaining to me to be careful as the roads are bad, he fell on his arse.
Would have been really silly for me to even bother, i probably would have if there was snow lying but it was just plain ice all the way up the road for 1/5th of a mile the main roads where fine though.
Got the bus instead.
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4 months experience L plate CBR 125'er

[Theg666]

I have 5 mates on bikes and scooter and this month 2 of them have already come off one lost the back end and the other braking to hard on his front brake lost his front end and his fairing is in bad shape. The weather is really a bummer any one know of good cheap clothes?
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Honda CG 125 1999

[Jenks]

[ZaphodBeeble]

It's gonna snow here tomorrow apparently. I won't find out what the bike is like in the snow though as I have the van to drive to the NEC instead now heh.
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Current bike: VTR1000F Firestorm. Previous: Firestorm (written off) - XJ600 Divvy - NSR125 - DT125 and a load of offroaders.

[truslack]

I ended up sliding down the road sideways last night, but somehow managed to keep the bike up .

This morning was scary, had to engine brake for most junctions because even slight pressure on the brakes was causing the wheels to skid out.
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Current: Suzuki RG 125 Gamma, Honda H100, Triumph Tiger 800XC, Suzuki SV650 (minitwin)

[The Artist]

anyone with almost vertical forks e.g. a ped, have fun.


I have been up and down a local road of mine which is covered in snow and hail. i did over a 180 skid.

Obviously you have to be careful. On main roads with other traffic its not too much fun.

I cannot imagine riding a big bike in these conditions. Good luck!

[Louise]

Well thankfully my rear tyre needs replacing so I got picked up to go to Hove Sunday night.
This morning 6am I left Ice everywhere.
I had to pull the car door to break the ice and the Car said it was
-5 outside

[Mez]

I couldn't even get the bike out of the yard without sliding all over the place this morning. Roads aren't too bad 'round these parts having been gritted, but the ice in our yard/driveway is horrendous, I was never gonna get it out of there.

Went to college on the bus, I've had enough trouble just walking about today.
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Honda CG125 -> Baotian BT49 -> AJS JS125 -> Honda CG125-> Kawasaki ZL400 -> Kawasaki GPZ500

[kitty kat]

We have our own little eco system in Blackpool, it has been dry all day & above freezing, not a sniff of snow or rain.
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Enjoy everyday, tell those you love everyday you love them
Life is too short to fall out with people

[catbells]

There's normally five or six bikes where I park in Manchester. Was empty today. I went into work myself by bus.

[Itchy]

Well I see about 20 bikes in the morning on the way to work only saw two today...


https://bikechatforums.com/files/abcd0002_142.jpg
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[Seb]

Good old Italian engineering came my rescue, the Fut gives an ice warning on the dash when it thinks the roads could be icy, great!

...

Except it flattens the battery in the process

Seems I've landed myself with a fair weather bike
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2010 Triumph 1050 Sprint ST

[binge]

I've never had so much fun on a bike at winter as I do now.

The pit bike is amazing in the snow.


I've put 32" wide 7" high renthal Mini bike bars on it. So filtering is a bit difficult now.

So on the way up Ash tree lane this morning. i couldnt filter because its a country road and hard enough on a bike with small bars.
I decided to "undertake" using the big field to the left of me.