My arse ...

[the grim reaper]

... has just about relaxed now after last night's ride home. Wheeling the bike down the slight ramp from the parking bay saw the front end slide backwards until it finally stopped in the car wheeltracks. Getting out of my work estate was a feet down 5mph crawl, the motorway was OK but the roads into my street were an ice rink, almost dropped the bike about twenty yards from my garage but I finally locked it up and got inside.

I'm so getting a car before next winter!

Cheers

Grim
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Adverts don't always work: Remember that advert, where the army are running across the desert and they have a wounded man on a stretcher. They get to a ravine, the bridge is down and a caption pops up that says, 'What are you thinking?'. I don't know about you but I was thinking, 'Christ, I'm glad I'm not in the f***ing army'.

[buddy]

i will aswell, ive been stranded at home lol



do ya use the front brake when riding in the ice, or just try to engine brake or sumthin? surley that front would lock so easy and you would drop it
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When this baby hits 88 miles per hour... you're gonna see some serious shit.

[Deano_44]

It sure was a nightmare out there last night. Glad I didn't take the bike, would have dropped it for certain. The roads are a lot better today (in London at least). Hopefully they will stay that way for Christmas when I have some time off!

Glad you got home without any major incidents!

[Ariel Badger]

[the grim reaper]

I didn't use the front brake until I was on the motorway and even then it was predominantly engine and rear braking. It was so slippery in my road that I had to scrape the ice away wth the toe of my right boot until I had enough grip to be able to put more weight on it and get the sidestand down.

Great fun - Not!

Cheers

Grim
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Adverts don't always work: Remember that advert, where the army are running across the desert and they have a wounded man on a stretcher. They get to a ravine, the bridge is down and a caption pops up that says, 'What are you thinking?'. I don't know about you but I was thinking, 'Christ, I'm glad I'm not in the f***ing army'.

[chris-red]

I got home from London when the snow was at it's worst average speed about 6 mph. I saw 2 bike crashes and I managed to stay on had a massive moment coming down a fly over where the rear slid out to the right I have the front fully locked and was leaning down imagine a supermoto going round a corner but I was going in a straight line. I gave in a fist full and it found some grip and got upright again, I couldn't belive it I was sure I was going down.
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Well, you know what they say. If you want to save the world, you have to push a few old ladies down the stairs.
Skudd:- Perhaps she just thinks you are a window licker and is being nice just in case she becomes another Jill Dando.
WANTED:- Fujinon (Fuji) M42 (Screw on) lenses, let me know if you have anything.

[G]

[chris-red]

[Serendipity]

I walked home last night. I left work at 6pm and walked 4.5 miles in an hour and a half. All the hills around Wycombe were closed and the traffic was totally gridlocked through the whole area.

I stopped under the M40 flyover at Loudwater to chat to a courier who had stopped for a rest. He’d ridden from Windsor and looked exhausted. The slush on all the roads had turned to sheet ice. There was a fair amount of grip on the pavement and the only time I nearly ended up on my arse was while crossing the road.
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2016 CBF1000F - Commuter heaven | 1994 CBR600FR - Awaiting defibrillation

[Feasty]

It took me 3 hours to get home the 10 miles from work last night! It normally takes me 25mins on the bike but I'm not taking the bike out whilst I have such a high chance of binning it. My local area near Sheffield has had several inches of snow and now it's been nicely compacted and then frozen solid. Then there's my work car park which they only seem to grit when no snow or ice are due - and the white grit they use makes the place as slippy as if there was ice on the ground anyway!

See I thought I'd go by bus instead, except the bus company had decided to stop running my route without telling anyone . So I ended up getting a different route that at least wouldn't stop too far from me, however the driver then got told to use main roads only as minor roads had black ice etc. Cue me having a 30min walk whilst being unable to feel my feet and slowly losing the feeling in every other area too...

I'm in the car today, now that's fun and a lot quicker than the bus. Just pisses me off that my local area and work area are so badly looked after otherwise I'd still be going in by bike coz at least the main roads are clear.
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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).

[temeluchus]

The sidehack copes admirably well with the snow and ice thankfully.

Tho on a recent (on foot) trip to the local shops, I had to help a neighbour push his 125 up the hill so he could get it onto the gritted A38. Poor bugger kept falling off trying to get up that hill.
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Some shite cruiser. Now with guns and FREEDOM!

[Skudd]

Can you believe it? No bugger wants a driving lesson in the snow. . What better time to have a lesson in someone elses car, under full instruction.
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Famous last words of Humpty Dumpty. " Stop pushing me "
Petty Anarchists look at "1984".............. The Visionary looks at "Animal Farm".

[growler]

I've had to resort to public transport as although we haven't had much snow every thing is frozen solid for the last 3 days

good thing is the bus that gets me to work stops about 75 yards from my front door
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[BlackStallion]

[The Shaggy D.A.]

https://triumphdaytona675.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/med_motorcycle_skis.jpg

That's the way to do it
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Chances are quite high you are not in my Monkeysphere, and I don't care about you. Don't take it personally.
Currently : Royal Enfield 350 Meteor
Previously : CB100N > CB250RS > XJ900F > GT550 > GPZ750R/1000RX > AJS M16 > R100RT > Bullet 500 > CB500 > LS650P > Bullet Electra X & YBR125 > Bullet 350 "Superstar" & YBR125 Custom > Royal Enfield Classic 500 Despatch Limited Edition (28 of 200) & CB Two-Fifty Nighthawk > ER5

[Deano_44]

[chris-red]

That actually looks really usefull
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Well, you know what they say. If you want to save the world, you have to push a few old ladies down the stairs.
Skudd:- Perhaps she just thinks you are a window licker and is being nice just in case she becomes another Jill Dando.
WANTED:- Fujinon (Fuji) M42 (Screw on) lenses, let me know if you have anything.

[ms51ves3]

[tutton]

[Wilson123]

[neil.]

I don't remember it being nearly as bad as this last winter, apart from the snow in February but then it didn't ice over all the roads/pavements for a bloody week. It's ridiculous, can't go for a walk or ride as the pavements/road are an ice rink. Monday was the first time I've ever given in to it and took the train to work, getting shafted £20 for the bleeding ticket! Walking to/from the station was 'fun'. Hopefully it'll thaw out soon as the temperatures are going up.
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CBT February 2008 | A2 June 2008 | Yamaha YBR125 (written off) | Honda CBF125 (current)

[neil.]