300 mile ride tomorrow - bad idea?

[veeeffarr]

Hi guys,

Riding from Liverpool down to just below London tomorrow, obviously I can take the bus/train but I'd really like to take the bike..

Not done that distance in this weather before, do you think it's better off leaving it?

T

[nynfortoo]

You'll be fine. Just wrap up and take plenty of breaks.

[Ben.]

have you got hot grips? or some way to keep your toes and fingers warm? they are the only things i find hard to keep warm.

if your traveling during daylight you shouldnt have too much trouble with ice.

go for it, be adventurous
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[veeeffarr]

Nah I've not got heated grips but I'm going to HG today to try and pick up some stuff.

T

[D O G]

Man up Toby, just do it. Even if you do get cold, you can stop and warm up, and you will have a good story to tell.

[Itchy]

Should be easy , I went to Plym ages ago on the 1st Jan once , in summer gloves on a naked bike, you just have to stop every hour or so (I stop once on a 300 mile trip).

You have a huge fairing , hand protectors might give you even better endurance.
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[Pete.]

Piece of cake. Get the "hot hands" wrap-around heaters they are much easier to install and you can remove them for summer riding.

A guy once picked his bike up from my house in Kent at 5pm on a freezing Sunday in January, and rode it directly to Yorkshire.

This was after I fitted a turbocharger to it, and he hadn't rode it before picking it up - 'ard as nails or what?
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

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Where are you riding to?

[veeeffarr]

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[veeeffarr]

Nice one, will bear that in mind, always fancied Box Hill.

T

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[Pete.]

[veeeffarr]

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[NickD]

You've got the bike for it, just wrap up warm and go for it. It's a beautiful day down here today and according to BBC Weather tomorrow is gonna be 2 degrees warmer and clear. Just avoid the early morning and the evening and it looks like you should have a good ride.
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[veeeffarr]

[NickD]

While we had some really hard frosts earlier in the week there's been nothing much for the past couple of days, there's not really been any ice when I've been going into work for 8.30. Given the amount of salt that's down at the moment I reckon as long as the sun's up you'll be fine. Obviously you'll want to be careful in areas in shadow, and near rivers though. I'd just get on one of the weather sites and run a forecast for a number of places you'll pass through on your way down to get a general picture.
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[TUG]

why would it be a bad idea? is it raining nuclear waste by you or something? Your only traveling 300 miles, do it and come back and tell us about what happend.If you get cold then tough shit its winter, Dont cry your tears will freeze and hurt more.
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[The Tot]

Kidney belts are a good investment. But taking them off makes you wanna piss like a racehorse after all the blood comes gushing down. Don't be a bell end like me and race down the motorways because i caught mild pneumonia last christmas/new years when i went from london to eastbourne to brighton back to london in a weekend when it was freezing cold. I was wearing long johns + thermals + leathers + my Textile jacket over my leathers and it was STILL cold. Man, i was doing 80mph-90mph up the M23 from brighton and keeping that speed through the mist because i didn't want to get caught out by the traffic! eastbourne to nw london in 2 hours in the fog! That's foolish, dangerous and not worth the risk. Remember the wind chill - wrap your neck with a buff - or anything that's not too restrictive. It's something of an oversight with most bikers in the winter - i've seen many people even up here without neck warmers!

Motorways have plenty of service stations, but A road's DON'T. Ice normally clears at about 10:30-ish i think. But mind you i'm in edinburgh at the moment by the sea and i've got ice cover 500 yards from the firth of forth at 11am today!

www.bbc.co.uk/weather enter location or waypoints and you're set. It should be fine, i've checked and london is about 8-10 degrees clear skies, high pressure - BUT that's the wrong conditions to ride in - clear skies = more ice on the roads so be particularly weary of that! Don't think because it's sunny, it's cool to unleash 100bhp onto the road!

Well all i can say is that thank god my bike is in the spray shop over christmas and taking the choo choo down to edinburgh. Pneumonia is DEFINATELY something i don't wanna catch again!
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[The Tot]

Well it was stupidly foggy last christmas in the south, at about 8PM - so factor in wind chill + no sun + fog and you've got yourself a bad combination. The ride down to eastbourne the previous day was no problem whatsoever. I didn't need the extra layers. Admittedly, i had only my summer gloves on with thermal inners which didn't work that well once the cold set it - they were frozen - unfortunately i left my HG panthans in loughborough because it was pretty mild when i went down to london the week before!

But the stuff you wear lonewolf is sufficient in most cases! Just dont get caught out at night with it when the temperatures plummet. During the day, it's fine. So toby - just make sure you get to the M25 by say 4 o clock because after that, it's a bitch! Traffic-wise and weather wise!
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[veeeffarr]

Just did a 20 mile test on the M62, only places that were getting cold were my hands and face, so popped into Hein Gericke and bought myself some Pathan gloves, Neoprene overgloves and a buff.

The jacket I've got is ace, I've not once been cold in it.

I'll be wearing a 2 piece waterproof suit as well so that should keep some badness out

Overtook 2 gritters! Ouch

T

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