Baby, it's cold outside.

[Polarbear]

Being a southern softy I was quite amazed to see a group of sports bikers out yesterday. I know it was a beautiful day and once the frost cleared probably lovely riding conditions but I take my hat off to them.

Anyone else going/been out on their bike purely for jollies over the weekend.

Oh, and I was in my Jag with the heated seats on and the climate control set to 20C. Mini climate warming on.

Rufty tufty bike me!
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[Sister Sledge]

Nope!
So cold close to Newcastle that we're seeing gritters on residential streets. Friday afternoon saw lots of black ice in the Alnwick area.
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[UncleFester]

Nope - it ain't the cold that's the issue, it's the damp combined with the cold. That and the roads around Herts being coated in greasy crap / leaves. Bike can wait until it's bone dry cold.

For now ( like you ) it's car with heated seats / screens and A/C turned up to Ibiza.
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[JackButler]

I can handle ambient temps at or above 10deg. Anything below I don't enjoy & I don't like doing things I don't enjoy . . . .
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[ThatDippyTwat]

Headed out to my mates in about an hour. Debating if I take the VFR or the work hack. Decent gear stops the cold, I'll be plenty warm when I get there, it's purely down to road surface. Most of the road is likely gritted, but the last half mile may not be. And it's at the top of a hill. That's known for having shit weather.
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[WreckTangle]

been out on my bike........not for jollies but to go to work

road covered in frost, bike had to be kick started as battery showing signs of fatigue.
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[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

Been out a bit yes - excluding green-laning I did get out on Friday and managed 150 miles w/ a couple of mates. But not sports bikes - I was on the old 500, one was on a tiger 800xc and t'other was on an 08 1050 Sprint. We went from Hull to Thirsk and then back halfway and stopped in Thornton le Dale for a cuppa, then back via Old Malton to Seaways @ Fridaythorpe. It was cold but not freezing - them two had heated seats and grips but I had nowt, and did wished I'd had grips a couple of times. Got back at 3:30 w/ just enough time to wipe the bike down and sort it (the roads had been wet and muddy and salty). The 500 is really easy to clean - small and all bits can be accessed.

Yesterday I took the 9 out cos it hasn't run for weeks - there was frost and ice on the road and I did think about turning round a couple of times because it was patently stupid - but the main roads were fine. Went to see a mate who's installing a dyno at his place in York then went up to Fridaythorpe and back via Middleton on the Wolds and Holme on Spalding Moor. At the end there a guy in an old mondeo ST stuck it to me - I tried, but my visor was splattered at this point. I flicked it up and set off as best I could but the bastard thing kept flicking back down every time I got north of 80. I had to give up so returned home cold, dirty and demoralised. It was great. : - |
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[linuxyeti]

Yep, the 3 of us went to Bewdley, daughter, her friend & I, Friday afternoon, which was colder than today, for chips, and a lovely afternoon it was. Just because the gritters are out, and, there's a covering of thickish frost, doesn't mean it's particularly cold, -2 isn't that cold

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[stinkwheel]

Need to finish my 350 bullet. I'm not taking my other ones out in the salt, it just fucks them. I have no time or patience for washing bikes beyond chucking a bucket of water and I'm fed up getting to the spring and finding my bike needs a full strip-down of the brakes and suspension to get it something like functional.

So in the garage this weekend between work commitments.... Actually, it's baltic so designing a wiring diagram sounds like a good plan.
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[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

[UncleFester]

One degree of temp lost for every 10mph of speed. Something like that.
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[doggone]

It's do-able to around freezing if you aren't going to be out in it more than an hour or so.
Nowadays I save road bikes from salty destruction by only using the CRF250 through winter though and it's kind of slow - plus there is usually some off road involved which can easily have you too warm with your survival suit on which you needed to get there.

I remember two occasions having been to Scarborough in March and April on fine sunny days - riding home after dark coming into several inches of fresh snow over the moors.
Riding in fresh snow is easier than icy patches or rutted remains of earlier snowfall. It got a bit much on the final descent where 3ft drifts had formed and hitting them it kind of sploshed over my head.
Going up that hill would have been impossible but down was OK with a bit of momentum and fairly heavy bike with narrow tyres (XJ900)

[pepperami]

No not been out .
It’s not the cold that has stopped me, it’s all the wet muck on the roads around here at the moment.
Rain , leaves, grit, and the like make for an unpleasant ride.

Nah! Fugk it , the bike can stay in the garage for now.
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[recman]

If I can't leave some foot peg metal on the asphalt, I don't bother waking the bike for a fun run.
The odd shit weather commute has to be done however, particularly when the mrs gives you the choice of either taking the bike or going shopping after work.

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[redeem ouzzer]

One 50 mile trip reduced my 400 to a rusty hulk this time last year. I have no desire to repeat the process.
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[MarkyB]

It's pretty chilly here in Somerset, nice day though, sun is out at the mo.

Thinking of getting bike out, but as people have said it's the roads that are dangerous, I guess like most places in the UK, we had a hard frost here last night, and i'm sure the gritters would of been out.

Wrap up warm, and all is good, with me it's my hands and feet that suffer! lol

[linuxyeti]

[Kentol750]

Having to ride and doing it for fun are completely different. Friday was bloody cold and roads were greasy. The rest of the week was just bloody wet. Now the gritters have been out, the crap will be all over the bike. Acf50 all over it today, before I leave for work tomorrow. I wish there was something i could use to keep my visor clear though.
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[chris_hu_cheng]

Been commuting on and off into Bristol last month or so, tending to take car and park and ride more often than not last couple of weeks.

Lots of crap on roads and hitting the country roads in dark whilst raining not fun. The worst ones are cold mist, I find that really unpleasant, that point when the mirrors are fogging spontaneously, and everything else is fogging no matter what you do.

On a clear dry day would happily ride for fun, temperature doesn't really bother me (gear and genetics), poor visibility does.

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

[MarkyB]

I agree with Trevor, I have decided not to venture out today, it's just not worth it for me.

You risk coming off your bike, and also damaging it, rather wait until it's slightly warmer in double figures.

But I understand everyone is different with there views

Roll on the Spring....

[linuxyeti]

[ThatDippyTwat]

Was outon the viffer for about 2.5 hours of riding, with stops at mates, shops, coffee etc in between.. I didn't die. Was a bit parky on the fingers though.
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[Easy-X]