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Join Date: Nov 2008
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I rode the motard for about 100 miles the Saturday after Christmas (44 degrees), but the first official ride for me in 2010 was to last nights Bike Night dinner.
Rode the BMW Had my Hi Viz Olympia GT Air All Seasons Transition suit on with an inner jacket/liner and lined pants. Beneath that I had a long sleeve T-shirt, an undershirt, and a compression tee on, with jeans. Wore the A* SMX boots and had my heated Gerbins gloves on. I got on the bike at 6:12 (with it being pitch black outside, cloudy and no moon) from the house at 29 degrees. I rocked the heated grips to high and put on my neck warmer thingie and then the helmet. Tire pressure was good but knew I’d have some wheelspin if I didn’t get a little heat in them, so I rode around the neighborhood to see if ANY heat would transfer to the tires. No slips so I headed out to meet everyone at Brixx across town. Down my rural road I cranked it to 50 to find any cold air penetrations….felt good….except I discovered a chink in my armor….apparently a gap in the coat and pant had allowed a little air into my lower back. About this time I was approaching the main road to take me to the hiway, so I reached back and tucked my shirt into my pants at the light and all was good. No leaks, NO cold air…and damn….I’m actually getting a little HOT. I stepped it up to 70 down the backroad to prepare for the hiway…..still good. I got on I-40 and kept it at 70 for 20 miles till the exit. Where I HAD to disconnect the gloves as my hands were sweating and starting to tingle they were so hot. Dinner was great and I was actually warmer than I’d been all day. After dinner I mounted back up (takes a while to put the com system plugs in my ear, and wire myself into the GPS/phone/iPod/gloves, but I did it. But on the way home it was now 23 degrees so I wanted to see what SPEED I could take that temp at…..I got on the hiway and accelerated at a gradual pace to 115 (GPS) and kept that pace (on a 4-lane section of hiway where there were no other cars) for about 3 miles where I stepped it back to 80 once I got to the busier 6 lane I-40 merge...exited the hiway then headed home. Got all the way home and realized I never fully connected the heated gloves, but my hands were so warm I never noticed. Now to try the teens!
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Join Date: Dec 2008
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Sweet! I started to go out last night "just because" but got sidetracked, perhaps I will this evening.
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Join Date: Nov 2008
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Sounds like a great ride Troy! As painful as it is to hear you guys riding right now, I'm glad someone is able to.
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Sumter, SC
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Great read, Caster. Now my turn.
Took my first ride of the new year today. 35 out.. not too bad at all. I layered up and took a test ride to the gas station to see if I was warm enough. After that, I made a 25 mile ride to meet a friend of mine that I haven't seen in about 3 years while he's on his way back to Jersey from Florida. It was really great seeing him, but that isn't the only thing. This was my first trip to a destination other than school and what not, and I loved it. It was also the longest ride I took thus far. There were a few mild twisties (if they can even be called that) and some hills that I loved since it felt like a roller coaster at times. For the first time, I actually enjoyed riding country roads.. crazy for me to admit being the person I am (I hate this place). I discovered today that I really do love riding. There's just one thing.. I need to invest in some heated gloves like you have Caster. I did the latex gloves under regular gloves thing and that only works up until about 50 MPH with the summer gloves I have. I tried throwing some extra gloves on top of what I had, but had bad throttle control. I wish I remembered the wind guards that came with the bike, but naturally I thought about them after the fact. They also make the bike look tacky.. which isn't cool because I wanted to show the bike off to my friend. ![]() Anyways.. sorry to hijack your thread, but the idea of having multiple "my first ride of the new year" threads seems silly to me.
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Yeah the heated gloves make all the difference. Before that I tried just about everything too. It's the only thing that makes <36 tolerable
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Join Date: Feb 2008
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Denver CO
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with the paws and heated grips I was good at 6* (according to a couple bank thermos..)
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Join Date: Nov 2008
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![]() ![]() Which Gerbings do you have, Troy - ones with the new 'microwire' technology? Other than keeping your hands warm, how are they? (I'm very interested in picking up a pair, and a jacket liner) |
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I WANT a pair of the new wire tech ones....they're the poo! They had some at the show this past weekend and they heat ALL OVER and QUICK
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