[williamr]

Only wear long johns on the boat in Winter. They're far too warm to wear around the office all day and apart from changing my boots for shoes I just want to take my outer gear off - not do a complete change. Helmet,gloves etc., go into the top box when I get off the bike, hang the jacket on my chair back and change my shoes.

taotaomona77 - Cali and Florida are two States where year round riding is easy. I do remember working in Florida one December listening to the local radio praising the brave bikers who were braving the bitter cold for their Christmas charity run. At the time, we were lounging around the hotel's outdoor pool wearing swimming costumes and enjoying a beer and the December sunshine.

Rob

 

[Kawikid72]

Just wanted to say if you're going to ride in cold weather, please, please warm your tires up. I just dumped my bike two days ago due to cold roads, salt and un-warmed tires. Be safe and consider the conditions.

 

[Glocken]

Only wear long johns on the boat in Winter. They're far too warm to wear around the office all day and apart from changing my boots for shoes I just want to take my outer gear off - not do a complete change. Helmet,gloves etc., go into the top box when I get off the bike, hang the jacket on my chair back and change my shoes.

taotaomona77 - Cali and Florida are two States where year round riding is easy. I do remember working in Florida one December listening to the local radio praising the brave bikers who were braving the bitter cold for their Christmas charity run. At the time, we were lounging around the hotel's outdoor pool wearing swimming costumes and enjoying a beer and the December sunshine.

Rob

i'd be :Laughing rolling: as well. idk how cold it gets in the uk though.

 

[chris140]

taotaomona77 - Cali and Florida are two States where year round riding is easy. I do remember working in Florida one December listening to the local radio praising the brave bikers who were braving the bitter cold for their Christmas charity run. At the time, we were lounging around the hotel's outdoor pool wearing swimming costumes and enjoying a beer and the December sunshine.

Rob

We ride year round here too, it gets very wet at times and we can have torrential flooding. For the most part the cold is bearable although being surrounded by sea makes the chill more noticeable than the recorded temperature. So no riders braving the cold for Christmas charity, but we do have the Polar Bear swim on Boxing Day. This year there were a few hundred of us going into the sea in the name of charity.

 

[Sobe34]

Here are a few accessories I found on this website.Motorcycle Accessories - The Helmet Harbor, LLC. Looks like they have some good cold weather riding gear. I bought a helmet from them because they are local and had an excellent experience. Anyway hope this helps

 

[av8r-92]

Just wanted to say if you're going to ride in cold weather, please, please warm your tires up. I just dumped my bike two days ago due to cold roads, salt and un-warmed tires. Be safe and consider the conditions.

I've had a few close calls this season with cold roads and salt in Jersey.

I weaved around a manhole cover (just screwing around), and the front wheel slipped out on me. My sphincter ate some of the seat from that.

-Will

 

[Glocken]

I've had a few close calls this season with cold roads and salt in Jersey.

I weaved around a manhole cover (just screwing around), and the front wheel slipped out on me. My sphincter ate some of the seat from that.

-Will

similar thing happened to me a few days ago. dont know why i rode but it was after it was sleet/snow during the day. salt everywhere, thought my tires were warmed up enough, gave it gas, didn't move, started fishtailing around. good times.

 

[sbeast]

i rode 30 miles tonight in 33 degree weather. my legs got damned cold by the end (even wearing long underwear under my jeans, the wind gets through, should've worn over-pants) my biggest problem with cold riding is just that my glasses fog up inside my helmet if i dont keep the visor cracked, i just bought a 'breath box' i need to put it in my helmet when it comes in and see wether i still get alot of fogging, or if it really does deflect all my breath out n away

 

[williamr]

Worst ride I had this year - local council gritted the roads - totally unnecessary as it was about 8C - and going out in the dark the bike was sliding around on the grit. I couldn't see the grit, didn't expect it to have been spread at that time, and did several miles trying to convince myself that the tyres weren't really going flat on me.

Problem was solved when I stopped and felt the stuff rolling around under my foot. Once you know what's happening it's easy to cope with.

Rob

 

[williamr]

is just that my glasses fog up inside my helmet if i dont keep the visor cracked, i just bought a 'breath box' i need to put it in my helmet when it comes in and see wether i still get alot of fogging, or if it really does deflect all my breath out n away

For me, niether breath box nor anything else mechanical works for my glasses. The only thing that does is Fairy Liquid, applied thickly, allowed to completely dry, then polished off. Lasts for about a week.

Rob

 

[Sobe34]

I called HelmetHarbor.com because I had a few questions about a firstgear jacket. The owner answered the phone and gave me a 8% discount code I could use which ended up being a discount on top of the discount on the website! The code is "discount8". Arai Helmet Specialist, Amazing Prices, and Firstgear Premium Apparel....Im pretty sure this is for the entire site and not just Firstgear...hope this helps, if you make a purchase, report back to us and let us know if it is still active.

 

[sportyaccordy]

It dipped a little low today, high 30s. I never thought gloves could make such a huge difference, but I had some riding to do for work today and my hands were killing me. I was using perforated summer gloves with a wool liner under... just worthless. I ran into a shop and bought these:

Cortech Scarab Winter Gloves - Street Motorcycle - Motorcycle Superstore

Whoa nelly. I rode about 100 miles with these, and my hands were toasty the whole time. I was pretty well layered up otherwise (full long johns, 2 pairs of socks, sweater, balaclava, textile jacket w/liner), and so the ride was a lot more enjoyable than usual. Even up to ~100 the wind did not cut through. I still want to get a fairing though, would be nice to have some additional protection and a screen to duck behind.

 

[NeverFastEnough]

Here in Phoenix it has been as low as the mid 20's at night/early morning, IN PHOENIX! I still refuse to drive my car (it doesn't have a heater so either way I will be freezing my ass off). I am debating getting some heated grips just for the winter time because it is insane how cold it is here.

 

[sprorchid]

I have the mooseracing heated grips from motorcycle superstore on one of my bikes, and they are awesome. $45. easy install if you have 1/2 a brain. well worth it!

it's been in the high 20's at sunrise here (when I commute to work). it's clear, dry and sunny, but damn that's cold on the freeway.
but I get the itch if I don't ride every day. so I just might ride tomorrow.

 

[Glocken]

It dipped a little low today, high 30s. I never thought gloves could make such a huge difference, but I had some riding to do for work today and my hands were killing me. I was using perforated summer gloves with a wool liner under... just worthless. I ran into a shop and bought these:

Cortech Scarab Winter Gloves - Street Motorcycle - Motorcycle Superstore

Whoa nelly. I rode about 100 miles with these, and my hands were toasty the whole time. I was pretty well layered up otherwise (full long johns, 2 pairs of socks, sweater, balaclava, textile jacket w/liner), and so the ride was a lot more enjoyable than usual. Even up to ~100 the wind did not cut through. I still want to get a fairing though, would be nice to have some additional protection and a screen to duck behind.

fairings would make such a difference; i really havent changed anything i wear compared to warmer months, even today. i've ridden in the colder days that occured these past few weeks, even the sleet day.
with the fairings i think its why i never found my legs cold and never wore anything besides ankle socks with my knee pads and pants.

the gloves thing really does make a difference, i got a pair of a* apex gloves with some insulation, they don't work the best but improves hand numbess taking into effect longer than if i had regular gloves on. do those scarabs have a built in liner?

 

[sportyaccordy]

The fucked up thing is I am trying to move somewhere warm so buying fairings prob wont even pay off lmao.

The gloves def have some kind of liner inside. The outside is solid leather w/knuckle armor, the inside is Thinsulate. If you do any kind of cold weather riding they are a good buy for sure.

 

[sprorchid]

^ are your new gloves bulky? I read that they have a thinsulate liner. I might have to get some for winter riding, as even though I have grip warmers the first digit of my fingers still freezes.

 

[Glocken]

the a* apex gloves i got have that thinsulate thing. i found it extremely weird and bulky at first. i still get that feeling after not wearing it for a bit. i personally lost A LOT of feel when wearing them. i'm more use to them now and keeping my hands warmer with the sacrifice of feel is worth it i guess

 

[sportyaccordy]

I definitely lost feel with them. I think that is just to be expected of thick winter gloves honestly. But its not to the point where I feel like I have less control. I tried to use regular winter gloves and def felt like I had trouble controlling the bike and gripping the throttle. With these, after a while you don't notice the loss of control.

Personally I like a little buffer between me and the controls. I don't like riding w/no gloves for example.

 

[Sobe34]

....agreed^^^