Weather!!!

Winter has arrived with a vengance here in Scotland, really fed up I cant get the bike out just now. I may consider moving somewhere warmer where I can ride all year round! This pic taken today next to the pile of snow the plough left on Saturday!

No better daan sarf either Gino. Friends in Mansfield, Derbys had 16" last week. Here only 3" but thawed Saturday. Temp at -4C right now.

Currently on a Virgin train doing 125mph heading to Glasgow (Am I the fastest poster LOL), 1/2 of all trains cancelled and delays all over the place. Spain looks very attractive even if it is an ecomonic basketcase.

I live about 45 km outside Oslo, the last three weeks temperature has been between -15 and -25 deg. Celsius (5 and -13 deg.Fahrenheit).

It is -25 deg. Celsius right now.

I normally take my Commando out for the first ride April 1.

JR

Now you guys from Europe can understand what it is to be snowed in for months like it is here in Canada :mrgreen: We are right in the middle of our first snow storm, already about 20cm and blowing snow, very interesting for those who work for a living while I stay all cozy and warm inside :mrgreen: Being snowed in is not all bad, gives you time to work on projects 8)

Jean

PS While I don't mind the snow, really cold (lower than -10C) I can do witout

Cold just seems part of real hooligan's sporting life. Winter water skiing, Sky diving, Scuba, snow ski, spelunking and sports riding. With normal leathers over a thick hooded sweat shirt and good gloves, bar end and big fork mount windshield only thing kept me off road was total iced over conditions, mere glare ice in shady spots or black ice at night were about same as just getting to pavement on totally dry Gravel layers. To me 6 inches of snow is great practice for bike behavior and pilot skills to use in crisis on grease, guts, grit and ugh mud. Mud is always instant crisis and most fun when froozen under layer floats a few inches of it on top. I've firm plans to fit snow mobile like tread to Ms Peel. Main downer is too cold to work on bikes outside or open shed.

Jeandr said:

Being snowed in is not all bad, gives you time to work on projects

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Or, you Montrealers can jump in your cars and go skiing. We have to fly 1000 miles and pay a small fortune to have some fun in the snow.

California seems to have the best of both worlds: mild enough in winter to ride bikes and you can ski in the Sierra Nevada. I would seriously consider moving. :mrgreen:

Jeandr said:

Now you guys from Europe can understand what it is to be snowed in for months like it is here in Canada :mrgreen: We are right in the middle of our first snow storm, already about 20cm and blowing snow, very interesting for those who work for a living while I stay all cozy and warm inside :mrgreen: Being snowed in is not all bad, gives you time to work on projects 8)

Jean

PS While I don't mind the snow, really cold (lower than -10C) I can do witout

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I agree whit you Jean, I think the weather in Norway and Canada is quite equal.

JR

Hobot, I am pretty sure you are crazy, I "used" to do stuff like that when I was 18, but as I grew wiser, I stopped, moreover, I used to do it on a small bike, less chance of injury, you on the other hand...

Jean

It's colder than a welldigger's ass in The Klondike here (17F last night, only 29F today) but at least there's no snow (yet).

UGH, I'm not as crazy as I'm scared of what can happen just playing it safe as I can.
I learned to ride wheelie and stop short by snow skier like two wheeled side slide when just on 1st timid test ride on 1st m/c P!!, in un armored school clothes when coil dried out after 20 min to shoot me like a missile into front of a line of homes.

I gave up m/c in big city for ~30 yrs seeing how I could not defend myself from the hazards thrown up or down at me just going to school with books in back pack.

I moved to rural Ozarks hunting a lawnmower to find a Combat instead, thinking nil traffic peaceful area I'd stand a change to just enjoy like every one else,
BUT NO.
THE Gravel crashed me on first ride and 6 more frist few days. I asked the local bikers about how they got to pavement in one piece, every bad ass leather and beard tatoo'd biker all just lowered eyes to ground and sorta rubbed boot toe around - then admited they don't or just trailed to pavement, ugh.

I cried inside to either figure out how to stunt ride or give it up.
People around me, friends and family dying, me aging puts me in strange place to get away with as much as I can. Riding was my best chance to enjoy normal thrills while still able and alive. I feel so fine on a Commando compared to any other state including hi on drugs or sex or profession success. So didn't want to miss a day rain or shine or snow or sleet. Play in pasture was hard to force myself to try but realized best chance to learn handling when otherwise out of control with a softer landing than normal : (
I did a few snow angels but slow enough no real damage/injury and now know what is takes to ride a blow out on either end or save over done turns.

Then the Gov't changed the hunting policy out here and deer increased to a daily multi close call routine with a couple of deadly impacts last 5 yrs. Now I am in limbo again - am I crazy to ride as wild as it takes to save crashing or more crazy to live in such fear I can't take it no more?? I envy those who don't have to seriously ask soul each time, Is This A Great Enough Day To Die?


ugh the light patch on helmet is missing gel coat on another Gravel lesion.
Deer pelvis destroyed its hinges and neck vertebrae, now on 3rd, maybe last helmet?

Safe Journey's
Steven hobot Shiver

Hi all

Here in sunny Queensland, Australia we can ride all year round, have never seen snow in my whole 52 years here, but at the moment we have had so much rain but it hasn't stopped me from riding the Norton, our winters, the coldest it gets here in Brisbane is about 6c, thats when the Norton runs the best...

Ashley

Ashley, you just gave me another reason to hate you, good thing you live so far away :wink:

Jean

PS It may be cold here, but we don't have any poisonous creatures except politicians and plenty of water to drown them in :mrgreen:

Just to cheer you up Jean only 29.5deg today in sunny NSW and no rain, do you want some of our politicians to drown we have some beauties , state and federal.
Ian

Well Danno, reading you post makes me glad I decided to move to Colorado from Iowa back in the early 70's. Here on the high desert we see single digits at night and 60's during the day this time of year. We may catch a snowstorm now and then but it's generally all gone in a couple days. Jim

British/ English people spend there lives complaining about the weather :evil:
But it makes you appreciate the sunny days
Live with it :wink:

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do you want some of our politicians to drown we have some beauties , state and federal.
Ian

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You can have ours too!

Hi Jean

Yes we have some great weather here and we have some of the deadless poisonous creatures here, but hey they leave me alone and I leave them alone so all cool with me and as Ian is close neighbours to Queensland we share the same weather, if you ever get down this way you will always be welcome at my place and I will always have a bike for you to enjoy this neck of the woods...

Ashley

Hotbot, I prefer to ride on black roads if possible, no point in crashing just for fun (years of road racing got that out of my system)
I try to ride all year round so I'm entitled to a moan when I can't get out on the Norton, jealous of the Aussies on here they seem to get a good deal with the weather but its a long way to ship my bike for a month just to escape the big freeze here!

It's currently 11 degrees F outside my window right now. I live in Milwaukee Wisconsin. Land of the great Dinasaur, Harley-Davidson. I am not a fan of Harley. Althou it does pay my mortgage, my wife works in IT for Harley. I prefer the road less traveled. I don't need chrome and leather fringe. I rode my Yamaha last the sunday before thanksgiving. Not many people around here will ride in the cold. I usually will ride until the roads get covered in salt. Then the bikes hibernate until the roads are cleaned up enough. I have enough salt dammage on my car, I don't need it omn my bikes.