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Started by firefish, March 20, 2014, 05:16:10 AM

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firefish

March 20, 2014, 05:16:10 AM
Just to show I'm not just starting it but riding in the snow too.

Ducati Monster Goes To Work - Bike

Mhanis

#1
March 20, 2014, 06:28:28 AM
Ummmmmm...................

......Wow.............??

[clap]

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ducpainter

#2
March 20, 2014, 07:05:46 AM
Studded tires?
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firefish

#3
March 20, 2014, 07:39:06 AM
Yes, TKC80. Wouldn't have worked without studs, not every day at least :)

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#4
March 20, 2014, 07:42:02 AM
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bob795

#5
March 20, 2014, 08:00:03 AM
That looks fun ... I mean, cold ... really cold  [beer]
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Skybarney

#6
March 20, 2014, 08:11:59 AM
Nice, 
Good on you for grabbing your nuts and going for a ride.  [thumbsup]

I used to ride in the snow, quite a bit actually as I lived at 5,200ft and did not own a car for three years.  Surprisingly I never crashed in the snow.  Just in the red gravel left over from it in the spring. [bang]

I will never forget my first snow ride.  In a blizzard crossing over Loveland Pass in Colorado on a 92 cbr600.  Would have never tried it except that I was wearing an Aerostich with heated gear under when a 70 year old man on an old BMW saw me sitting it out at the gas station and offered to lead me over the pass.  I only tried as his worn out and unheated leathers shamed me into the effort.  It went well and I have since learned to not fear the snow.  Makes a bloddy mess of the bike though.
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SpikeC

#7
March 20, 2014, 06:45:57 PM
 When I would commute in the snow I would lower the tire pressure to around 20 pounds or so, and that would provide a bunch more traction. Riding against the side of the curb would help a lot in black ice situations as well.
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IZ

#8
March 20, 2014, 08:38:50 PM
 :o    [thumbsup]

How many days/year do you do this?



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NAKID

#9
March 20, 2014, 09:26:30 PM
Brave Brave man....
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DucRS

#10
March 21, 2014, 02:29:18 AM
Wow :o
And I hate it when it's under 50 degrees.
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firefish

#11
March 21, 2014, 05:47:34 AM
Quote from: IZ on March 20, 2014, 08:38:50 PM
:o    [thumbsup]

How many days/year do you do this?





Every day, all year. Unless the missus wants me to pick something heavy up, then I take my truck but it hasn't got winter tires so I try to avoid her needs.
But we have summer too - slightly warmer and very much nicer â€" so it's not as bad as it looks. Not every day at least :)

yamifixer

#12
March 21, 2014, 08:54:30 AM
YOU WIN. I am a wimp. I don't ride if it MIGHT rain.

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xsephirot

#13
March 21, 2014, 03:10:54 PM
Quote from: yamifixer on March 21, 2014, 08:54:30 AM
YOU WIN. I am a wimp. I don't ride if it MIGHT rain.



hahaha i'm in that boat right with you! I'm impressed OP  [thumbsup]

jsanford

#14
March 22, 2014, 08:32:01 AM
Awesome. Other riders shake their head at me as I commute year-round in our plentiful rain and down to 35 degrees.  Now it seems I'm just another soft, doughy spoiled American.   [shot]

So! What are the mods to your gear and the bike that make this work? Do you use different oil on the chain?
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