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    Default Too cold for me and my Spyder

    Have an 18 F3L. It was like 25F going into work today. Didn't realize the temps were going to drop through out the day.

    Leave and it is 19F and feels like 3F!! And it felt it. I started the bike. It was sluggish, but did. But my 2 screens were displaying jiberish.

    I got home about 20 minutes later. Pulled in the garage. Waited 30 and went out and turned the key. My two displays appeared normal again.

    I am taking the car tomorrow. :-)

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    Default Ole man club

    Now that I am Older and a little wiser, I only ryde with temperature at 50'F or higer.

    I joined the Ole Man Club a few years ago. 'Ole Man Club Members' only Ryde if the temperatures are
    50'F or higher. Most member are 60+ and enjoy life in the warmer mode. ..........

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    Another member of the Older & Wiser Club.

    There was a time when I rode in Duluth, MN when it was 20 below zero. And that was before there was such a thing as winter m/c specialized gear.

    Now, I don't like it less than 40 above. And there are times when even that feels cold.

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    Yeah, I will not be doing that again. Now I am 49, so cold doesn't bother me much. But that was way too much for even me. And yes, my Spyder complained too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ARtraveler View Post
    Another member of the Older & Wiser Club.

    There was a time when I rode in Duluth, MN when it was 20 below zero. And that was before there was such a thing as winter m/c specialized gear.

    Now, I don't like it less than 40 above. And there are times when even that feels cold.
    That's a frightening temperature. I can't take less than 40 either. Actually, less than 50 is a pain too, because I don't have proper cold weather gear. I'm not buying any, because I hate riding in cold weather :P
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    Quote Originally Posted by acdcking12 View Post
    Have an 18 F3L. It was like 25F going into work today. Didn't realize the temps were going to drop through out the day.

    Leave and it is 19F and feels like 3F!! And it felt it. I started the bike. It was sluggish, but did. But my 2 screens were displaying jiberish.

    I got home about 20 minutes later. Pulled in the garage. Waited 30 and went out and turned the key. My two displays appeared normal again.

    I am taking the car tomorrow. :-)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Little Blue View Post
    Now that I am Older and a little wiser, I only ryde with temperature at 50'F or higer.

    I joined the Ole Man Club a few years ago. 'Ole Man Club Members' only Ryde if the temperatures are
    50'F or higher. Most member are 60+ and enjoy life in the warmer mode. ..........

    New Members are always welcome. ...........


    Looks like I'm a new member too. Just turned 71 and retired.
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    I'm in the NE and 75. If I only rode in 50+, I'd be parked 5 month/yr! I invested in heated gear 10 years ago and it makes riding down to ~20 bearable. More typical is 30s to 40s most times which isn't bad to ride in. Two of the benefits of winter riding is far fewer sightseers to get in the way and better view of the tree line to avoid deer ambushes.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Little Blue View Post
    Now that I am Older and a little wiser, I only ryde with temperature at 50'F or higer.

    I joined the Ole Man Club a few years ago. 'Ole Man Club Members' only Ryde if the temperatures are
    50'F or higher. Most member are 60+ and enjoy life in the warmer mode. ..........

    New Members are always welcome. ...........
    Well this year I must have joined this club... I turn 60 next month. A few days ago I put on my heated liner and headed out to do a little riding.. Thought I would get a little in between snow storms... It was 42F I made it about a couple of miles and said "What the hell am I doing." Drove home and put it back on the tender... I guess it will sit for another month or so.... 5-10 years ago I would have considered 42 a nice riding day....lol
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    Proud Member of the cold riding club. :-) All about the layers. I do know what you mean about the screen. My 2015 F3S is the old style display and even it gets cranky in the extreme cold - but the ole girl fires up and away we go! Weather in Indianapolis has not been too bad yet this season but I have had some below freezing riding.
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    Plastics get REALLY BRITTLE in those cold temps. Here in WI, even if the temps were to warm up to upper 30*/low 40*s, theirs's still too much salt on the road to make a ride worthwhile
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    I rode to bike night at the Tea Room on Tuesday evening. Temps in mid 30's (F). But, I have heated gloves and jacket liner. Nice and toasty on the RTL.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jdr00ejr View Post
    Proud Member of the cold riding club. :-) All about the layers. I do know what you mean about the screen. My 2015 F3S is the old style display and even it gets cranky in the extreme cold - but the ole girl fires up and away we go! Weather in Indianapolis has not been too bad yet this season but I have had some below freezing riding.
    I was worried that my screens were broken. I was breathing a lot lighter when I went back out and they were ok.

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    Used to snowmobile in cold temps. My brother who still snowmobiles calls me a wimp for not riding if above 0 deg C. He has a waterproof leather set of snowmobiling gear that keeps him nice and toasty.

    All about the proper riding gear and trim package. Heated liner and if necessary heated leg warmers, hand warmers and heated seat. One of those one piece riding suits as well.

    Lots of bikes on the road here in Victoria.
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    There's a saying: No such thing as bad weather, just bad gear. That being said my cutoff is 40 now a days. A few years ago I was on my Valkyrie and coming down a mountain road. I could tell something was going on so I had already slowed down. Came around a corner and on down at the next corner was some flashing lights. Came to a very gradual stop on far right side of the road and decided to go back up and go down on a side road. I could make the u-turn without duck walking but did anyway and that is when I noticed I was on a sheet of ice. Made sure that bike was dead straight before heading up. Never again. Even then I would not ride if there was any of the salt brine on the roads.
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    Just be careful. Riding in low temperatures without adequate protection against the cold, especially for the head, can result in markedly lower levels of cognitive abilities. I've personally experienced this, thinking I was warm because of my heated grips, whereas my core body temperature and especially that of my brain were dropping to levels lower than they should have been. I found myself riding way beyond what was sensible for the conditions and only realized what I had been doing when I got to my destination. As I warmed up and the brain fog lifted, I realized that hypothermia had begun to set in. The really disturbing part was that I had not been even slightly aware of this at the time, I just felt very cold. OK, I was on an bike without a fairing and travelling at freeway speeds, but the windchill was beyond what my, I thought was adequate, winter riding gear. It did not take that long a journey for this to happen either.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RayBJ View Post
    I'm in the NE and 75. If I only rode in 50+, I'd be parked 5 month/yr! I invested in heated gear 10 years ago and it makes riding down to ~20 bearable. More typical is 30s to 40s most times which isn't bad to ride in. Two of the benefits of winter riding is far fewer sightseers to get in the way and better view of the tree line to avoid deer ambushes.
    Also in the NE - I'll go for a 2 hour jaunt if the weather is over 40. I do have heated gear that works very well.
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    I chose the RT over the F3 for the additional wind/rain protection in crappy weather since I ride year-round. When the temps get so low that highway speeds drop the wind chill below 0F, it's time to move off the slab onto slower speed roads. So far this winter I've only needed the heated grips, seat and jacket. I carry the heated socks on board just in case.
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    At one time in my life I would go riding when it was really cold. I wouldn't enjoy the ride but I would survive it. I'm not even sure why I did it, as if I were trying to prove to myself that I was a "real" rider. As I got older I was willing to admit to myself that if riding was not fun, then why bother doing it? And as I got older, the lowest temp at which I might consider going out for a ride started to rise, from at first anything above freezing, to then "at least 40" and now its become "at least 60", although if the sun is bright, the wind mild, I would go out at anything much over 50. The same changes happened for hot weather. I used to feel that the temp could never be too high to ride, but now about 92 degrees is my upper limit. Roasting while sitting at a red light, waiting for it to change, is just not what I think of as fun.

    And in reference to the original post of this thread, personally I would never have thought 19 degrees was even remotely a day for riding. I think if I had gone somewhere for a ride and the temp dropped that low, I would hope to find a safe place to leave the bike and would call my wife to come pick me up with one of the cars.
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    Yup. Its that time of year. Raven does not go out once salt has been spread in Minneapolis.
    We used to ride if the roads were clear - coldest was -6. Once was enuf.
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    It wasn't that cold--but salt really sucks. B/4 my Spyder but nevertheless an experience with SALT: https://www.nc700-forum.com/threads/...lt-ride.18162/

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    Quote Originally Posted by ARtraveler View Post
    Another member of the Older & Wiser Club.

    There was a time when I rode in Duluth, MN when it was 20 below zero. And that was before there was such a thing as winter m/c specialized gear.

    Now, I don't like it less than 40 above. And there are times when even that feels cold.
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    I will start a ride 40 something F, if the forecast is 50 within an hour, especially if sun is out (normal here). Photos from yesterday at over 8000 feet elevation.

    25-Desert View, Deer Creek Road 20 Jan 2022.jpg

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