Bob Denman
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Why yes; They do! :roflblack: They are very comfortable and warm! :thumbup:
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Winter Riding
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Raptor
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Yeah, you guys in the frozen parts of the earth have it kinda tough for sure. We are pretty spoiled out here on the west coast. This morning was 44 and rain, which is nothing compared to what you have to deal with. Spyder does well in the rain; I've only lost traction and spun once, and that was in extreme conditions last Winter. Did almost a complete 360 and recovered it! No lie, man. It was wild. I think I may have even written about it last year! Anyway, This Winter has been a breeze by comparison.
Hi Guys and Girls...
In my previous post I said that over here in OZ we ride all year round, winter and summer. Well forget that for the time being because it's rain, rain and more rain with most of the eastern states getting a months rain in a day and causing flooding, so the Spyder is tucked away in the garage under it's cover not wanting to show it's face until the rain stops. The weather predictions are that it's going to rain everyday in March so might have to convert the Spyder into a Seadoo or something, or buy a lot of timber and start building an Ark...:helpsmilie:
Regards
Paul...Radar
In my previous post I said that over here in OZ we ride all year round, winter and summer. Well forget that for the time being because it's rain, rain and more rain with most of the eastern states getting a months rain in a day and causing flooding, so the Spyder is tucked away in the garage under it's cover not wanting to show it's face until the rain stops. The weather predictions are that it's going to rain everyday in March so might have to convert the Spyder into a Seadoo or something, or buy a lot of timber and start building an Ark...:helpsmilie:
Regards
Paul...Radar
SPYDERGUY1
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Radar, I would take rain anyday over snow and dreaded cold, live a little , get a good rainsuit and go , spyder handles well in the rain, just stay away from the flood areas. ( ps , a pain in the A** to clean all the time tho ) good luck, and stay dry.
bikeguy
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You folks up north are lots tougher than I am but I have ridden a few times in fairly cold weather. Last year I rode the RT for about an hour at 22 degrees wearing a FirstGear Thermo suit from BajaRon. My feet got cold but all of me that was in the suit stayed nice and warm. Those suits are just amazing. I've ridden into the 30's with Joe Rocket and TourMaster jackets and even an old military surplus leather flight jacket.
The coldest ride I ever took, though, was a trip to the Big Bend in February some time in the mid 1970's. I was wearing a quilted suit which was the warmest thing I could find at the time and it wasn't warm enough. I don't know what the temperature was but I believe I came as close to freezing to death on that ride as I've ever been. We left San Angelo, Texas about 7:00 PM and within 70 miles I had gone through being cold, shivering uncontrollably, and finally I stopped shivering and started to feel warm. It was kind of scary. We stopped about 100 miles into the trip at Rankin for coffee and sitting in what seemed to be an uncomfortably hot cafe, began shivering again so hard that I had to use both hands to hold the coffee cup. Finally warmed up and quit shivering but when we left there I went through the whole shivering thing again and, once again, finally quit shivering and started to feel warm. We stopped at a roadside park about 30 miles south of Ft Stockton, Texas and spent the night in a sleeping bag with my 2 man tent thrown under it for a ground cloth. It was too dark and I was too cold to put the tent up.
Everything but my feet warmed up in the sleeping bag and they were still cold the next morning. I was glad I could stick my feet in behind the cylinders of the R75/5 BMW I was riding. Once I got the BMW started, and they could be real bears to start in the cold, my feet warmed up nicely and the rest of the trip was just fine as the changable west Texas weather warmed up and turned out to be very nice.
Cotton
The coldest ride I ever took, though, was a trip to the Big Bend in February some time in the mid 1970's. I was wearing a quilted suit which was the warmest thing I could find at the time and it wasn't warm enough. I don't know what the temperature was but I believe I came as close to freezing to death on that ride as I've ever been. We left San Angelo, Texas about 7:00 PM and within 70 miles I had gone through being cold, shivering uncontrollably, and finally I stopped shivering and started to feel warm. It was kind of scary. We stopped about 100 miles into the trip at Rankin for coffee and sitting in what seemed to be an uncomfortably hot cafe, began shivering again so hard that I had to use both hands to hold the coffee cup. Finally warmed up and quit shivering but when we left there I went through the whole shivering thing again and, once again, finally quit shivering and started to feel warm. We stopped at a roadside park about 30 miles south of Ft Stockton, Texas and spent the night in a sleeping bag with my 2 man tent thrown under it for a ground cloth. It was too dark and I was too cold to put the tent up.
Everything but my feet warmed up in the sleeping bag and they were still cold the next morning. I was glad I could stick my feet in behind the cylinders of the R75/5 BMW I was riding. Once I got the BMW started, and they could be real bears to start in the cold, my feet warmed up nicely and the rest of the trip was just fine as the changable west Texas weather warmed up and turned out to be very nice.
Cotton
SPYDERGUY1
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hey fellow CANADIAN spyder ryders. Anyone still riding ????? Perhaps Dean ???? Let us know.
groundeffect
Registered User
I ride everyday. Yesterday was the coldest day on record so far for 2012. -16F, but I've ridden in colder. Here is a blog from this time last year.
http://en-us.spyder.brp.com/blog/post-details.aspx?PostID=7d58c76d-22c3-4efb-98b0-9e950103f95b
Cheers from Newfoundland.
Dean
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SpyderSteve
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I'm still ryding, but i'm not as brave as Dean, it has to be above 0 for me. Did 6 hrs. today, temp rose to about 5
Oldmanzues
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Three guys, HD, Gold Wing and my ST1100. Hundred and twenty mile PGR Mission ( Long Story )( Funeral Escort and Service). Left home at 9 degrees, all the way up to 18 when I got home. Joe Rocket winter gear plus some things.
Many years ago (1961) I rode a Harley K model from Columbus, Ohio to Washington DC. I do not remember the temp, but the blizzard was "interesting" to see a girl. Sage green USAF winter flying suit.
If you start getting "warm" on a cold ride, get to warm shelter, NOW. Hypthermia (sp) has started to set in. It can kill you, or not allow you to do something, you should
Oldmanzues
Many years ago (1961) I rode a Harley K model from Columbus, Ohio to Washington DC. I do not remember the temp, but the blizzard was "interesting" to see a girl. Sage green USAF winter flying suit.
If you start getting "warm" on a cold ride, get to warm shelter, NOW. Hypthermia (sp) has started to set in. It can kill you, or not allow you to do something, you should
Oldmanzues
Specialk209
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staying dry??
Speaking of staying dry. what's the best gear to wear thats durable and waterproof?
Speaking of staying dry. what's the best gear to wear thats durable and waterproof?
Hi Spyderguy1,
You previously asked about piccies of road trains here in OZ, sorry I forgot. If you Google Australian Road Trains, there are several interesting video's that come up. Most of the road trains have three trailers but there are also road trains with four and five trailer combinations as well in some parts of OZ, particularly in the north of Western Australia with the iron ore mines, the Northern Territory with beef cattle and western Queensland with other minerals. A lot of these are used to travel great distances to various rail heads. You need a really long straight stretch of road to overtake because of their length and the possible approaching traffic. If a road train approaches from the opposite direction, it is safest to move off the road a bit because if the road train moves off the road, the trailers start to snake along the road and the last trailer in particular might snake across most of the roadway. (Most outback roads are single lane in each direction.)
Hope this helps.
Regards
Paul...Radar
You previously asked about piccies of road trains here in OZ, sorry I forgot. If you Google Australian Road Trains, there are several interesting video's that come up. Most of the road trains have three trailers but there are also road trains with four and five trailer combinations as well in some parts of OZ, particularly in the north of Western Australia with the iron ore mines, the Northern Territory with beef cattle and western Queensland with other minerals. A lot of these are used to travel great distances to various rail heads. You need a really long straight stretch of road to overtake because of their length and the possible approaching traffic. If a road train approaches from the opposite direction, it is safest to move off the road a bit because if the road train moves off the road, the trailers start to snake along the road and the last trailer in particular might snake across most of the roadway. (Most outback roads are single lane in each direction.)
Hope this helps.
Regards
Paul...Radar
minerdoug
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Cold weather ryding
The coldest I've been out is 8°F in December on my way to work. Had Carhart pants, leather jacket with liner and gauntlet gloves. The heated hand grips really felt good. Since then, I've gotten a heated jacket liner but really haven't needed it with the temps in the upper twenties. The baker air wings do a good job of keeping the air off the legs and a buff to close the gap between the helmet and jacket keeps things comfortable for short trips. Haven't taken any longer trips in temperatures below the low forties, but the same dress seems to work okay for those temps:yikes:.
The coldest I've been out is 8°F in December on my way to work. Had Carhart pants, leather jacket with liner and gauntlet gloves. The heated hand grips really felt good. Since then, I've gotten a heated jacket liner but really haven't needed it with the temps in the upper twenties. The baker air wings do a good job of keeping the air off the legs and a buff to close the gap between the helmet and jacket keeps things comfortable for short trips. Haven't taken any longer trips in temperatures below the low forties, but the same dress seems to work okay for those temps:yikes:.
groundeffect
Registered User
I have had excellent experence with FirstGear and Tourmaster for durability, waterproof and wind protection. My gear is all water/wind proof to start, including my boots and gloves, but I also carry a two piece rainsuit as a back up and an extra layer.For the cold, it is all about layers, heated grips and a big windshield for me.Cheers guys.Dean
groundeffect
Registered User
Sounds like a nice long ride, good stuff!I'm still ryding, but i'm not as brave as Dean, it has to be above 0 for me. Did 6 hrs. today, temp rose to about 5
5C, that's pretty good. I don't expect to see temps like that here for a little while yet. Until then, my grip heaters will be on! Haha.
Cheers.
Well, I ryde all year, but being a west coaster, it isn't much of a problem. A full face helmet, an extra sweater and maybe a pair of extra gloves under my riding gauntlets is enough for me. Oh, and rain gear, of course!
Bob Denman
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FirstGear and TourMaster... :2thumbs:
SPYDERGUY1
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Hey Dean/GROUNDEFFECT, how do you manage with the traction control nanny kicking in ????( snow pic )
groundeffect
Registered User
Carefully if caught in a snowfall in general and careful with the clutch and careful with the conditions
.SPYDERGUY1
New member
Dean. I give you a lot of credit, but the carefull/carefull and even more carefull, do not think I could do it. Physically YES, Mentally NO, my right hand is heavily weighted at the wrist.....and with the NANNY. Best just to let her hibernate , as we speak another freaking snow storm , but GOOD NEWS IS COMING, Daylight savings is just around the corner, which means SPRING,SPRING AND SPRING.:yes:
