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Brrrrrrrrrrr!
Despite the fact that the bike was covered in ice this morning; and the efforts needed to get the key into the lock; and the ice on the wheels... I still rode into work this morning, stopping only for petrol, and the cup of hot water to allow me to get the key in to open the tank! :shock:
Constantly on my mind were the luxuries of heated grips - which I don't own.
Anyone else brave the elements this morning?
Would have done but mines back in the shop for the new chain and cam chain tensioners...
Stu
Yes i did. Got out of bed at 7am this morning, which is a bot of a shaock as i was off all last week. I was nice and warm on the bus and train thank yoooou very much ;)
chazzyb
20-12-04, 10:06 AM
and the cup of hot water to allow me to get the key in to open the tank! :shock:
In the absence of a kettle, if you stand on the foot rests, you can wee over the tank. :oops:
Anyone else brave the elements this morning?
Not me!
Yep, walked to garage at 6:30am to get a jerry can and some petrol, got a taxi home, boiled a kettle of water to pour over tank so I could get key in, filled up and let bike warm for 10 minutes after it eventually started....
then cleaned off ice
Fun!!!
Yep. It's a bad sign if you go outside and your bike is covered with ice. I had to scrape the seat off!
Dan
I rode in at 5:40am this morning on the 125.
It was frosty but not that cold down 'ere on the sou'west coast, although I did stick to the main roads rather than my usual short cut through some lanes.
Did about 10 miles this morning. Fingers were ice!
You're all mad!! -8C in S'bury this morning, we live in a road that never gets salted, I was glad of 4 wheel drive today :driving:
Mr Toad
20-12-04, 10:29 AM
Ice in Islington ?
I couldn't get the bike started this morning :cry: been off work all last week with 'flu' so it hadn't been used for 9 days.
Plenty of power in the battery though, so I carried on cranking it for 5 second 'bursts'.
After about a minute I could smell petrol :shock: , so I guessed I'd flooded it.
Opened the throttle about a half turn, looked at the exhaust, hit the starter
One f***ing great bang & decent size fireball later, and the bike was running nicely :twisted:
Thank you Mr Scorpion :lol:
Had a lovely bang the other day in the underground carpark at work.... Saw at least 3 people leap into the air... Hilarious !!
chazzyb
20-12-04, 10:35 AM
Had a lovely bang the other day in the underground carpark at work.... Saw at least 3 people leap into the air... Hilarious !!
Dreamer - oh, the bike!
Was staying at my parent's last night... so frosty ground and ice as far as the eye could see! Nice!
Professor
20-12-04, 10:48 AM
Brrrrrrrrrrr!
Despite the fact that the bike was covered in ice this morning; and the efforts needed to get the key into the lock; and the ice on the wheels... I still rode into work this morning, stopping only for petrol, and the cup of hot water to allow me to get the key in to open the tank! :shock:
Constantly on my mind were the luxuries of heated grips - which I don't own.
Anyone else brave the elements this morning?
RISPEK!:notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:
Ken McCulloch
20-12-04, 11:00 AM
I remember commuting by bike one very cold winter (78 or 79) on my trusty CB125. It had a rip in the seat cover which meant the foam got damp and on frosty mornings it was like sitting on a lump of concrete. The standard seat on the SV is luxurious by comparison.
Young people nowadays, they 'ave it easy.
The K3 seat wasn't a problem in itself, though it can feel like concrete after a few hours of normal use :lol:
My problem was the cold brake/clutch levers, the cold and empty tank chilling my bits and pieces, and the cold wind chilling my not so well covered bits of flesh (Bertie?)
At least it was relatively dry... :roll: :lol:
wyrdness
20-12-04, 11:04 AM
Brrrrrrrrrrr!
Despite the fact that the bike was covered in ice this morning; and the efforts needed to get the key into the lock; and the ice on the wheels... I still rode into work this morning, stopping only for petrol, and the cup of hot water to allow me to get the key in to open the tank! :shock:
Constantly on my mind were the luxuries of heated grips - which I don't own.
Anyone else brave the elements this morning?
Yes, London was particularly cold this morning. If I'd realised how cold it would be, I'd have worn thermals under my leathers. Hands were pretty cold by the time I got into work too (12 miles). Carb-icing was a bit of a problem until the engine warmed up.
MINUS 8!
Bloody 'ell!
We're so far from the sea, see - unlike some :!: And the town is in a dip (valley of the River Severn) so it's a frost pocket - very very 8) . But in summer we get no sea breeze so it's scorching hot :D
and the cup of hot water to allow me to get the key in to open the tank! :shock:
In the absence of a kettle, if you stand on the foot rests, you can wee over the tank. :oops:
Ladies planning on attempting this would be advised to use a tank bra otherwise their inner thighs might freeze onto the cold metal tank :thumbsup:
Ladies planning on attempting this would be advised to use a tank bra otherwise their inner thighs might freeze onto the cold metal tank :thumbsup:
That would be okay though, because as soon as they started ...flowing... they'd thaw themselves free again :oops: :lol:
Any of the laaaayyyddeeeess fancy demonstrating this?
Flamin_Squirrel
20-12-04, 11:13 AM
Ladies planning on attempting this would be advised to use a tank bra otherwise their inner thighs might freeze onto the cold metal tank :thumbsup:
That would be okay though, because as soon as they started ...flowing... they'd thaw themselves free again :oops: :lol:
Any of the laaaayyyddeeeess fancy demonstrating this?
Now thats a fetish I could have done without knowing about :shock:
And another thread derailed :lol:
If one of the Admins saw fit to move this to Idle Banter, I would not be upset! :lol:
Yup. 30 Miles on the motorway! With thermals and heated grips the only part that was cold were my toes.
Like you, Billy, I had to hot water the ignition barrel. Oh, and the choke. Beautiful morning in Kent though
yeah did my usual hour and a half commute.... was taking it easy after seeing the ice on the bike cover...
heated grips... ohhhh Im soooo glad I got them on the bike now..... which is fortunate since I left the gloves on the bike last night when I got back... :roll:
think some handlebar muffs for the windchill in order now... :shock:
No standing on the pegs then Lyn? :lol:
no need - refuelled last night....
and I think hot water better.... dont want ammonia on my tank thank you very much... :lol:
wyrdness
20-12-04, 11:35 AM
yeah did my usual hour and a half commute.... was taking it easy after seeing the ice on the bike cover...
heated grips... ohhhh Im soooo glad I got them on the bike now..... which is fortunate since I left the gloves on the bike last night when I got back... :roll:
think some handlebar muffs for the windchill in order now... :shock:
Muffs + heated grips = very toasty warm hands. The trouble is, I find, that they make the switch gear hard to use, as well as looking really daft. When I was communting that distance in the winter, I used them occasionaly, but tended to find them more trouble than they were worth. That was without heated grips and with really thick winter gloves. With the grips you might find that you could use a thinner glove.
With the grips you might find that you could use a thinner glove.
think the wind chill at the speeds I do on the m20/m25/a2 means I need thicker gloves even WITH the grips :lol:
wyrdness
20-12-04, 11:43 AM
With the grips you might find that you could use a thinner glove.
think the wind chill at the speeds I do on the m20/m25/a2 means I need thicker gloves even WITH the grips :lol:
I meant with the muffs to block the wind chill. You'd just have to try it and see. The only time that I've used both, my hands were really warm.
Normally on a Monday morning I would be starting my comute to London at 06:15. This was not the case however this morning, due to the fact that the front sprocket that I ordered to go with the rear and new chain was not the right one and doesn't fit on the bike. AARRRGGGHHHH. And seeing as the chain that was on the bike snapped on the way home on Sat, I can't use the bike. This is my only form of transport so I have had to stay at home and loose a days pay. AAARRRGGGHHHHH.
Then I woke up this morning and whilst leasurly filling the kettle, looked out of the window. Bloody 'ell. Total frost everywhere. A small smile crept accross my face while I sat down to watch a bit of day time tv :) :) :) :)
I do feel however really guilty as Rictus will be on his way to my house to help me out of my bikeless problem. Sorry m8 :oops: :oops:
I think Rictus froze those particular nerves off 30 years ago! :shock:
Mr Toad
20-12-04, 12:25 PM
from the tone of the comments in this post, I detect that the spirit of Plastic Percy lives on . . . :lol:
and I'm always right :wink:
Those particular "tones" as you put it Mr Toad, were around well before they were summised into a single character, plastic or otherwise! :lol: :wink:
from the tone of the comments in this post, I detect that the spirit of Plastic Percy lives on . . . :lol:
and I'm always right :wink:
Im not sure I want to ask but.... Plastic Percy???!!!
... sounds like ....
:roll:
Mystic Bertie
He started it! :cry: :roll: :wink: :lol:
it was vvvvvvery coldddddd at 7am but loved every second on my first commute in on my new mount
having previously been a scooterist, you will of course realise that i completely ignored everyone except other bikers at the lights, kids on scooters...pah! :roll:
Will.
Will
Glad to hear that you're getting on well with Bullseye... did you get home alright on Thursday night?
svpilot
20-12-04, 01:35 PM
Yep, I braved it too.
Despite being woken by the sound of half a dozen windscreens being scraped off.
I was praying to catch the red lights so I could warm my hands on the engine. No such luck. I thought my fingers were going to drop off this morning :(
*Note to self: buy some decent gloves*
*Note to self: buy some decent gloves*
I have decent gloves... it only makes a marginal difference when the weather is this cold. :roll:
hi billy
yep, got home nice and safe.
will.
nope . . . just got out of bed :)
nope . . . just got out of bed :)
Tired git!
Well I went out for a ride this morning and it was fine. Dry roads, not much traffic and not too cold. Don't know what you wusses are complaining about.
(Er well okay it was 11.30am :lol: )
.
Hmmm, choice of being rammed into a tube with someones armpit in my face or twenty minutes of numb fingers on the bike, yep, i rode. Need to get some of the muffs though regardless of how stupid they look. Bring on global warming... :D
Hmmm, choice of being rammed into a tube with someones armpit in my face or twenty minutes of numb fingers on the bike, yep, i rode. Need to get some of the muffs though regardless of how stupid they look. Bring on global warming... :D
hate the tube too... if I wanted to impersonate a sardine I would go in like that everyday... gimme a bike and cold anytime... but really appreciate the grips now... :lol:
Mr Toad
20-12-04, 02:58 PM
Yep, can't praise the heated grips enough :lol:
Finger tips can get a bit cold around town, because of covering the clutch/brake levers, but you always get plenty of chance to warm them up at the traffic lights.
Almost felt sorry for the other bikers waving their hands around and trying to hold their cylinders :wink:
Mind you, my 'old boy' got a bit cold this morning - I'll have to put a sock on him tomorrow :lol:
Mind you, my 'old boy' got a bit cold this morning - I'll have to put a sock on him tomorrow :lol:
Nah...................just wrap him a couple of times round the heated grips when your stopped at traffic lights :thumbsup:
chazzyb
20-12-04, 04:35 PM
Mind you, my 'old boy' got a bit cold this morning - I'll have to put a sock on him tomorrow :lol:
If you write to Germaine Greer and ask nicely, she might let you have her knitting pattern for a **** sock, complete with pouch. :P
i felt very smug. i fitted by bar muffs on sat.. and although they look liek giant ears they worked very well.. they were covered in a thick frost all the way into work.
gone for the heated grips, winter gloves and bar muffs. although i find the bar muffs actually make it a little bit hard to get hold of the brake lever, so will need to get the hang of that.
:(
k
Mind you, my 'old boy' got a bit cold this morning - I'll have to put a sock on him tomorrow :lol:
Y'know like when you rub your hands together when they get cold - well, :wink:
Finished teaching on Friday. That was the worst day of coldness I can ever remember. Just spent £35 on some gloves the day before and I swear army standard issue are better. I got them off and my hands were a nice blue'y/red. :shock:
MrMessy
21-12-04, 12:33 AM
Not this morning got a lift home, but rode upto work tonight. Cold and roads bad, carpark at work was very icy, glad I was on little Honda :lol:
I don't know what you're all complaining about!
I woke up naked :shock: at 5:30 this morning lying on top of the covers with the ceiling fan on (my lovely lady was in a similar state on the bed next to me :P ).
Temp was about 20 degrees C. and the sky was a bit overcast which just made the ride to work at 6:30am all the more plesant.
It's 1:30pm now and the sky is starting to clear so I would say it will be a sticky humid 29 C ride home.
Then again Brisbane is semi tropical and in the southern hemisphere so I guess things won't be quite the same as you guys up there.
I would love to visit the UK & Europe sometime but I think I might have to pick my timing to make sure I don't freeze some important (to me at least) parts of my anatomy off!
I sounds horrible up there. Make sure you guys all ride safe, I have enjoyed lurking here over the past few month getting to know you all.
Bye from sunny (most of the time) Queensland!
Sean
Hello Sean. Funny how you can go off some people :lol:
Amanda M
21-12-04, 08:53 AM
I don't know what you're all complaining about!
I woke up naked :shock: at 5:30 this morning lying on top of the covers with the ceiling fan on (my lovely lady was in a similar state on the bed next to me :P ).
Temp was about 20 degrees C. and the sky was a bit overcast which just made the ride to work at 6:30am all the more plesant.
It's 1:30pm now and the sky is starting to clear so I would say it will be a sticky humid 29 C ride home.
Then again Brisbane is semi tropical and in the southern hemisphere so I guess things won't be quite the same as you guys up there.
I would love to visit the UK & Europe sometime but I think I might have to pick my timing to make sure I don't freeze some important (to me at least) parts of my anatomy off!
I sounds horrible up there. Make sure you guys all ride safe, I have enjoyed lurking here over the past few month getting to know you all.
Bye from sunny (most of the time) Queensland!
Sean
I know where I'm going for xmas next year :lol: :lol:
damn I knew Id moved to the wrong place when I needed my winter gear in Canberra....
It DOES get cold in Oz in the winter but only in certain places and not Brisbane....
oh I wish I was still there....
Well your not, so have fun on those icy roads :wink:
cosmiccharlie
21-12-04, 05:22 PM
i braved it on monday morning but the snow caught me out
http://forums.sv650.org/viewtopic.php?t=14229&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=30
I know riding is cool but lets be careful out there , i was glad i was only doing about 10mph at the time
goldengraemes
22-12-04, 08:22 PM
not had a day of since i bought it in ealy november done 900miles :lol:
caught in hale the other day in the gales not funny :twisted:
I woke up naked :shock: at 5:30 this morning lying on top of the covers with the ceiling fan on
I believe you are referred to by the rest of Australia as Banana Benders so this did not surprise me!
Think you will need to wear thermals all year even though it rains more in Sydney than London and the huimidity here in Summer can be higher too!
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