Hardcore... Snow riders

Originally Posted by alpinestarhero

I got COLD last night when riding, and spent alot of time thinking "maybe i should get heated grips..."

But tehres the hassle of fitting them...

...so, does anyone have those bar muff things fitted to their curvy 650s? I might get some but i dont want to be the only one looking like a plonker

Matt

I have heated grips, but even with them in temps lower than 5C ish after about 30 mins on the road fingertips get very cold. So Bought some muffs last November, hadn't used them until Tuesday morning. No Snow but bloody cold 1C ish. They are not much fun to use but they do what they are supposed to, with using the heated grips on inside the muffs about 1/4 to 1/2 setting my hands were toasty warm for the full 90min commute. So I could feel my fingers when I got there

hell yeah!







































but no snow here!

lol

Snow here for the last two days on the edge of the moors.

Thought the scooby's 4wd would keep me out of trouble, but just means 280 hp spins all 4 wheels at once! Got very crossed up this morning on a completely white mini roundabout, the kerb kept the rear end in check, so that's what they're for!

Keep safe all you crazy riders! If mt SV was registered I'd be out there, or may be not...

Rode in snow once when I was a student, couldn't afford a car and had an exam.

Now that I have a car as well as a bike I would never do it.

Just plain stupid and not worth ending up dead or disabled over.

[TSM]

Originally Posted by Tim in Belgium

Snow here for the last two days on the edge of the moors.

Thought the scooby's 4wd would keep me out of trouble, but just means 280 hp spins all 4 wheels at once! Got very crossed up this morning on a completely white mini roundabout, the kerb kept the rear end in check, so that's what they're for!

Keep safe all you crazy riders! If mt SV was registered I'd be out there, or may be not...

Yours does not have traction ctrl? You can get it added if you want, its not that expensive.

It's a mid nineties model, so no traction control, but does have an LSD at the rear and limited slip viscous coupling between the front and rear. Great in the dry as it means you can still get the back out, but in the snow if one starts spinning at the back there's a bit of a transfer to the other as the LSD kicks in, causing it to break traction too.

But basically the simple laws of physics on a tight round about mean tha I was just going too fast!

[Red ones]

Originally Posted by PsychoCannon

Luton as usual didn't put a jot of grit down so my local roads, well I have a test, Steped off the curb and almost landed on my @rse as my foot went shooting off for the opposite side of the road.

Snow I don't mind, the fact that I have to go down a half dozen ice covered hills to get to a decent road surface then come back well after dark means I don't bother

Cost me £7.50 to get into work today on a smelly crowded bus and it's going to cost me the same to get back *Sigh* bring on the sun,

What part of Luton was that? I was in Luton at 530 this mrning and the roads were fine. I rode all the way to work - just a little colder than normal, but the UnderArmour did it's job!

Originally Posted by Tim in Belgium

It's a mid nineties model, so no traction control, but does have an LSD at the rear and limited slip viscous coupling between the front and rear. Great in the dry as it means you can still get the back out, but in the snow if one starts spinning at the back there's a bit of a transfer to the other as the LSD kicks in, causing it to break traction too.

But basically the simple laws of physics on a tight round about mean tha I was just going too fast!

So, you're saying that the LSD in the rear affected the way the back end tripped out?

[Stu]

Well, an update on Hand guards - they're not as warm as muffs, but nowhere as inconvenient as muffs (which I find press the levers at speed).
I reckon with either heated grips or winter gloves they would be perfect.
Had the short ride on snow to a main road, then was fine. Just kept the speed down by about 20 mph which has ruined my fuel experiment on 97RON

Originally Posted by Stu

Well, an update on Hand guards - they're not as warm as muffs, but nowhere as inconvenient as muffs (which I find press the levers at speed).
I reckon with either heated grips or winter gloves they would be perfect.
Had the short ride on snow to a main road, then was fine. Just kept the speed down by about 20 mph which has ruined my fuel experiment on 97RON

No you didn't liar :P you passed Rigor again this morning filtering at 50!!