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Dave20046 · 05-01-09, 07:38 PM

I once rode about 30 mins in an unexpected (so not gritted) blizzard. That wasn't pleasant. Things we do for girls, aye?

Balky001 · 05-01-09, 07:49 PM

depends on the roads I guess but if there's frost, snow or any ice at all I'd leave the bike tucked away. I have been out in the snow without any problems but not by choice, yuck

05-01-09, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Dicky Ticker

Presumably we are talking a couple of streets feet down till we get on to major trunk or commute routes and not riding miles on local rural roads
Just incase you are wondering why I put this up I picked up a middle aged rider from my front drive this morning who had to brake for a car coming the other way and was lucky enough to slide on to my drive and not into the path of the car

Was he ok?

05-01-09, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by ArtyLady

Was he ok?

Probably until some strange old man started interfering with him as he quietly lay on the path contemplating the cosmos

Hope you offered him a glayva to settle his nerves mac.

05-01-09, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Kilted Ginger

Probably until some strange old man started interfering with him as he quietly lay on the path contemplating the cosmos

06-01-09, 12:05 AM

Yeh,only a scrapped hand through his gloves where he tried to break his tumble
Bent clutch and broken indicator,he must have been nearly stopped when he slid
Got back on his 125[I think] and wobbled off down the road

I NEVER TOUCHED HIS COSMOS

06-01-09, 12:24 AM

It took me 25 minutes to push / ski down the country lane to a gritted surface with the last ice here, did about 2/3rds of it on the grass at the side of the road, frozen solid and reckoned the uneven surface might provide more traction than the icy road.
Wouldn't have done it but it was the day of the icecream run.

06-01-09, 08:29 AM

I ride to work almost every day, (a) because it's a lot easier & quicker, (b) because i'm a tight **** & begrudge paying the hospital a staff car parking charge.
I rode in yesterday & today & apart from going sideways the full length of the road outside my house i knew all the other roads would be salted & Ok to ride, if none of the roads had been salted i would have used the car & made Amanda walk or cycle to the gym.
If i drop the bike then so be it, that's why i bought a cheapie second bike anyway, well that & because i was putting 1000 miles a month on the FZ1.

08-01-09, 02:14 PM

I usually ride in pretty much any weather but not been riding this week, If I could get to the main road I would, but I live on a hill and its been iced up since monday and not yet cleared. So its been a nice 1 1/2 walk to the bus stop for me

05-01-09, 07:38 PM	#11
Dave20046 Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sheffield Posts: 10,274	Re: Why? I once rode about 30 mins in an unexpected (so not gritted) blizzard. That wasn't pleasant. Things we do for girls, aye? __________________

05-01-09, 07:49 PM	#12
Balky001 Member Mega Poster Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Leigh - on - Sea, Essex. Posts: 1,491	Re: Why? depends on the roads I guess but if there's frost, snow or any ice at all I'd leave the bike tucked away. I have been out in the snow without any problems but not by choice, yuck __________________ SV650SK3 - GSXR600K2 - GSXR750K6 - ZX636RC1H - HD Sportster 1200 - CBR600F 2012 - GSXR1000K7 - Triumph Bonneville T100 2019 - Aprilia Tuono 660 Last edited by Balky001; 08-01-09 at 10:21 PM.

06-01-09, 12:05 AM	#16
Dicky Ticker Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Why? Yeh,only a scrapped hand through his gloves where he tried to break his tumble Bent clutch and broken indicator,he must have been nearly stopped when he slid Got back on his 125[I think] and wobbled off down the road I NEVER TOUCHED HIS COSMOS

06-01-09, 12:24 AM	#17
Kilted Ginger Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Why? It took me 25 minutes to push / ski down the country lane to a gritted surface with the last ice here, did about 2/3rds of it on the grass at the side of the road, frozen solid and reckoned the uneven surface might provide more traction than the icy road. Wouldn't have done it but it was the day of the icecream run.

06-01-09, 08:29 AM	#18
Foey Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Why? I ride to work almost every day, (a) because it's a lot easier & quicker, (b) because i'm a tight **** & begrudge paying the hospital a staff car parking charge. I rode in yesterday & today & apart from going sideways the full length of the road outside my house i knew all the other roads would be salted & Ok to ride, if none of the roads had been salted i would have used the car & made Amanda walk or cycle to the gym. If i drop the bike then so be it, that's why i bought a cheapie second bike anyway, well that & because i was putting 1000 miles a month on the FZ1.

08-01-09, 02:14 PM	#19
Iansv II Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Why? I usually ride in pretty much any weather but not been riding this week, If I could get to the main road I would, but I live on a hill and its been iced up since monday and not yet cleared. So its been a nice 1 1/2 walk to the bus stop for me