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Post by HighCotton on Jan 4, 2010 17:31:29 GMT -5
 My buddy and I did the Polar Bear ride this morning on our BMW motorcycles - 7 degrees. We should have been on ATVs. It got a little crazy on some snowy patches. Crazier yet - He is at the ripe age of 70 years old. |
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Post by barton174 on Jan 4, 2010 17:55:39 GMT -5
I got caught riding home in ~3" of snow when I was living off campus at Purdue... 4.5 miles of 2 tires and 2 feet dragging... "Not as fun as advertized"
I'll ride to work (40 miles one way, mostly interstate) at 15F, though, as long as the roads are clear... I'll ride shorter distances down to 5F or so, but not 45 minutes at 75mph...
This was all before I accidently got a knee down on the ramp from I70W to Ronald Reagan Pkwy South, on the way home from work the Monday after I did a trackday on the Blackbird, and miffed the leg zipper on my A* 360 commutning suit (which, as it happens, does NOT have knee sliders like my SPIDI leathers do)... Rockin' the old Joe Rocket jacket and Firstgear HT -AIR- pants for now, and 28-30F is about as I comfortable go with those... Mesh overpants don't hold a lot of heat, even if the Gore-Tex liner does stop most of the wind... Plus, the air coming up between the coat and the pants is fun...
Mike
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Post by dadfsr on Jan 4, 2010 20:51:09 GMT -5
Danf had a pic of what looked like an older motorcycle with sidecar on the interstate on their way back to NH after Christmas-I'm thinking the temp was about the same but I don't think there was snow like in your pic.
OK Mike I just gotta know-which direction from campus? Just kind of curious whether we were neighbors or not.
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Jan 5, 2010 7:39:58 GMT -5
You guys love abuse!!!!!!!!!
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Post by barton174 on Jan 5, 2010 13:04:29 GMT -5
Danf had a pic of what looked like an older motorcycle with sidecar on the interstate on their way back to NH after Christmas-I'm thinking the temp was about the same but I don't think there was snow like in your pic. OK Mike I just gotta know-which direction from campus? Just kind of curious whether we were neighbors or not. Straight north of Purdue West, on McCormick... Past the S-turn, in the addition behind Jefferson Commons... The one that you an get to from 52, as well as from McCormick... Mike |
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Post by dadfsr on Jan 5, 2010 13:21:36 GMT -5
Danf had a pic of what looked like an older motorcycle with sidecar on the interstate on their way back to NH after Christmas-I'm thinking the temp was about the same but I don't think there was snow like in your pic. OK Mike I just gotta know-which direction from campus? Just kind of curious whether we were neighbors or not. Straight north of Purdue West, on McCormick... Past the S-turn, in the addition behind Jefferson Commons... The one that you an get to from 52, as well as from McCormick... Mike Yup know exactly where you're talking about. May even have been looking at your old house when we were goosehunting with Quakingtim and Doug W last week. I'm on out west on 26. |
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Post by tickman1961 on Jan 5, 2010 16:24:37 GMT -5
Gluttons for punishment....looks like you had fun!
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Post by barton174 on Jan 5, 2010 17:14:19 GMT -5
Straight north of Purdue West, on McCormick... Past the S-turn, in the addition behind Jefferson Commons... The one that you an get to from 52, as well as from McCormick... Mike Yup know exactly where you're talking about. May even have been looking at your old house when we were goosehunting with Quakingtim and Doug W last week. I'm on out west on 26. The house is on Stratus Drive, on the inside of the corner... Yellow with a wood picket fence... Hasn't been my sister's house for ~4 years, though... Mike |
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Post by danf on Jan 5, 2010 20:02:24 GMT -5
Danf had a pic of what looked like an older motorcycle with sidecar on the interstate on their way back to NH after Christmas-I'm thinking the temp was about the same but I don't think there was snow like in your pic. I don't remember the make of the bike, but it may have been a slightly older BMW, not sure. Definitely not what I would consider a "touring" bike though. There was no snow on the road, but there was plenty on the ground- we were going through Buffalo at the time. There was not one, but TWO bikes with sidecars. I don't remember the temperature, but if it was 30 degrees it would have been warm. |
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Post by omegahunter on Jan 6, 2010 12:20:27 GMT -5
December 1st was my last ride on the VTX. You guys can have that cold stuff at highway speed.
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Post by barton174 on Jan 6, 2010 12:58:18 GMT -5
Danf had a pic of what looked like an older motorcycle with sidecar on the interstate on their way back to NH after Christmas-I'm thinking the temp was about the same but I don't think there was snow like in your pic. I don't remember the make of the bike, but it may have been a slightly older BMW, not sure. Definitely not what I would consider a "touring" bike though. There was no snow on the road, but there was plenty on the ground- we were going through Buffalo at the time. There was not one, but TWO bikes with sidecars. I don't remember the temperature, but if it was 30 degrees it would have been warm. Probably Ural motorcycle/sidecars... Russian WWII copy of the BMW R75... Still made... Still pretty much the same... Now much easier to get in this country... www.imz-ural.comMike |
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Post by danf on Jan 6, 2010 19:33:37 GMT -5
This is the pic I took with my wife's Blackberry and posted to her Facebook "wall". Not the best pic for sure... There's two bikes in the pic, but the front one is hard to see.  |
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