^^
- If you own a leather jacket that's a size or two too big, but fits perfectly with the right layers under it...
- If you've ever ridden with your visor half up so you can see through the snow
- If you hang off the bike more between November and March than you do between May & August because you really know the true meaning of "cold tires."
- If the phrase "black ice" immediately makes you shudder and think of riding
- If you've ever farted at highway speeds just to keep warm
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Pulled over to "de-ice"
Are the only rider on the road in your county/state/country
Wear cramp-ons so you don't fall over at lights
Rack up up more miles from November thru April than most riders do the entire year.
Have pulled a truck out of a snowbank, on your KLR.
First rule of the internet: *bleep* you and everything you stand for. Second rule of the internet: FKZOR U AND RRYTHING U STND FR!
If you've ever waited longer for your bike to warm up than it took you to get to your destination
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- thought about the possibility of rigging up a heated seat
- installed hand guards on an SV to compliment the heated grips
- it's time for the Childrens Hospital Toy run and you shovel a path from the garage to get to the street, and rode along the sidewalk a bit just because it was free of ice.
When life throws you curves, aim for the apex
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my Facebook, SpeedShotsOriginally Posted by salsashark
... You have an Aerostitch catalog right next to your Victoria’s Secret Catalog in the bathroom.
... See ice patches as just another place to do burnouts.
... Dodge Penguins on the way to work.
... Think is fun to watch your breath freeze in mid air and fall like snow.
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MRA Racer No.427
If you think a wind chill of -84 "isn't bad"
If you have had to park your bike on the flat part of the lot so it wouldn't slide out of the parking space
If you've had a plow driver give you the thumbs up....and then shake their head
Thanks, Jim
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Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented immigrant" is like calling a drug dealer an "undocumented pharmacist"
If this picture looks pefectly normal to you, and you have in your garage an old tire, a box of screws, and a power screwdriver.
And instead of thinking "this guy's crazy!", you are thinking.. this could be worth trying.
Last edited by asp_125; Tue Nov 2nd, 2010 at 02:41 PM.
When life throws you curves, aim for the apex
Current stable: 09 Thruxton \ 09 FZ6S2 Sold List: 97 Ninja500R, 03 SV650K3, 01 Ducati 750Sport, 73 CB350/4, 03 F650GSA, 08 Gixxer600, 03 Gixxer600, 91 VFR750F, 09 KLX250, 06 Thruxton 900, 02 VFR800, 08 Spyder RS, 12 Street TripleR, 09 KLX250S, 16 KTMRC390, 10 F650GS
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Nice pic. Last year at this time, Denver had already had 17 plus inches of snow. I vote for Indian Summer all season long.
John
KTM Duke 690
... You've had to do a short burn out to break the ice off your chain.
... You've had to stop the bike by digging your heels into the snow/ice covered road.
... You've blared your horn rolling through an intersection because you couldn't stop.... and those who were stopped flashed their lights at you, honked back, and threw thumbs out into the frigid air.
... 4 inches of clear asphalt is all you need.
... You've passed a tourist skier, at 35mph in a 55, from Texas, with the tail WAY out....
...you've passed a car as it spun off the road and into the ditch.
(I'm usually the first to stop and help, but REALLY, what could I have done? They weren't injured and I was happy to still be upright.)
I love this thread!
HOLY CRAP I just realized I have an extra set of wheels & old tires for the Hurricane, which I can flat foot...Fuck. Yes. BRING ON WINTAH!!!If this picture looks pefectly normal to you, and you have in your garage an old tire, a box of screws, and a power screwdriver.
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F* me, that looks like a complete blast.If this picture looks pefectly normal to you, and you have in your garage an old tire, a box of screws, and a power screwdriver.
And instead of thinking "this guy's crazy!", you are thinking.. this could be worth trying.
If only I'd kept my ex-race/ex-track-whore/ex-daily '99 F4 she coulda become the Snow Whore...ugh...man...wonder if my friend would part with his "project" Shitacane (beater Hurricane that still doesn't run) for my winter fun?
Still, I'm betting those "studs" wouldn't work all that well on our snow/ice/pavement winter mix
...Hmm, I've gone ice racing in my car before, maybe we should start a CSC ice racing club?
Faster, faster, faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.
~Hunter S. Thompson
... You've laughed in your helmet when you realized that you were warm and cozy when you DEFINITELY shouldn't be.
... You have NO idea why helmet manufacturer's would install those stupid vents.
1998 VFR800 Interceptor - resurrected and custom tail http://vfrworld.com/forums/5th-gener...98-vfr800.html
1999 DR650SE
.... if you rode into work this morning.
When life throws you curves, aim for the apex
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I've ridden in worse....I drove home last night because of the season opening performance of Idiots on Ice™, and we're closed today, but it ain't all that bad out. Heck it was over 25 degrees at 5:30 this morning. If the weather continues pretty much as I expect, I'll probably ride home Thursday night and ride the rest of the week....... if you rode into work this morning.
Thanks, Jim
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www.tfogracing.com
303-216-2400
Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented immigrant" is like calling a drug dealer an "undocumented pharmacist"
I guess I'm a winter rider, then. Heated gear, baby..... if you rode into work this morning.
Dirk
Formerly MRA #211 - High Precision Racing
"A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high duties of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self- preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written law would be to lose the law itself, with life, liberty, property, and all those who are enjoying them with us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means."
--Thomas Jefferson
It wasn't the cold, I was more worried about ice being on the roads...and then after I got out of my neighborhood, I realized that I woulda been fine
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Yeah, when I saw that the puddles in the neighborhood weren't frozen, I knew I'd be ok.
Dirk
Formerly MRA #211 - High Precision Racing
"A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high duties of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self- preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written law would be to lose the law itself, with life, liberty, property, and all those who are enjoying them with us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means."
--Thomas Jefferson
I had almost 4" of snow on the car and 1-2" on the driveway (where it stuck, ice everywhere else). It was 27 on my way to work this morning. A lot of ice on Tower, spots of ice in the parking lot at work...
I drove today.
Do not put off living the life you dream of. Next year may never come. If we are always waiting for something to change...
Retirement, the kids to leave home, the weather or the economy, that's not living. That's waiting!
Waiting will only leaves us with unrealized dreams and empty wishes.
Absolutely... I was more fearful of hitting a rabbit on my way out of the neighborhood than the ice..... if you rode into work this morning.
I'd be driving too.
Formerly MRA #211 - High Precision Racing
"A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high duties of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self- preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written law would be to lose the law itself, with life, liberty, property, and all those who are enjoying them with us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means."
--Thomas Jefferson
fuck that.... i went snowboarding! lol.
Remember Yesterday. Plan For Tomorrow. Live For Today.
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