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anyone go for a ride today? Pics?
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Not only miserable, but very unsafe. Why press your luck like that?
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I usually drive a Mercedes A180 (company car), its a fun little car, but traffic down south is truly miserable. And I didn't want to do public transport due to coronavirus. With that said I will be flying the next time (in october).
I agree I made some mistakes planning and executing the trip, but its a very useful experience. I need some extra lights and better rain clothes and the rain covers for the boots. And I am making a better luggage solution, and in the future I will bring the goggles I use for the cross helmet as a spare if the pin lock fails me.
And like with a car I wouldn't have stopped to see the northern lights. I wouldn't have made chili at the ferry dock. Although Id have a lot better lights and been a lot warmer.
But its not like I was freezing to death, it was just cold. And at those temperatures I can just stop to heat up.
Visibility was an issue though, I'd love some inspiration to solve that.
As to visibility at night: I don't know if you can get a Truck-Lite in Norway. If you have a 7" headlamp bucket, its a easy swap out for the OEM whole headlamp lens/bulb. All of us that have them here love them. $150 in the US. I looked on Amazon UK but didn't see them. Not sure where you get stuff.
Add a windscreen - One that is just lower than your eye level -
Blocking the wind and offering some protection will make a world of difference - he wind will go over the top and keep some of the water off the visor
Visibility is the greatest challenge riding in the rain - adding more lights will help --
get some LED running light - add them down low - they won't over task the system --
Staying dry is great - but warm is even more so -- Ski clothing tends to be warm and dry -
The truck light is game changer if you can find something like it
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So I keep the bucket? The aesthetics is fairly important to me. I could get it for about $300 from amazon... Or maybe I can go pick one up in the US, could use some brisket and margaritas.
Add a windscreen - One that is just lower than your eye level -
Blocking the wind and offering some protection will make a world of difference - he wind will go over the top and keep some of the water off the visor
Visibility is the greatest challenge riding in the rain - adding more lights will help --
get some LED running light - add them down low - they won't over task the system --
Staying dry is great - but warm is even more so -- Ski clothing tends to be warm and dry -
The truck light is game changer if you can find something like it
Not sure if I mind the wind all that much. Apart from side wind.
There is a lot of led options and stuff. I could throw some LEDs on the engine guard bars, or get a new headlight bucket.
I used snowboard clothes outside my riding clothes. They are decently warm if they aren't soaked.
Truck Lite was hard to source cheap, but I will look around.
My GS850GL with the TruckLite and 2" square aux lights mounted on the crash bars - 10W LEDs cast a lot of light forward and low
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If you have a 7? bucket, then you can use it with the Truck-Lite.
measure your bucket
Truck-Lite uses your adjustment ring and outer Chrome ring. The light does protrude in front of the chrome ring a bit.
measure your bucket
Truck-Lite uses your adjustment ring and outer Chrome ring. The light does protrude in front of the chrome ring a bit.
Surely someone makes a heated visor?
How many hours did you sleep post trip? Was your core body temp low? Were you shivering in your bed?
Your trip did not sound dangerous just really needlessly hard.
I had a dry rider rainsuit one and it was amazingly waterproof over a long haul.
Had a garish Hondaline suit that was ok but once water trickled in you got slowly soaked.
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I have not looked into it. Like heated grips, gloves, jackets and saddles I am not yet sold on the idea.
I woke up 7:45 am to go to work at 8:30, so I slept around 5 hours, maybe 4. Honestly this isn't the coldest I've been after a ride this year, it felt like surface cold, not like cold throughout. But an hour on the ferry in dry clothes and the hour before the ferry made me get my warmth back, and the warm food did wonders. The 90 minutes back home, albeit with a lot less clothes were comparatively warm (slightly warmer air temperature and no proper rain). Those temperatures isn't too hard, its uncomfortable while moving, but doesn't last. 4c or 40f and bellow is when it gets proper cold when I'm reasonably dry. Bellow 2c or 35f its pretty miserable temperature wise, in the early season I had to stop every 45 minutes - hour to get my hands warm again, and that was even with the hippo hands (who are brilliant for both rain and cold).
No shivering, I slept amazingly.
Was it a one piece suit? I think two piece is bad. Its fine for 2-3 hours and then it progressively gets wetter. And somehow mine doesn't keep my groin dry. The collar of the jacket isn't high enough. I saw a Richa suit that looked good for the rain, but annoyingly it has no reflective details. When in low visibility I want to be seen. Preferably with the same reflective details as they have on other clothes, so its more easy for drivers to recognize.
I found some Lazer ST4 EVO LED lights for like $300 each, if I can figure out how to attach them under the engine gards (so I can rest my feet on top of them) I might just get two of them. If I manage to mount them so I can easilly remove them when they aren't needed that would be even better, most of the season here it isn't dark.
some nice aircraft landing lights yah got there. Holy hell my bedroom window was on the side of the house directly inline with the local RCAF base glide path. The voodoo pilots would flip there lights on coming in two abreast one slightly aft and it was like sunshine. Lit up my star wars poster magnificently. Tax money well spent.
noreg the dry rider was one piece and had a really long high not very comfortable neck thing.
Hondaline was twopiece but only leaked from the neck.
noreg the dry rider was one piece and had a really long high not very comfortable neck thing.
Hondaline was twopiece but only leaked from the neck.
35' this morning on my ride in... Around 4:30AM. Work is killing me right now, I got done around 10PM, Back at it by 5AM. Bring the kids back to campus has been possible but boy it's borderline not sustainable for the employees. All 130 of my employees worked OT last week... I had 70 hours logged in 5 days. Going to be a tough 9 more weeks.
Hoping to get out of work at a decent time today...
Hoping to get out of work at a decent time today...
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I love the looks of your bike!"Neither rain nor snow nor glom of nit can stay these messengers abot their duty"
I spent too long with inadequate protection to put up with it these days.
That's a tough schedule, Jedz.
As you well know, riding when physically and mentally worn out can be a dangerous venture.
Please take care.
As you well know, riding when physically and mentally worn out can be a dangerous venture.
Please take care.
This week is easier, I'll be at 55ish hours as long as I don't get called into work again over the weekend or the evenings.
Rain and 30's F this AM... I took new (to me) car in.
Only image I got, I left the trailer at home.
If i was working less I would run the bike but, too tired to mess with the VMAX at 4AM, in the rain and 30' weather.
Best,
First day that I have been home and not cold and rainy in two weeks.
So, go for ride.
Stopped at this park on the river, just to see what was going on.
No boats going in/out. Is often one of the first places that see fall color around here, but not yet, and that is okay with me.
Noticed that the gate was open to the other part of the park that has been closed all summer due to high water over the road at the picknic area. The gate was open so I went over to that side of the park, went past piles of stone and some construction equipment. Stopped to look around at the construction going on. And along comes a front end loader. Driver glares at me as goes past.
I head back out and notice the frontend loader stopped at the gate, and looks like the guy hurries out and to the gate. As I am approaching, he is starting to close the gate, and he can see me comming and keeps on closing the gate, I keep going, and he doesnt stop closing the gate untill I am almost there. I wondered if he was just trying to make a point, or if was purposely trying to close me in there. (I know there is no good way out, cuz on previous occasions I have tried to find a way in around that gate.)
So, go for ride.
Stopped at this park on the river, just to see what was going on.
No boats going in/out. Is often one of the first places that see fall color around here, but not yet, and that is okay with me.
Noticed that the gate was open to the other part of the park that has been closed all summer due to high water over the road at the picknic area. The gate was open so I went over to that side of the park, went past piles of stone and some construction equipment. Stopped to look around at the construction going on. And along comes a front end loader. Driver glares at me as goes past.
I head back out and notice the frontend loader stopped at the gate, and looks like the guy hurries out and to the gate. As I am approaching, he is starting to close the gate, and he can see me comming and keeps on closing the gate, I keep going, and he doesnt stop closing the gate untill I am almost there. I wondered if he was just trying to make a point, or if was purposely trying to close me in there. (I know there is no good way out, cuz on previous occasions I have tried to find a way in around that gate.)
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Could be he had to take poo read bad…you never know.
