38°F & rain, so ride or.....?

[fish]

….stay in bed and get a day older?

My armored gear is also rain shedding...so hit my coffee village and the reservoir. Rode so long my battery gloves quit and sent me home!









This Fish doesn't necessarily love water, but....

[easyrider]

Fook that!!!!

[Old Grinner]

I do know what you mean!

Be a trend setter instead of a trend follower. . ..

That's how I look at it.

When people say to me "Aren't you cold?".

I usually reply "It's not bad once you get used to it. . .invigorating. . .makes you feel alive. . .definitely not boring!".

One must admit that the 30's F. thing and the rain is not for the timid. Try some cinnamon and honey with your coffee . . .it will help to stay warm.

[Mel46]

I have seen gloves that run on replaceable batteries, and I Have seen them with lithium batteries. Which ones do you have? I think if I were riding in the winter I would keep spare batteries with me at all times. Cold does a number on batteries.

I have a friend who uses those hand warmers that hunters use. He said that they work quite well. Of course, he also wears a lot of his hunting gear when he rides. I don't know how well they would protect him in a crash, but so far the deer have not hit him, so the stuff must work.

[you you]

Fook that!!!!

X2

[Ganglylamb]

Same story here this weekend: 2°C and raining but still went out for a ride of around 95km.
I do have heated gloves running on batteries, it's not a Li-ion battery but a Lithium Polymer (LiPo) but all kinds of battery suffer from cold... Anyhow on the lowest setting they last around 6 hours, on the highest setting only 2 hours. Although I have heated insoles which I can connect to a powerbank through USB I did not use them (forgot them at home) which left me with some really cold feet afterwards. The gloves are Macna Atom Heated gloves, they were quite expensive but it gives me the joy of being able to ride in subzero °C temperatures without my hands freezing off when riding above 30km/h. The heated insoles I bought on ebay directly from china for 3 euros including shipping and they really work nicely (that is I do not leave them at home :-D).

Cold is one thing, rain another, but the combination of both is just...

[Mel46]

I know that each of those of you who ride in the winter already has their own way of keeping the wind off or the cold out, so I am only giving this as a suggestion for those who have not as of yet gotten wind protection. I found a Do-It-Yourself site that has instructions for making wind blockers for your hands. They are not too difficult to make, and they attach by way of the mirror bolt. I will see if I can locate the instructions if anyone is interested.

[Oldie]

Out yesterday and again today (both 40 degrees) and not even a screen in sight. I was having so much fun that I didn't even think about the weather. It was only when I washed the bike that my hands started to freeze

[WhiteNoise]

I think they are too numb Mel to know whether they'd need such protection or not
Youz gyzs are crazeee! God made fireplaces for these times of year. God made Whiskey and Wine too.
Cheers, I'll watch from afar. "Sure as I'm sitting here..."

Okay, continue the madness

[WhiteNoise]

Wow...nice oldie bike oldie!! Sweet. Love the color too. Be safe and warm out there while you Grin away the hours

[Old Grinner]

Out yesterday and again today (both 40 degrees) and not even a screen in sight. I was having so much fun that I didn't even think about the weather. It was only when I washed the bike that my hands started to freeze

That old CB250 looks very good.

I got a chance to ride a Honda 90, 125, 160, 175, 350, 450 (Toad), 500 (Twin), and a 750 back in the day but never got to check out a CB250. I'm not sure they sold them on this side of the pond in the '70s. Thanks for sharing!

[Oldie]

The 250 was a UK model (due to learner rider restrictions). Everyone else got the CB360. The two bikes were almost identical apart from the power output. Camshafts could wear prematurely if the oilways clogged up due to lack of maintenance of the centrifugal oil filter (which involved more work than the average teenager was prepared to do) so not too many still about. The faster 2 stroke Yamaha RD250 was the weapon of choice for most youngsters back then as they could hit the magic ton, whilst the poor old CB could only manage 82 mph.

I've had this one for 6 years and it's identical to the one that my brother and I bought new in 1975. That bike was wiped out in an accident (no fault) when only 6 months old so this one was a kind of sentimental purchase!

[Mel46]

Very nice bike. I had couple of CB and CL models all the way up to the 500. Loved them all. Honda makes some great bikes. My brother had a 550 and then a 750. He wouldn't let me take any of them out for a spin. Bummer!

His 550 looked exactly like this picture. I would have loved to have ridden it.

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[Old Grinner]

Very nice bike. I had couple of CB and CL models all the way up to the 500. Loved them all. Honda makes some great bikes. My brother had a 550 and then a 750. He wouldn't let me take any of them out for a spin. Bummer!

His 550 looked exactly like this picture. I would have loved to have ridden it.

It was nice having the option to kick start bikes back then if the battery was getting low. But then again most of the bikes were kick start up until the early '70s anyways.