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Re: Am i the biggest wimp on the site
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 3:58 pm
by mad trapper
C-Note wrote:qed wrote:Bike is all waxed and tucked up in the garage ready for next year
Ditto that... Sat. I cleaned the screen and changed the oil, filled the gas tank, and dumped in some stablizer. Ran it on the stand for about 10 minutes, then parked it in the garage and covered it up for the winter.
Here in the Chicago area this time of year, there's no riding a bike in the winter. You could head to work in the morning and it could be 75 F outside and by the time you leave to go home it could be snowing. Then in the dead of winter zero - 20 F is common place.
Plus the snow plows will run you over. Winter is why I have a CRV, with heat.
Re: Am i the biggest wimp on the site
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 5:57 pm
by you you
mad trapper wrote:C-Note wrote:qed wrote:Bike is all waxed and tucked up in the garage ready for next year
Ditto that... Sat. I cleaned the screen and changed the oil, filled the gas tank, and dumped in some stablizer. Ran it on the stand for about 10 minutes, then parked it in the garage and covered it up for the winter.
Here in the Chicago area this time of year, there's no riding a bike in the winter. You could head to work in the morning and it could be 75 F outside and by the time you leave to go home it could be snowing. Then in the dead of winter zero - 20 F is common place.
Plus the snow plows will run you over. Winter is why I have a CRV, with heat.
We should start a wimps SIG
Re: Am i the biggest wimp on the site
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 6:37 pm
by Taz
I was born in UK but choose to live somewhere where it doesnt snow, so I can ride all year round. Does that make me a wimp? Though I did ride in UK all year round. Came off a few times on black ice on rural Sussex roads!
Re: Am i the biggest wimp on the site
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 7:39 pm
by gn2
No it doesn't.
It just means you've just swapped one set of hazards for a different set.
Re: Am i the biggest wimp on the site
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 9:05 pm
by Taz
Yeh, I guess the rest of the world doesnt get big dumb wallabies and roos jumping onto the road. Its OK in the 4wd as I have a big roo bar on the front to take them out without damaging the radiator.
Re: Am i the biggest wimp on the site
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 12:14 pm
by maddiedog
Australia has some crazy shit, like the tiny jellyfish that you can't even see that can kill you. And so many poisonous snakes and spiders... And the country's so spread out, in the countryside you actually have to look after yourself (unlike here in the US, where its nearly impossible to die of exposure or starvation).
Re: Am i the biggest wimp on the site
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 1:04 pm
by gn2
maddiedog wrote:unlike here in the US, where its nearly impossible to die of exposure or starvation
Despite this, some plonker managed it and in true Hollywood style, there's a film about it.
http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0758758/
"Death Valley" doesn't sound like a friendly habitat either...?
I think the USA might have the widest range of environments of any country.
Re: Am i the biggest wimp on the site
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 4:22 pm
by mad trapper
Out West, up North, not even including Alaska, theres lots of places you can disappear and no one will ever find you.
Re: Am i the biggest wimp on the site
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 4:28 pm
by you you
mad trapper wrote:Out West, up North, not even including Alaska, theres lots of places you can disappear and no one will ever find you.
It happens all around the world, you call it extraordinary rendition.
Re: Am i the biggest wimp on the site
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 4:57 pm
by jasperthehorse
Ride as late as possible for me. Just hate rush hour traffic in a car. Not to mention how cheap it is to use scoot.
Teaches you to be a better rider if you ride in cold, wet nasty conditions i think?
All about nice smooth inputs in crap conditions.
I know it sure makes me appreciate my Triumph Daytona all the more when the suns out and the roads are dry.
Draw the line at snow though. That would be plain daft.