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Yup. There was a time when I was so pumped to ride I’d occasionally suffer those temps. No longer…Quote:
Originally Posted by Stoneman
46 here in the valley this morning, natives are screaming about it and dressed for a nor’easter. I went to the range in shorts…
Temps in the 70s this weekend, definitely going out for a rip.
It was 76 at one point this afternoon, made it to the turkey farm for my first Thanksgiving sandwich of the season.
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Went Fryeburg, North Conway, lunch at the Stairway Cafe, strafed some notches and got rained on in the Kanc. Never saw lower than 64F, 74F at 5:15pm as I'm putting things in the garage.
Oh, highlight of the ride was all of a sudden getting static and then other voices on our headsets. Next thing we hear is a stranger going "Oh hey, that's a Pan America!" as a group of bikes went by in the other direction.
So gorgeousQuote:
Originally Posted by R7
What's with the dirtbike helmet & goggles? Is this a new trend?Quote:
Originally Posted by R7
Ended up doing a great little run Saturday. Back roads down & over to the seacoast area, mostly different back roads on the way back north. Everyone was pretty much done for the day, but I didn't want to waste the daylight so I ended up doing a mostly off the beaten path ride kind-of-sorta-but-not-really around Winni before I headed home. Almost 200 miles on the day.
Pro tip: Don't ever to go The Chop Shop Pub in Seabrook. What an absolute shithole of the highest order. The group I started with have a penchant for "biker bars" and wanted to check it out. Even that crowd didn't want anything to do with the place. I'm usually okay with dives - I usually hunt them out. But this place easily takes the cake.
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EDIT: I had every intention of commuting on it today. Just when I was ready to leave it started raining pretty damn hard. In the long run I'm glad I didn't. I hit a couple downpours on my drive in. While the (warm) rain doesn't bother me much, riding in the dark in rain with idiot drivers that can't pay attention as it is totally turned me off.
I bought that style for the Scrambler when I bought it, like a POSER (not you r7).Quote:
Originally Posted by Stoneman
I don’t know if it’s with all that style, but one of the most uncomfortable helmets over ever worn, and made the top of my head go numb :(
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On Saturday I rode to the breakfast place at Hampton Airfield of route one. Never knew it existed. Decent.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stoneman
I’ve started wearing goggles pretty much every time I ride (fortunately they aesthetically go with both of my bikes) because my eyes have always been extremely sensitive when I have my contacts in and for years I would frequently find myself pulled over on the side of the road trying to get some tiny piece of dust out of my eye so I could see again. It almost never happens with goggles, so I’ve started using them even if I have no intention of leaving the pavement.
:teehee:Quote:
Originally Posted by Stoneman
Being a fair weather rider, the dirtbike helmets flow a lot more air than even the best road helmets. Plus that Airoh helmet is half the weight, and I like being different than everyone else
Never heard of it, but just checked out the menu. It'll be a destination soon fo' sho', bike or no bike. I'ma go with the steak tip omelet, smothered in sausage gravy with a side of summa that fresh made corned beef hash w/ sourdough toast. Probably wash it down with an ice cream soda. It IS the most important meal of the day after all...Quote:
Originally Posted by Gixxer
I use goggles with my open face helmet. Not the dirty type though. Bad ass, mean mug "biker" goggles that fit over my glasses. Think Captain Wild Bill Kelso from 1941. :lmao:Quote:
Originally Posted by Spooler
Fair weather rider? What HAS become of you? :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by R7
I wear a dual sport helmet because I like the beak during sunrise/sunset (esp commuting) which is why I figured some folks wear dirty helmets. Now I'll have to try out the dirty helmet/goggle setup on hot weather street rides.Quote:
Originally Posted by R7
I got about 150 miles in today on gsxr riding from Albany to Syracuse. Tomorrow will be the return trip. Some nice back roads between the two.
Ilion Gorge sidetrip?Quote:
Originally Posted by boosten lebaron
Yup. I will have to go back later when it warmer out, I was freezing and not prepared.Quote:
Originally Posted by RandyO
. I also skirted the Herkimer diamond mines.
I stayed on 5s most of the way.
Not me, but I saw a couple sportbikes pulling into the local gas station up my way this morning around 6:20am. Roads were slushy, but it was raining at a good clip. Temps were about 35 degrees. In many ways I was envious.
Guy at the back of our street rides in straight up snow. I'd love to talk with him about what he does to the bike. He's your token BMW gs rider. I have legit been running my snowblower and seen him come home from work on the bike with 3 inches of snowing covering the road.
I have a good old fashion picture of RandyO when he rode to my house on his old SV650 just after an 8-10" snow storm. As you may or may not know, Randy was one of those guys who used to ride year round. There's also a video somewhere of him riding his VStrom around the ice track I used to keep.Quote:
Originally Posted by 01xj
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Originally Posted by 01xj
no studs at the far sides of the tires?? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by RandyO
yer not going to be leaning that far on ice, and when you hit dry pavement where you might lean that far, ya don't want studs, you want all the rubber you have availableQuote:
Originally Posted by OneCheekRider
That’s crazy. How much can you trust those?
I know for a fact they suck in deep snow! It took about eight of us to help get his bike off the ice and back up to the road.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gixxer
That was wunna the best track layouts I did. I was never able to recreate it, but I came close again once. The one I did last year was similar but it was more spread out and made for higher speeds. Not sure I'm gonna have at it this year, but I say that every year and still end up with one.
Well shit, think I might've just found Sylwia's Christmas present(s).Quote:
Originally Posted by SRTie4k
Thanks for the tip!
If you're lookin for a different street/dirt lid that won't break the bank, I just got myself and Sylwia a pair of Bell MX9 Adventure helmets... Turns out a bunch of our friends have the same lid and former NESR member Jro made a review video on it a while back. We're digging em so far.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gixxer
https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...lA&oe=637D784F
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW19aqOPYTQ
I rode my V-strom to a trade show at Center of NH in Manchester one year, about a 55 mile ride one way, at the end of the day/evening I put all my gear on in the parking garage, it's pouring rain as I leave, I get on the highway , almost no traffic, and what was there (I-93 & I-293) I was passing, only going 35mph WTF! then as I turn in a northerly direction, I understand why, the rain and sleet is freezing to my face shield and I can't see, I pull over put my kickstand down and get off to adjust my windscreen, I fell flat on my face it was so slippery. I adjusted my windscreen and faceshield in a way that deflects all the precip. and I was on my way again, slow, but on my way, and faster than any other traffic, onto 101 east, precip turned to snow by the time I was passing thru Candia. When I got off in Epping, already 5 inches , on 125, the southbound side was plowed, northbound side wasn't, I rode the left side if the road, passing thru Barrington, I passed a scene with 7 cars in the ditch, 3 police cruisers, and a couple tow trucks, when I pulled into my driveway in Farmington 7" snow, about the max depth before my belly pan starts dragging. The trip that normally takes an hour, only took an hour and 20 minutesQuote:
Originally Posted by Gixxer
riding in snow is not as hard as you would think, keep your feet on pegs, using them as outriggers is asking for trouble
a week later, I rode to a Land Surveyors meeting in Keene, yup, freezing rain all the way back, at night, 2 hours away.....took me 2½ hours
:plusone: I've been rocking my MX9 adventure since 2015 (might be time for a new one!). It's my go-to for commuting or weeklong Mexico dual sporting. I got the photochromic shield as well. I only wish it had speaker pockets, while my Sena speakers fit in comfortably, they sometimes fall out when I remove the helmet -- maybe I need better velcro fasteners?Quote:
Originally Posted by OreoGaborio
I also have a Bell MX9 Adventure (MIPS version)
Not a huge fan of the transitions shield though, I much prefer the drop-down sunvisor on my Shoei GT-Air.
Yeah, it's not great if you're going in/out of trees with lots of sun shade. But for street use and desert use the transitions works well esp if you ride all day into the night... or ride to work in the daylight and home at night.Quote:
Originally Posted by MattR302
Good to know... The transitions shield kinda piqued my interest but between the price & hearing your experiences, I'll def pass.
I'm not sure I'll even use the shield all that often.
I also use the MX-9 ADV mips; it has speaker pockets.
I use goggles with it for dirt bike rides; visor closes over it.
I still just use a street bike helmet for actual pavement rides. More aerodynamic and quieter
It’s more that it doesn’t really get dark enough to be effective like a pair of sunglasses, and if you have the peak visor on, it blocks a lot of the sun from transitioning the upper part. It works better with the peak visor off. I’ve never used it with goggles though, I imagine that there wouldn’t be room for a drop-down sun visor if you’re using goggles.Quote:
Originally Posted by OneCheekRider
In the summer with my Shoei, I am usually riding with the main shield up and the drop down sunvisor down for more airflow.
In the low 20's went to the post office on my scooter, 6 mile round trip, didn't really dress for a long ride, but warm enough, Carhartt insulated bib & arctic jacket, Sorels on my feet, and a ushanka instead of a helmet. It was a good test for weather protection, I'm pretty sure I'm gonna get the Givi windscreen for it. stock screen is about 2" too short, I get blasted on my forehead in my normal posture, the Givi also is shaped to give coverage for the grips, everywhere else, weather protection is great
Rode to the mailbox and back on the four wheeler after putting front spring blocks in, then mounted the plow for winter and parked it.
Just need to switch the 500 over from water to coolant and throw the naughty wheels on once the temps stay solidly below freezing... getting anxious.
I used my UTV to park my trailer for the winter, and move my ToeHoe to where the trailer was parked, went out back to my range and took down 5 hemlock limbs on the tree next to my fire pit, now the closest branch is about 20ft above any fire (assuming I don't have any 20ft high bonfires) I got 3 garden hoses wound up and put away, 3 more to goQuote:
Originally Posted by Kurlon
I'm not switching wheels again this year, my winter car tires performed better in snow an ice than my offroad tires with Trygg chains , mounting the plow is my next task, I have to swap out the tweeked push tubes first, I'v had the replacement tubes a couple months but I procrastinated thru Indian summer
I put my bike away, well really just in my heated basement.
Plates are always registered anyway Incase we get a decent day in the 40’s during winter.
I sucked out all the gas I could with my harbor freight suction pump and put in 2 cans of Trufuel.
It was 19 this morning here, the two Apes and the 450FX are tucked away in the loft of the garage, the Rappy 700 is ready for action, and Boner (YFZ450R) is stored in the back of the C10 until the ice is thick enough to ride on. Snow is in the forecast for tomorrow
dunno if yer havin a cold spell in RI, not going to go above freezing here for a while. I had a 3" thick sheet in my sled today, might already be safe to skate on some smaller pondsQuote:
Originally Posted by R7
I've been seeing someone regularly seemingly commuting on a Spyder. I didn't see him this past Friday, but I saw him on my way home about every other day last week and this week.