37 degrees.... new record!

[mdharne_imp]

Our Faith Riders group had our "Polar Ride" last January on the coldest weekend in years in south Georgia. It had snowed just days before and ice was still on the roads in areas shaded by trees. In the low 20's the morning of the ride but made it to a "balmy" 40 by afternoon. Ride was about 120 miles round trip and all us southern flat-landers survived, LOL.

I ride all year long in North Ga, with the right gear you be just fine. I dont have heated grips or heated jacket.

[offroadfx4_imp]

Never got above 60 all day but it was a good day!

You're right longranger, I was cheating a little bit, but I just dressed like I was going to ride a snowmobile it worked out pretty well

You're also right ferret, check the miles out for today's ride :-)

[the Ferret]

wow almost double your "can't do" and under extreme conditions too. Way to go offroad!

[flynrider]

Nice one, Offroad! I don't usually voluntarily ride when it's in the 30s, but if everyone else is in, what can you do?

Back when I was young and stupid (and without a car) I used to ride year round, including a 30 mile commute over a 5,700 ft pass in the winter. It was often in the 20s and I wore a snowmobile suit. I think I still have that snowmobile suit in a closet somewhere, but nowadays I also have a truck with a heater.

Coldest involuntary ride recently was last Oct in Utah (on my way home to warm, sunny Phoenix). It was 24F when I headed out in the morning. I had 3 layers up top and two layers on the bottom, but if it wasn't for my big Plexistar windshield, I don't think I would have made it very far.

[decarmine_imp]

Many, many, many years ago, when I lived on Long Island, NY, I decided I wanted to ride to Daytona Beach, Florida. It was Thanksgiving week when I left, and 36 degrees. I was on my '69 CB750K0, no windshield, and just a borrowed leather jacket for protection -- probably had gloves, also. I had a sleeping bag with me, figured I'd sleep on the side of the road. Well, by the time I got to Richmond, Virginia, I was SO COLD that I decided to splurge on a motel room.

When I got the room, I turned the heat up to 90*, and jumped in the shower for an HOUR before I stopped shivering.

The next day the weather was much more pleasant and I made it to Daytona that evening. Stayed there for a day or two, then drove to Miami -- just to do it.

Unfortunately, on the return trip to Daytona -- where I still had my motel room -- on a wet Florida highway, my rear tire blew and I went down. Bike was not driveable.

Did you ever try hitch-hiking with a broken-down motorcycle?

Eventually a gentleman pulling a CB350 in a trailer stopped. We put my bike in his trailer and I drove his bike 65 miles back to Daytona. He lived a couple miles from the motel, so I left the bike at his house and he drove me to my motel room to retrieve my belongings and then to the airport, and I flew home.

Took me six weeks before I was able to get back to Florida with my own trailer to retrieve the bike...

[Cormanus]

That's a very sad story decarmine. Good you escaped unharmed though.

[decarmine_imp]

That's a very sad story decarmine. Good you escaped unharmed though.

I was *much* younger, then. And much more resilient!