11-06-2018, 02:56 PM
I am sure many of us cheat out on a winter Sunday afternoon because the sky looks clear. But then while riding - ah crap! - a white out. If you are lucky, it lasts only five minutes and if you more lucky, you are parked at a coffee shop.
But what about other times?
Once I was out on an '82 Yamaha Seca 550 and stayed out way tooooo long in January. It got dark (I blame this on my girlfriend). It snowed and accumulated and was porridge. Fortunately, cars tracks exposed some asphalt to get "some" predictable tracking ... until the dreaded traffic intersection. Fortunately I survived all the intersections, but my riding pals the next day (yeah, they went out the next day) dropped in the middle of a plowed intersection. I believe black ice had something to do with it.
Anyway, the night temperature was about -3C and the steering stock froze up. So I was riding in the snow with no hands. No hands? ... wha? Yeah, the throttle stuck too. The Seca controls did not like the cold.
Would I do that on the CB1100? Absolutely not. Why risk damaging such a beautiful piece of machinery? (crap, the wifey might have something to say about my well being and responsibilities too).
If winter riding, be safe. Pay attention to the forecast.
But what about other times?
Once I was out on an '82 Yamaha Seca 550 and stayed out way tooooo long in January. It got dark (I blame this on my girlfriend). It snowed and accumulated and was porridge. Fortunately, cars tracks exposed some asphalt to get "some" predictable tracking ... until the dreaded traffic intersection. Fortunately I survived all the intersections, but my riding pals the next day (yeah, they went out the next day) dropped in the middle of a plowed intersection. I believe black ice had something to do with it.
Anyway, the night temperature was about -3C and the steering stock froze up. So I was riding in the snow with no hands. No hands? ... wha? Yeah, the throttle stuck too. The Seca controls did not like the cold.
Would I do that on the CB1100? Absolutely not. Why risk damaging such a beautiful piece of machinery? (crap, the wifey might have something to say about my well being and responsibilities too).
If winter riding, be safe. Pay attention to the forecast.