Hey all, I am new to riding about 5-6 months ago. I live in Kansas City, Mo. We have seen some good ice/snow storms come thru and all the roads are salted. I have been riding my sporty when ever the roads are dry. Most of my riding was on main roads and had no problems. I did get on a back road that was covered all but the tire tracks and that was a little nerv racking.

I guess my question is do most of you ride after salt flies? Any pointers would be good also. I plan to ride tonight to work. 40 going in and 27-29 coming home. Just want to make sure I know all I can when dealing with the hassards of winter roads.

Thanks, Kyle

 

If you can't wash ALL of the salt off at the end of the day then don't ride is what I go by. That stuff is hard on the bike. The longer it sits the more damage it does.

 

Yea. Here's a pointer. HERE'S YOU'RE SIGN !
WARNING ! When ICE is on the road. STAY THE FU*K OFF !

 

Man she is a higher milage 95 1200 that I bought to ride as much as possible. I have 2 kids 1 and 2 years old and when I can ride that is what I do since I got the bike. I love this thing. But I also want to be as safe as I can be due to those same kids I have to come home and play with. If she rusts out then I will either fix it or get something else. Just looking for some pointers on what to expect. Just been taking it a little slower and figured that is a good start for staying up right.

 

I usually wait till there has been a good rain to wash the salt away. A few years ago I almost put my bike down because the front tire lost traction on the salt itself. fortunately that was on my honda GL1000 and the bike weighed 300 lbs lighter than my classic so it was easier to pull out of it. Since then I wait till salt is washed off.

 

not a good idea...it'll do damage that you probably won't notice for awhile.

 

Onve the salt flies I cover my bike. Even when the roads seem clean you can still hit the piles of salt that have accumulated on the roads and sometimes they are very hard to see, just not worth the risk let alone how hard that stuff is on your ride.

 

Salt will kill your bike and the black ice at freezing temps could do the same to you.Park it.A wise motorcyclist is a safe rider

 

Wow I figured there would be several that rode when ever they could. I will for sure take all this in to consideration but man it is hard to leave her sitting in the garage that long. A buddy from work and I rode for about 3 hours befor work a few weeks ago and had a blast. Just stuck to the main roads and cruised along. I don't want to trash my bike or myself though. [:@]I HATE WINTER!!!

 

After bouncing my Jeep off a bridge 3 times last year due to black ice I wait until it's at least 40 to get the bike out. And as stated if you can't completly wash it after the ride I dont' ride it.