dont worry about it on a ULTRA!!!!!

 

I would rather take the slow way,if you are out in those temps,you like to ride,might as well enjoy it,but do be careful under trees and corners,the ice thing is very real.

 

WELL SAID!

You won't catch me riding at those temps unless I was out and the weather changed quickly because I would rather be comfortable and enjoy my riding time. I also no longer feel the need to prove how tough I am

 

That is a great Mythbusters question. I ride in the winter...right now in the seattle area the mornings are in the 20-30 range and it is cold going slow on long rides or going fast on short ones. Cold is cold and I'm not sure if it matters.

 

Here up north, we ride snowmobiles at 20 below, with speeds varying constantly, but easily surpassing 50 mph. Dress for it, and the wind chill isn't a factor, especially if behind a fairing.

Your extremities--hands and feet--are what gets cold on a snowmobile, but the warmer your core temp is, the longer your body keeps hands and feet warm.

We had a Patriot Guard mission when the temps were in the 20's, and I was sweating when I got there, as I had overdressed, wearing the equivalent of a Carheart overalls with t-shirt, shirt, and sweatshirt underneath, along with long johns. That's the only time I've ridden below freezing, and I was surprised how easy it was to stay warm.

 

I often wonder that myself..every morning when I'm flying down the highway because I'm late for work. I think the slower going is less painful..less windchill factor. I agree on gettin' Mythbusters to figger this out...

 

Slow and longer is the best imo

 

If its below 40 I don't ride. Don't have to when Igot a perfectly good truck with a heater.

 

Cold is cold. Rode twenty miles one way, 60 mph, today into Aberdeen. Wore the summer gloves with liners. 42 degrees and my digits were froze by the time I got to Chris's Motorcycle Shop. After thawing out, I put on the Gerbings. Call me what you want, my fingers were toasty on the way home.

 

Up hear in the not so great white north the wind chill is a factor. Say if it 32 degrees out, with a windchill factor it can make it like -2 degrees. I have ridden in the cold (22 degrees)and with the right equipment thats not a factor. Its the black ice and other slippery conditions the kybosk the riding.

Riding fast in the cold does make it colder. But you get home quicker,lol.