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I dunno, call me an baby but when the temp drops below 40 I don't ride unless it's mandatory. ....
I posted a legit question in the softail forum about installing a set of heated grips, 100 views, no replies. That tells me most of them don't wrench on their own sleds so other than posting a picture of the latest install by the service dept the forum is useless. ....
Wrenching is a big reason I haven't looked at twinkies and up, don't want to have to learn to deal with all the problems I read they've had, don't want to deal with the computer stuff and the expensive tools & upgrades guys say they need. I can learn new tricks, just too old & tired to want to.
Used to be awful uncomfortable riding below 40, but I have clothes now that keep me warm enough well below freezing. I'd ride year round between snows if the roads weren't white with salt here. Last couple winters had warm spells & rain that gave a few days without salt, felt wonderful to bundle up and get out of the house. Even took the sidecar out in snowstorms, before the salt trucks made their rounds. When you don't have to worry about it sliding out from under you, it's fun drifting around corners. I never felt the cold till I got off the bikes, but riding in cold is a personal comfort level and I know folks not used to it would be miserable in a Minnesota winter.
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Wife texted it was 97 down in Mpls, didn't have the heart to tell her it was 57 at the lake.
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Weather report said it broke some kind of record the past 3 days. Sure glad the whole summer wasn't like this, I spent most of the time indoors.
I like riding at night, but seldom do, get out of town like I like to do, and I feel like a target at highway speeds with all these deer. Every time there's a car coming at you, you're riding blind from the glare, wouldn't see a deer till just before you hit it.
It's not just that, it's the whole forum of M8 owners. These guys bloat about being "rich" having owned bikes dating back as far as 2001 I'll have you know...
The argue amongst themselves like children over who ride twisties faster.... On the INTERNET!!!
I go there because I happen to have an M8 and I really don't know much about them. The sumping issue on the new bikes is a concern but a couple guys in there just don't have anything else better to do than argue with one another.
Friday night someone gets alcohol muscles, types a bunch of crap about another member then on Monday comes in and apologizes.
90% or more of these guys are bullshitters and claim they ride 30k a year on their bikes despite living in the midwest.... I dunno, call me an baby but when the temp drops below 40 I don't ride unless it's mandatory.
I posted a legit question in the softail forum about installing a set of heated grips, 100 views, no replies. That tells me most of them don't wrench on their own sleds so other than posting a picture of the latest install by the service dept the forum is useless.
Sorry for the rant.
No apology necessary.
Lou may know about hooking up those type of grips.
No apology necessary.
Lou may know about hooking up those type of grips.
I did heated bar inserts from HeatDemons because of all the issues ive seen with factory heated grips. Plus I can keep my sparkly grips because it doesnt matter what grip you run. I would have spoke up if I had any info.
09-25-2017, 09:59 AM
