Looks like all the wallet bikers are off the roads now!
#161
10-09-2011, 09:33 AM
Road Warrior
I'll have to admit...Im an "Empty" wallet biker. But mine aint parked now or ever. One of the reasons I like the south so much. No winter blues...Might be chilly but not cold. Even when I lived in Ohio I never winterized the bike. As long as there wasnt any ice on the roads, I would bundle up and go for a ride. Never had a problem with salt.
#165
10-11-2011, 07:55 AM
Yeah because the only real bikers and the only real people are people who don't have/spend money and just trade for everything? The only real bikers are folks without steady income? You know like the 15th century. I ain't rich but I also am not a mechanic. I save money and buy things with it. Welcome to the 21st century. I am sorry but when I am out on the roads below 40 degrees just because I got the itch and I am riding in the rain because, "well it will be nice later," I think about jerk offs like you who think the only way to be "real biker" is to be a mechanic and or a sheet metal guy who can't or won't hold a job and it just burns my a$$.
To the OP and more on topic... yeah I notice a big fall off in bikes on my 80 mile commute as well. Especially in the morning - as soon as it dropped into the forties. And the funny part is now that it's back near 60 in the morning they are still gone - seems a lot of folks mothballed their bikes already.
USMAMule
To the OP and more on topic... yeah I notice a big fall off in bikes on my 80 mile commute as well. Especially in the morning - as soon as it dropped into the forties. And the funny part is now that it's back near 60 in the morning they are still gone - seems a lot of folks mothballed their bikes already.
USMAMule
Last edited by USMAMule; 10-11-2011 at 08:11 AM.
#166
10-11-2011, 08:05 AM
I'll ride year long as long as it is dry. If it gets into freezing and it is damp, all bets are off. Two wheels don't do very good on black ice. I don't ride in cold weather to be tough. I do it because I like to ride. I ride to work when I can. If there is rain, then I'll drive the car, but if it should happen to rain while out and about, then so be it.
Riding in rain sucks, but you've never ride much if you didn't ride in the rain sometimes. Especially around here.
Riding in rain sucks, but you've never ride much if you didn't ride in the rain sometimes. Especially around here.
Couldn't agree with you more.
USMAMule
#168
10-11-2011, 08:54 AM
The past 5 days have been super nice her after like 10 days of cool,wet weather so tons of bikes out, but now it's going tobe cool and wet the next 4-5 days so i'm sure it will cut down. I'll never understand why post like this come up, I mean a rider is a rider, no matter how much they make, spend or miles rode. Like has been said many times on here before-What is a real biker? I mean this in not the 60's and 70's man. The easy riders days are over.
#169
10-11-2011, 08:57 AM
Elite HDF Member
I have Gerbings...feels like it is 85 degrees and the sun is shining on you...dig riding on cold early mornings. No difference in how many riders.....YET.
Last edited by frontiercat; 10-11-2011 at 09:02 AM.
