I rode all through the winter, thankfully its now starting to get warmer. Main problem I found was keeping warm. My heated grips were on full all the time! A good thick, well fitting frank thomas jacket fairly kept me cosy. One thing though that was pure misery. I got soaked on the commute home, couldnt pull over in time to get my waterproofs on. 15 miserable miles later I come to the final roundabout to find my heated hands could only just pull the levers. The pain in my legs when I stopped and stood up was intense to say the least!

Most of it involved riding very slowly until I reached the main, gritted roads. When approaching a junction, heading in a straight line. To get an idea of the grip Id blip the rear brake to see if the rear would lock. At higher speeds I used to give it some to see If I could get the rear to go. I once got the rear to spin in 5th at around 30mph, that was a cold night.

Bring on the sun!

 

Cold rain running down the back edge of the fuel tank and under the, uh, man parts, is not something I wish on anyone. I commute on my bike 99% of the time, and the CBR does a much better job deflecting the spray around me than my old GZ 250 did. But when it's pouring, it doesn't help much.

 

I just picked these up about a month ago and can't say enough about them.

I've been caught in the rain a few times, once with the wind whipping around 20 knots and it was probably 50 degrees. Kept my man parts dry and warm! (my hands were another story... I need some warmer gloves!!)

 

bro i go to HVCC in albany/troy and ride up from exit 18/new paltz what school u at.

 

Woo, good luck. I hope you're keeping your hands warm and toasty. You won't be able to recover from anything if you have cold hands that are detracting from your dexterity.

 

well
when its cold alll the moisture condenses and hence the roads get a lil bit wet
so its quite natural to lose the track at sharp turns
so the thing is to slow a bit and then after the turn accelerate

this trick works with me
and ya dun clutch while turning