Comments on: What do bikers do in the winter?

By: Charlie T. Childress II

Charlie T. Childress II — Thu, 21 May 2009 23:00:28 +0000

We are in South Carolina, so the coldest it gets snowmobile gloves and a faceshield suffice, on the coldest day of the year 08/09 a hoody under the jacket and no faceshield was plenty for a couple of hundred miles. Till’ it started raining, then it got bloody cold!!

By: Boss Hawg

Boss Hawg — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:28:57 +0000

Hey There…Nice BLOG….More power to you lady writers.

Ride in the winter? Move south…although 22 here today, it will be in the low 70′s Sunday..firing up the bagger and headed down to Fla.

Boss Hawg

By: rick

rick — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:41:50 +0000

I simply ride

By: Webster World

Webster World — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:11:13 +0000

Bitching about how long before spring.

By: Biker Forums

Biker Forums — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:46:50 +0000

Well when I can’t ride I do try and work on the bike a little but my website keeps me the busiest. Heck, I try and spread the work on the bike out over the whole year because even if it is below freezing I still try and ride unless it is too icey.

By: Mrs Road Captain

Mrs Road Captain — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:38:18 +0000

Road trip videos, brochures on the table, etc…
Men have such a knack for subtlety, don’t they? LOL

I spent most of last week grading midterm exams. (yuck!!) Of course I spend a lot of time blogging and planning roadtrips for the summer. I did install some new chrome on my bike that I got for christmas, but for the most part it’s too darn cold even to go out to the garage!

By: DakotaBiker

DakotaBiker — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:15:59 +0000

Electric gloves is my key to winter survival in Maryland. That and flannel-lined jeans under my chaps, a good fleece under my jacket, a leather mask under my 3/4 helmet and I am good on my 23 mile commute into downtown DC to about 28 degrees.

By: Road Captain

Road Captain — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 04:11:38 +0000

Blogging is how I spent last winter, but I just kept blogging all year. I posed the question of what motorcycle books do people recommend on the Road Runner forum and put them all on my Amazon store under the Road Runner list. Here is the link: http://astore.amazon.com/rocaus-20?node=19&page=1

By: IowaHarleyGirl

IowaHarleyGirl — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:58:47 +0000

Hey Lizzie…I just got done reading Sasha’s 2nd book. It’s totally Sasha…fun and full of moto-inspiration! I know it’s not a female motorcycle rider’s book but The Original Wild Ones is a very good book. It’s about the Boozefighters and I really learned a lot by reading it.

I ask myself about once a week why I live in the frozen tundra of Iowa. I guess it’s because it’s pretty great in the Spring and Fall!

Happy Reading!

By: giest

giest — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:16:35 +0000

I cry…a lot. While sitting on my bike making vroom-vroom noises…

Kidding.

I do pretty much the same thing as the rest of you. I read blogs, shop, look for new bikes. I turn to flickr and it’s photo pools of motorcycles for a really good fix. I also plan trips, for myself and for the club. I do believe I’m bottoming out on vacation time and the summer hasn’t even started yet…lol.

vroom-vroom… *sob*

By: dee hal

dee hal — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:29:37 +0000

Maybe this should be posted some where else? If so let me know.. What mods have you done so far on the Vol??
Do you have an area where you have pics of it??

By: Kristin

Kristin — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:25:37 +0000

Some good books by/about female riders:
Breaking the Limit by Karen Larsen
American Borders by Carla King
The Perfect Vehicle by Melissa Holbrook Pierson
Lois on the Loose by Lois Pryce
The Rugged Road by Theresa Wallach
Fay Taylour Queen of the Speedway by Brian Belton
(The last 2 you can get from classicbikebooks.com, they had ridiculous prices on amazon last time I looked.)

By: Lizzie

Lizzie — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:46:50 +0000

Thanks Dee Hal. Yes, I’ve been on the Volusia Riders forum many times. I don’t frequent it every day, I just don’t have the time to devote to message boards. But it’s a great source of info for us Vol riders, especially when we want to make some mods to our rides!

By: dee hal

dee hal — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:55:53 +0000

Working on mods for my Suzuki Volusia… It is not warm enough for me to ride this time of year in N. Fl….. Well maybe 50% of the time.. I spend alot of time in the evenings on the computer reading info on a couple of sites this being one and the other I learn about how to do mods and trouble shooting the Vol.. Ect.. Hey Kitten, have you ever visited the site, Volusia Riders.com? If not check it out. You might find some interesting info on your bike too..

By: FLHX_Dave

FLHX_Dave — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:36:39 +0000

I ride!!! I know…what an ass.

By: Dean "D-Day"

Dean "D-Day" — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:43:12 +0000

I ask myself the question all the time during winter: “Why the hell do I live here?!?!”
We had sub-zero temps last week and seeing the sun during the winter in Wisconsin is a rarity. So, I have plenty of time to fill between riding seasons.

I’m not only busy writing my own blog but I’ve found many good blogs to read. Luckily, a lot of these are from warm weather states so these folks are riding year-round. It’s nice that I can live vicariously through them until the ice melts here.

I really enjoy my motorcycle magazines and will read them front to back many times over during the cold months. I’ve started writing for some of them also so that eats up a chunk of my time.

I’ve found a few good books to read this winter and asked family members to get them for me for Christmas. All of them have to do with the philosophy or Zen of riding so it’s some pretty “heady” stuff.