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dr_bar wrote:

ofblong wrote:Man not using your brakes makes it SSSSOOOO much easier to pull out of sticky situations .

I'm sure you meant to say, SLIPPERY, this time around...


You should never use that stuff on MC tires, (it might actually say that on the bottle...)

well I always use it on the sidewalls but never on the treads. I just happened to have my son bump me when I went to shoot my rag with the amorol and well it shot over my rag onto the treads. all well one "slip" and it was off lol.

I never spray the tire directly as well that not only makes a mess but you cant really direct the spray to a specific location. Other than causing "slippage" is there really a reason not to use it on MC tires?

i dont know about you ofblong but i dont have a windshield or even a fullface helmet for that matter so iam sticking with 50 degrees and thats still cold when your going faster than 40 or so

hk255 wrote:i dont know about you ofblong but i dont have a windshield or even a fullface helmet for that matter so iam sticking with 50 degrees and thats still cold when your going faster than 40 or so

lol I have a full face helmet, windshield, textile armored jacket with insert and heated gloves. I have riden in 14F before but I am going to limit myself to 20F. Though its supposed to snow tomarrow night after having thunderstorms all night tonight. hit 61 degrees today with rain all friggen day then tomarrow drop down into the 20's. Dang michigan.

i don't mind the cold temps, but i refuse to ride until all the ROAD SALT is off the roads.

my bike is a year old and it already has some rust and corrosion from salt last year.


i need to find a reliable beater bike that i can ride without care when the roads are cleared of snow but still have salt on them...

yes the salt is a big concern here too seems buffalo area loves to dump salt down all winter and as for all the heated gear iam not gonna wear a space suit just to ride sucks the fun right out of it lol

celt wrote:i don't mind the cold temps, but i refuse to ride until all the ROAD SALT is off the roads.

my bike is a year old and it already has some rust and corrosion from salt last year.


i need to find a reliable beater bike that i can ride without care when the roads are cleared of snow but still have salt on them...

here there was a "salt shortage" supposedly (they say that every year) but they use sand most of the year considering at -20 salt doesnt do anything to melt ice. So here we dont have much salt on the roads. besides it normally rains like a week after the snow stops coming then it snows again then it rains then it snows then it rains then summer finally hits.

hey sounds like buffalo and michigan are the same place. i had my wifes bike on a trailer comeing back from getting it bored out and the salt made it all nasty and it was covered and every thing that stuff kills bikes!

Road salt? Is that the stuff that is under all the snow?



Here I am wheeling my bike out for "spring" maintenance.

ARe you using the horses to push start it?

I feel for you guys, we get year round riding here, the worst being our rainy season. Even when it is freezing here, it is dry.[/img]