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  • #14790
    Champs
    Participant

    And bravery was required today!

    I needed to do some work at one of our sites in London today. With everything I needed onsite I decided last night to leave the van and take the bike!

    Expecting that it would be on the chilly side I dressed warm but nothing could really of prepped me for the shock of an ambient -1c at 6am this morning when I left the house.

    Heated grips on full and me tucked up behind the double bubble it was a sodding long trip down to London. Although when I got into the big smoke the cold faded as I filtered through all the traffic!

    Return trip was a similar affair with great fun filtering through traffic past the great sites on London followed by a long cold motorway jaunt back.

    Considering my bike has been sitting in the garage since bsb at silverstone she didn’t miss a single beat. That said this is probably my last run this year as the winter starts to close in.

    Here’s to hoping 2013 is an improvement! :)

    #64579
    HippoDrones
    Participant

    I’ve fitted my winter linings back into my Rukka gear, was out on a GSXR1000 earlier and then went up to London myself on the Ducati

    #64580
    Champs
    Participant

    I had my winter linings and my thermals! Cold it was.

    #64581
    ses310
    Moderator

    I think both of mine will be staying in the garage till next year now. Glad you had fun with the mad London traffic :)

    #64582
    Radar
    Moderator

    Brave lad. I have used the FZ and YZF for commuting a few times in and of Brum recently and the time saving on the way home is startling…45 mins on a 25 mile journey…purely because I can filter. Good fun dusting off the old despatching skills now and again!

    I will keep the bikes legal, but use will be very occasional for the next few months

    #64583
    imperialdata
    Keymaster

    Champs/Pete you make me feel like a right lightweight. I think twice about taking the car out in at -1 degrees.

    Perversely, I do quite fancy a bit of mad filtering in London though and I can see why the adrenalin got pumping.

    #64584
    HippoDrones
    Participant

    winter riding is fun, but only if you can stay warm and dry :)

    #64585
    Radar
    Moderator

    I had to ride through winters in the 1980’s early 90’s…it was hateful, especially on a KH250!

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