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01-28-2006, 11:16 AM
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| Newbie  Joined: Jan 2006
Bike: 05 Red M50
Location: Hemet Ca.
Posts: 21
|  Wind Chill Chart I use to own a Yamaha XS1100 and was looking at some pic's on this site. They have a wind chill chart that may be usefull on cold weather rides. www.xs11.com/tips/riding/ride4.shtml |
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01-28-2006, 06:16 PM
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| Et cetera ad nauseum   Joined: Dec 2003
Bike: 2002 Bandit 1200 S
Location: St. Cloud, MN, USA
Posts: 18,306
| Except it's the old chart (apparently you start to get warmer if you go faster than 70 mph). The NWS has redone it in recent years. I like how -65 only rates as yellow. 
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01-28-2006, 07:24 PM
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| Leaned over, knee down   Joined: Nov 2004
Bike: '97 suzuki savage, '90 honda shadow, '75 kh400, and a broom
Location: fort worthless
Posts: 4,678
| i just use the noaa chart. http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories...chart-2001.pdf
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01-28-2006, 08:54 PM
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| Found second gear by accident   Joined: Jan 2006
Bike: 2005 Suzuki S50
Location: Hickory NC
Posts: 307
 | I think I'll find the wind chill chart very helpful. I also ride my bike to work early in the morning. Takes me 45 min. without stopping to get there. I have found my limit with my current clothing is 30 degrees or higher. It would help if I wore chaps, or something thicker than jeans. But I just haven't been able to find a shop that has motorcycle clothing for reasonable prices. (If anyone knows a place within an hour or two's drive from Hickory NC, PM me with the address!)
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01-28-2006, 10:17 PM
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| Et cetera ad nauseum Joined: Dec 2003
Bike: 2002 Bandit 1200 S
Location: St. Cloud, MN, USA
Posts: 18,306
| Well, when you grow up in the northern states it's second nature anyway. We don't need no stinking charts. 
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01-28-2006, 10:19 PM
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| Leaned over, knee down Joined: Nov 2004
Bike: '97 suzuki savage, '90 honda shadow, '75 kh400, and a broom
Location: fort worthless
Posts: 4,678
| yeah. you just put the bikes in the garage until the ice melts. 
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01-29-2006, 08:51 AM
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| Et cetera ad nauseum Joined: Dec 2003
Bike: 2002 Bandit 1200 S
Location: St. Cloud, MN, USA
Posts: 18,306
| Oh, believe me, it gets quite cold before and after the snow. Heck, some years there is no snow. But there's always 20 below.
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01-30-2006, 10:16 AM
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| Seat Tester Joined: Oct 2005
Bike: Suzuki GZ250
Location: Cataula, Ga
Posts: 78
| tnichols, go to Wally World, and pick up a pair of the insulated WalMart brand overalls. These are made like the Carhart type with very heavy brown denim. They have zippers from the hip to the cuff, and another zipper down the chest to the crotch. I got a size large enuff to fit over my clothes, and can just step into them in the morning. I zip the legs and chest, and snap the hem snap to keep them closed. I'm nice and warm, and don't get my clothes dirty either. If I ever go down, these should keep the skin on even if they dont' have padding. |
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01-30-2006, 11:14 PM
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| Newbie Joined: Jan 2006
Bike: 05 Red M50
Location: Hemet Ca.
Posts: 21
| Tnichols I went to Wally World too. Got a black jumper. I look silly but it works good. I ride 120 miles round trip. Hemet's at a base of a mountain my start Temps are cold. never below 30's. somedays it takes 1 1/2 hours to get to work. |
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02-03-2006, 12:02 AM
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| Found second gear by accident Joined: Nov 2005
Bike: '06 C50
Location: City by the Sea,Tx
Posts: 345
|  Quote:
Wow !!! Somebody else that rides the distance I do...  I use the Wall's blue insulated "Blizzard Proof" coveralls myself and a pair of Columbia "Bugabootoo" insulated hunting boots rated at -25° and can ride down into the low 30° range myself...140 mile round trip, but it's usually only cold going in at 5:30am. It's back to 60° to 70° on the ride home...Zed | |
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