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Re: What is everyone using as there winter wheels?
« Reply #50 on: 01 November 2014, 04:44:38 pm »
Is 28c in lanzarote but it not going to be on Monday when I'm back to work. .

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Re: What is everyone using as there winter wheels?
« Reply #51 on: 01 November 2014, 06:45:47 pm »
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What is everyone using as there winter wheels?
Feet or pushbike, only work 3 minutes walk or 1 minute pedal away so can't be arsed riding anywhere in cold wet weather, the joys of getting old....
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Re: What is everyone using as there winter wheels?
« Reply #52 on: 02 November 2014, 12:14:03 am »
It is in Glasgow! :\
Indeed it is.... Weather has been rotten the last fortnight

Correct........my bike was put onto the sorn this morning........bollox to riding in the cold weather.....especially up here
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Re: What is everyone using as there winter wheels?
« Reply #53 on: 02 November 2014, 08:26:23 am »
It is in Glasgow! :\
Indeed it is.... Weather has been rotten the last fortnight

Correct........my bike was put onto the sorn this morning........bollox to riding in the cold weather.....especially up here

Put mine away yesterday too, gave it a good clean and onto the trickle charge........roll on the spring

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Re: What is everyone using as there winter wheels?
« Reply #54 on: 11 November 2014, 08:31:30 pm »
air bags gone off :)

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Re: What is everyone using as there winter wheels?
« Reply #55 on: 11 November 2014, 08:51:57 pm »
im useing a bonnie and my older mt01..once the salt is here itll just be the trumpet.

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Re: What is everyone using as there winter wheels?
« Reply #56 on: 11 November 2014, 09:10:37 pm »





Well i dont uualy do winter riding but i may as well coz everytime im out on my bike it ends up raining whether its summer, spring, autumn or winter.......i "enjoyed" 120 miles in the rain on Sunday and i fully intend on enjoying a few more rainy rides until i sorn it at the end of November.


The big thou isnt actually all that bad in the rain coz it can still pull in 6th gear at slow speeds and stay relatively dossile as long as the revs are kept down.
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Re: What is everyone using as there winter wheels?
« Reply #57 on: 11 November 2014, 09:12:57 pm »
Still using the R1, but soon will be on the DT50MX  :eek :eek
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Re: What is everyone using as there winter wheels?
« Reply #58 on: 11 November 2014, 09:34:25 pm »
I will be using the Fazer 1000 or 600 for most weather,  the Serow for the snowy days and the Mazda 6 on the Icy days  :lol

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Re: What is everyone using as there winter wheels?
« Reply #59 on: 15 November 2014, 08:40:58 pm »
I used to have an RF900. One of the main reasons I got rid of it was that it was total crap in winter. Carbs used to ice up at anything under 5c even with carb heaters :eek and it could be seen visibly rotting away at the first whiff of salt. Bought a Gen 1 instead and been using it all year round for the last 9 years :)
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Re: What is everyone using as there winter wheels?
« Reply #60 on: 16 November 2014, 04:17:52 pm »
but soon will be on the DT50MX  :eek :eek
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Re: What is everyone using as there winter wheels?
« Reply #61 on: 16 November 2014, 04:35:06 pm »
Could be ridin this for fifteen hundred

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Re: What is everyone using as there winter wheels?
« Reply #62 on: 16 November 2014, 05:20:00 pm »
im useing a bonnie and my older mt01..once the salt is here itll just be the trumpet.


I have never seen an mto1 on the road. Any good? Any pics?
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Re: What is everyone using as there winter wheels?
« Reply #63 on: 16 November 2014, 05:21:28 pm »
im useing a bonnie and my older mt01..once the salt is here itll just be the trumpet.


I have never seen an mto1 on the road. Any good? Any pics?


Good point actually.....i think ogri is just pretending he has an MT01 :b
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Re: What is everyone using as there winter wheels?
« Reply #64 on: 16 November 2014, 06:01:03 pm »

This did the job nicely this afternoon. :)
 
 
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Re: What is everyone using as there winter wheels?
« Reply #65 on: 24 September 2015, 10:02:43 pm »
I thought i would get this yearly topic started again.... Show pics of your latest bike that you are going to use through the winter. Here is my latest winter wheels..
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Re: What is everyone using as there winter wheels?
« Reply #66 on: 25 September 2015, 07:53:22 am »
Cage or push bike .

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Re: What is everyone using as there winter wheels?
« Reply #67 on: 25 September 2015, 04:45:15 pm »
El tigre!
Stop polishing it and ride the bloody thing!!

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Re: What is everyone using as there winter wheels?
« Reply #68 on: 25 September 2015, 04:54:34 pm »
Nice :thumbup
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Re: What is everyone using as there winter wheels?
« Reply #69 on: 25 September 2015, 05:22:57 pm »
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Re: What is everyone using as there winter wheels?
« Reply #70 on: 25 September 2015, 09:12:46 pm »



Winter wheels? What are winter wheels? What's winter? Ah, it's the good riding season when it's not excruciatingly hot!


Here many people ride their cars in the summer because they have A/C in the car and it's just too hot on the bike. Only now you start seeing bikes in greater numbers. I did ride my bike every day, but I must admit some days at noon, not so much fun when stuck at a traffic light.



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Re: What is everyone using as there winter wheels?
« Reply #71 on: 25 September 2015, 09:17:22 pm »
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Re: What is everyone using as there winter wheels?
« Reply #72 on: 25 September 2015, 09:19:01 pm »



Winter wheels? What are winter wheels? What's winter? Ah, it's the good riding season when it's not excruciatingly hot!


Here many people ride their cars in the summer because they have A/C in the car and it's just too hot on the bike. Only now you start seeing bikes in greater numbers. I did ride my bike every day, but I must admit some days at noon, not so much fun when stuck at a traffic light.



We poor people of the UK unfortunately have shit weather in winter and sometimes summer too.. Nice bike and a good choice ;)
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Re: What is everyone using as there winter wheels?
« Reply #73 on: 25 September 2015, 09:49:37 pm »
We poor people of the UK unfortunately have shit weather in winter and sometimes summer too.. Nice bike and a good choice ;)


Well, not everything is perfect, but on occasion, I like to rub it in :)


I typically do not work on Fridays (except when I do...) and I go have lunch with my better half. She works about 20 miles from home and most of it is that road on the island between the sound and the gulf of Mexico. Can't really imagine a more pleasant ride, except if there were some turns! She gets to drive that road twice a day, maybe not as much fun for her as it is for me, but it sure beats city traffic.

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Re: What is everyone using as there winter wheels?
« Reply #74 on: 25 September 2015, 10:02:31 pm »
Your username Didier is french?
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