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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Forbes1964 on February 09, 2016, 08:29:28 PM
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Am I the only one who's ready for warm weather? I recently purchased my Xciting 250, aownd I'm ready to ride daily.
Although I live In Tallahassee, Florida, it has been too cold for me to ride the nearly 50 mile commute to work. I rode ONE time, and I'm HOOKED!! But every other day has been too cold. As it stands now, I can only ride on weekends on relatively short errands. I'm finding excuses to ride though. Just venting. Who else is ready for SPRING????
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We had balmy a 63 degrees here in Oregon today. After doing my valve adjustment and air filter service I went out and rode with only a tee shirt under my lined bike jacket. Beautiful 30 minute ride! WooHoo! 8)
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My ride home from work was 34 degree snow showers. I am ready for spring!
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Very ready for Spring! No snow here, but pretty cold in the morning, down in the low twenties. Low enough to make it impractical to commute to work and have to take off the many layers I would have to wear. We are expecting the highs to be almost 50* by Friday, so I will be riding this weekend. Sometimes I really envy those of you who live in the warm climates and can ride year-round. Enjoy it for us!
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The weather don't stop me.I ride all year.As long as there is not to much ice on the roads I will ride.I only ride a few miles back and forth to work. but yes spring would be nice.
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my average temp during rides the last week have been about 30. . . .
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We are in the middle of a heatwave. Low 80s this week. This is definitely not normal. Normally 60s.
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Went on an errand tonight. It was 39 degrees when I headed back home. If I just could keep my hands warm, I'd be ok. Just tired of cold. I'm a warm weather guy through and through.
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Went on an errand tonight. It was 39 degrees when I headed back home. If I just could keep my hands warm, I'd be ok. Just tired of cold. I'm a warm weather guy through and through.
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Went on an errand tonight. It was 39 degrees when I headed back home. If I just could keep my hands warm, I'd be ok. Just tired of cold. I'm a warm weather guy through and through.
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Went on an errand tonight. It was 39 degrees when I headed back home. If I just could keep my hands warm, I'd be ok. Just tired of cold. I'm a warm weather guy through and through.
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Went on an errand tonight. It was 39 degrees when I headed back home. If I just could keep my hands warm, I'd be ok. Just tired of cold. I'm a warm weather guy through and through.
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Gloves.
I live do east of you and yesterday it was 36 when I left the house 60 on in the afternoon I was warm all day. You need three season gear in north Florida.
That said you're not gonna not much sympathy for north Florida winters around here. Theses guys ride in real winter!
AMAC
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Me, me, me! I am so ready! Have had a few short "honey-do" rides when it warmed to high 50's to low 60's. I await for the 80's when I can gripe about sweatin' like a pig!
Karl
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NO NO NO!!! Please no summer!! For me that means 110. TO DAMN HOT!! This will be my 46th summer in hell. I think I should get a prize or something.
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my honey do rides are on the tractor with the snow plow on it, 10 to 20 be low C. 82 and still riding cant walk much but I can ride all day, new hips helped, but Arthur Itis rules, it don't like the cold and it sure tells me, de dee in the great white north,
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Gloves.
I live do east of you and yesterday it was 36 when I left the house 60 on in the afternoon I was warm all day. You need three season gear in north Florida.
That said you're not gonna not much sympathy for north Florida winters around here. Theses guys ride in real winter!
AMAC
I figured the northern guys wouldn't give me much sympathy. Lol. I had on "winter" gloves. But winter gloves sold at the place in Tallahassee are probably good for about 50degrees if riding more than 30 minutes. I do admit that my hands get cold easily. Sometimes I believe that my 84 year old mother's hands can tolerate cold better. [emoji23]
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Its been cold here in St Pete FL but still ride and hooking up a windshield in the next few days for them realllllll cold nights and yes we get cold nights here in FL in the winter and a windshield helps alot 8)
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Its already riding season here in Vegas. For the last few days temps have been in the low seventies. The normal is 61.62 degrees. It is supposed to be in the low 70's again next week. February usually comes in like this. At the end of this month we have the annual Vegas HighRollers Weekend Scooter weekend with the vintage Vespas and Lambrettas. I have learned though that the last weekend of February tends to get very cold with highs in the low 50's.
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Its been cold here in St Pete FL but still ride and hooking up a windshield in the next few days for them realllllll cold nights and yes we get cold nights here in FL in the winter and a windshield helps alot 8)
Yes. And Tallahassee is even worse. I just bought this thing. And I'm anxious to simply RIDE. It's supposed to only get down to 50 tonight. And it's supposed to get to 70+ tomorrow. I'll tough it out in the A.M. I'm ridin' !
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My area forecast for the next week. ;D 8)
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My area forecast for the next week. ;D 8)
Nice mild riding weather Trout. It will be in the 80s and 90s down south. El Nino. Darn, it's February. Enough of this.. They say it rain again soon.
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I have cabin fever real bad.
I want some warm sunny days to ride.
Where I am, it is in the teens and twenties with snow and ice.
Every day I look at my GT sitting in the garage and think about riding.
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I live in Florida and my sister is still in Iowa. We were talking yesterday, and, it is interesting the way a persons opinion of what is cold changes over the years.
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Excuse me.
You live w h e r e, and it's too w h a t to ride your scooter?!
See that guy in the pic - that's not a Walmart parking lot.
(http://i64.tinypic.com/2lnzmo6.jpg)
'Round these parts the water gets r e a l hard sometimes for no apparent reason!
:)Stig
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Excuse me.
You live w h e r e, and it's too w h a t to ride your scooter?!
See that guy in the pic - that's not a Walmart parking lot.
(http://i64.tinypic.com/2lnzmo6.jpg)
'Round these parts the water gets r e a l hard sometimes for no apparent reason!
:)Stig
What he said!
AMAC
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I guess Florida makes me soft. Lol. I was born in July, the heat of the summer. And my hands get COLD easily. If it's below 50, they eventually get numb even standing outside with no wind. Today I drove to work. It was about 48. I had on gloves with the "hot hands" warmers inside. By the time I got to work they were numb. I guess next winter I'll buy those heated gloves.
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Does anyone use heated gloves? What about the ones with the lithium batteries?
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I use Oxford Hot Hands Over grips. They work great for me but my windscreen completely shields my hands. I use military thermal trigger mittens with fleece liner gloves. Completely comfortable into the low, 30s. If I didn't have the wind screen I would definitely have heated gloves. I hear Gerbing makes good ones.
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Thanks again Mr. Paul. You just don't know how helpful you've been to me in just the short time I've owned my scooter. I'll check them out. Because it's nearly spring time, I'm debating whether to buy them now vs getting some summer riding gear and waiting until next fall or whenever I have some extra cash to buy the gloves. I'll likely be bothering you concerning the best combination of price and quality of summer riding jackets and some over pants that I can wear over my lightweight summer clothing. Thanks again.
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Next few days here in Michigan is supposed to be 45 to 50 degrees I'm going to spend the next two days riding.
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We are all learning together Forbes. BTW Stig is Da Man when it comes to cold weather riding.
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Does anyone use heated gloves? What about the ones with the lithium batteries?
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http://www.kymcoforum.com/index.php?topic=13309.msg132815#msg132815 (http://www.kymcoforum.com/index.php?topic=13309.msg132815#msg132815)
Post above regarding the Gerbing heated gloves that work off two lithium batteries in each wrist sleeve.
Recharge them at night....turn them on 10mins before rolling the scoot out....set at middle heat setting. Have ridden down to low 20's (F.) in comfort - with heavy leather gauntlets as over-gloves. Teens are tolerable if kept under an 90 mins....4 degrees (F.) ride to work one day for 1/2 hour.
I love to ride year around if the Ohio roads are clear of most ice and snow - but nothing worked to keep my hands warm for more than 25 mins on those cold days until I tried the Gerbing glove liners. I ride without a screen on my LIKE200i, and only a short sport screen on my Burgman.
These Gerbings make winter riding easier - it was always my hands that limited my time on the scoot in the winter.
Stig(http://i64.tinypic.com/vikuwi.jpg)
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..warm weather sucks...
I hope it never comes back...all that heat and sweat...
..who needs it??!
:o
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Post above regarding the Gerbing heated gloves that work off two lithium batteries in each wrist sleeve.
Recharge them at night....turn them on 10mins before rolling the scoot out....set at middle heat setting. Have ridden down to low 20's (F.) in comfort - with heavy leather gauntlets as over-gloves. Teens are tolerable if kept under an 90 mins....4 degrees (F.) ride to work one day for 1/2 hour.
I love to ride year around if the Ohio roads are clear of most ice and snow - but nothing worked to keep my hands warm for more than 25 mins on those cold days until I tried the Gerbing glove liners. I ride without a screen on my LIKE200i, and only a short sport screen on my Burgman.
These Gerbings make winter riding easier - it was always my hands that limited my time on the scoot in the winter.
Stig(http://i64.tinypic.com/vikuwi.jpg)
Thanks Stig!
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Me me me!
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Post above regarding the Gerbing heated gloves that work off two lithium batteries in each wrist sleeve.
Recharge them at night....turn them on 10mins before rolling the scoot out....set at middle heat setting. Have ridden down to low 20's (F.) in comfort - with heavy leather gauntlets as over-gloves. Teens are tolerable if kept under an 90 mins....4 degrees (F.) ride to work one day for 1/2 hour.
I love to ride year around if the Ohio roads are clear of most ice and snow - but nothing worked to keep my hands warm for more than 25 mins on those cold days until I tried the Gerbing glove liners. I ride without a screen on my LIKE200i, and only a short sport screen on my Burgman.
That is some pretty white sand at your beach, Stig.
These Gerbings make winter riding easier - it was always my hands that limited my time on the scoot in the winter.
Stig(http://i64.tinypic.com/vikuwi.jpg)
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We are having some days with high temps in the 50s, so I finally get to ride! My scooter is so happy now, and so am I. Hard to keep that smile off my face when I'm on the road. 😀
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Yep, gotta watch for the sand in the bends.....we have run-off areas here, like on F1 tracks.
I'm laying on my back as I took this picture - you shoulda seen the High Side I did! Spectacular!
Recovering Stig
(EMS put my scoot back on the stand.)
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Next best thing for warm hands is those brush guards for the brake/clutch levers dirt bikes have to keep the wind deflected off of your hands.
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Thats a great idea 2wheel! Had I known that earlier, I would have probably gotten a smaller windscreen and used the brush guards along with grip warmers.
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Thought the cold was over. Got down to 40 this morning. Supposed to be in the upper thirties tomorrow morning. Too cold for me to ride. GRRRRR
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Ok. The Easter snap has come and gone. Hopefully no more sub 50degree days. By next winter I'll have some heated glove liners and/or some wind deflectors to protect my hands. But until then, only the rain can stop me.
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The only thing that's gonna keep me off my scoot for the morning commute is 30F, a heavy downpour or it just won't start . . DOH!
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Same here Wayne, but I will ride down to 17 degrees. Love the scooter apron.