Big winds ~ I usually take the best headlight, but....

[Stig / Major Tom]

I took the LIKE with it's 35/35W headlight (rather than the 55/60W Piaggio) because this was the last chance to get it out at least once during March.
I took it real easy. 24 hrs of strong winds and 29MPH headwind this morning was .....interesting!
Always prefer riding without a screen....no matter the temps. Always.
Esp. on big wind days.

I knew there'd be tree debris on the roads.






Stig



*winds blew my thick leather gloves off of the seat every time I stopped....laying in the road in the 2nd pic.

[Neil955i]

Windy, sub zero (c) temps, sleet & hail here in (now) sunny Yorkshire overnight. Not the weather for scootering!  Dogs enjoyed the 7 mile walk yesterday though.

[JJJoseph]

Always prefer riding without a screen....no matter the temps. Always.
Esp. on big wind days.

Agh!  What's with riding without a windscreen?  Windscreens are one of God's greatest gifts to mankind! I wasted the best years of my youth riding without windscreens!  It's probably the single reason I only managed to sire 5 off-spring!

[Stig / Major Tom]

Windy, sub zero (c) temps, sleet & hail here in (now) sunny Yorkshire overnight. Not the weather for scootering!  Dogs enjoyed the 7 mile walk yesterday though.

"7 mile walk"
Trouble with the Rover again?!
Stig

[Stig / Major Tom]

Agh!  What's with riding without a windscreen?  Windscreens are one of God's greatest gifts to mankind! I wasted the best years of my youth riding without windscreens!  It's probably the single reason I only managed to sire 5 off-spring!

No offense taken.....but I  hate riding behind any significant windscreen. If I want to avoid the elements of nature, I'll take the bus. (and a wet, foggy screen to add to already challenged vision on  a rainy night ride???!!.....No way!)

Turbulence is a factor at my height in the saddle - with all but the tallest of screens.
And those monstrously tall screens -? No thank you.. I'd rather not look like a dental hygienist late for work in Brussels.

I never put the top up on my 67 Mustang in Mass winters either.
Love the elements!
Stig

[Iahawk]

I never put the top up on my 67 Mustang in Mass winters either.
Love the elements!
Stig

now it's starting to make sense!

[Stig / Major Tom]

now it's starting to make sense!

Seriously. I'd put the top down then drive 26 miles from Amherst to Springfield, Mass, on I-91 for my work on the top floor of Springfield Hosp in the alcohol detox ward (lotta fun place to work! - try it sometime: give a combative drunken 65 yr old a shower...and into clean jammies)
Snow goes right over the top....and the heater! Man that heater getting to "exhale" like a sumb_ch on your feet with the top open!! Amazing.
All you need are gloves, scarf, and a hat - and you're toasty!....pretty much.
I'd put it up while at work - I'm not crazy. I don't sit in snow.

Good memories!
Stig

[Neil955i]

"7 mile walk"
Trouble with the Rover again?!
Stig

Glad to say no. It’s running like a dream if a bit of a strain on the wallet these days….