Here in the cold, snow, and ice of Wisconsin/Minnesota the winters are long and "uneventful" (read: no fun) and before snowmobiles and ATVs, they used to race cars and motorcycles on the cleared ice. They used steel studded tires! I never observed a race, but the good side would be that if you lost it, you would be sliding on the ice, not the tarmac/concrete. And I'm sure they used "disposable" bikes, not vintage Nighthawks. ----- Original Message ----- From: stanley/ Randolph To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 11:29 AM Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: went down today
JD - I'm with you. I have ridden on gravel with street tires and on grass also, and that was bad enough. I didn't fall, but the lack of traction really gets the heart pumpin' when it feels like you're goin' down. Stanley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: JD <[email protected]> To: Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers! <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 3:35:06 PM Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: went down today I used to live up in Eastern Washington, but now I'm down in LA. Snow is one thing I've always refused to ride in. I've ridden in crazy rain, hail, below freezing, and heavy fog. If someone knows anything riding techniques to use in the snow maybe I'd try it. But right now, I won't take out anything that doesn't have at least three wheels in the snow. If I can't bank on at least a little bit of traction I want more stability....that's just me ~JD On Mar 21, 8:48 am, "Kyle K.K." <[email protected]> wrote: > I was going all of 3 mph. No damage to me or the bike (yay for the > giant crashbar.) 90 degree corners on snow SUUUUUUUCK. > > Anyone else riding in snow? > > -Kyle --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
