Who hasn't put their bike to bed yet?

Up here in Vermont, the motorcycle parking spots are pretty empty. Today, there are only 2 bikes out there at work and one of them is mine. During the summer there are a dozen or more.

Who's still riding in the northern areas? When are you planning to put it to bed for the winter? For me, the windshield helps. I'm going to keep riding as long as I can.

mikeg

 

Still riding in Mi here. I don't have a set date when the roads start to get icy and unsafe then I will put it away for the winter. Even then if we get a warm up to 50's or better and things clear up I will probably take it for a spin.

 

I haven't winterized mine yet, though I will be soon. The weather's supposed to be pretty nice (relatively speaking) the latter half of this week in this part of Minnesota, so I'll probably ride on those days. After that, it's unlikely it'll be much above freezing in the mornings again until March.

In the peak of the riding season of summer, we have about 7 or 8 people who ride bikes in to the office. Now, we're down to just two on the days it's not raining - myself and one other guy who also has less than a 10 mile commute to the office.

Both of us ride Yamaha's. All the Harleys and other big cruisers seem to have been put to bed early 8)

 

I probably won't winterize mine since I belong to BACA and we ride year round (unless the roads are too bad).

 

My Norton is put away. The '83 is undergoing surgery, won't really "need" winterizing. My daily rider ('81 550 Seca) is still operational and will be until temps regularly drop below freezing. Supposed to be 56 (Detroit area) later this week, I'll probably get to ride to work a few more times yet this season.

 

Bravo,

What is BACA?

mikeg

 

A good cause if ever there was... http://www.bacausa.com/ or is there a DIFFERENT BACA?

 

I'll never put my bike to bed. For the past 14 years, I've lived in climates that allow year round riding. Although, the winter months require some decent cold weather gear, I'll still ride it. The only things that keep me from riding my bike is the chance of freezing rain and heavy snow. But where I lived in NC and now in NV, there is not much of a heavy chance of it.

 

BACA is Bikers Against Child Abuse which is a very good cause. It is worth checking out the nation web site.

 

i won't put mine up for good. i'm 30 miles from the canadian border in ny. but i pull it out during winter when able.

 

i still have my honda out, rode it to work today. I ride year round whenever there isnt ice on the roads. but the yamaha is undegoing serious reconstructive surgury.

 

I was out yesterday.

dave

 

We're still riding here in Minnesota. I don't really ever put my bikes "away". Just run a little Seafoam thru the carbs and put'm on a float charger. That way they are always ready to ride.

 

that's what i've been doing for a couple of years too

 

I'm glad to hear from the die-hards! I just got my bike six weeks ago, and it has been in the shop after the first two rides on days one and two of ownership. Broken extractor in the master cylinder and a kind mechanic who moves at his own pace.

Anyway, I'm hoping for one or two more rides before I put my new toy to bed for the winter. Ordered a bunch of parts from Chacal to keep me busy with winter projects when the time comes.

Looking at heated grips for next season to ride as much as possible.

Thanks for the motivation to keep riding.

 

I haven't put mine away yet . today its 37°f Gonna get the garage heater rolling . waiting for a warnm sunny day to ride it again. I will most likely have it in the cocoon by december 1st for sure.

 

heated grips are overated in my opinion, but if they made a heated seat id be all up on that!

 

You can get the seat fitted with a heater.

http://www.checkcorp.com/seat-heater/sp ... rcycle.asp

 

I'll wait until the first snow. Once the salt is on the pavement then it's time to hibernate

 

I live in South Carolina so putting mine to bed never happens. (what ever happened to global warming? hehe) There are days I won't ride when if its too cold. For me, 45 degrees or below is rough, mainly because I don't have good riding clothes and am cold blooded by nature.

The good thing is that in this part of the country the riding season is long and we don't generally have to worry about snow.