Where do you draw the line

"mkbruin, Atlas VP" (mkbruin) 01/07/2014 at 06:54 • Filed to: None

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Between balls of steel and simple stupidity?

Driving to work this morning on the highway, following a guy taking the Goldwing to work today. Its 7 effing degrees.

I didn't think "wow, he's a badass." I thought "wow, what a moron."

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > mkbruin, Atlas VP 01/07/2014 at 07:03

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I usually draw the line at the seventh pint ;)

But in all seriousness, a goldwing would NOT be my choice in low temps like that.

puddler > mkbruin, Atlas VP 01/07/2014 at 07:07

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i had to ride my zx6r all winter. granted i'm in texas...so winter is like 50* and sunny... but my truck developed electrical gremlins and since i was working a 7/12 shutdown i rode the bike instead of wasting valuable sleep time on a POS furd...so, i'd say moron on the bike has balls of steel. the majority of people would pussy out before getting on the highway.

Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French > mkbruin, Atlas VP 01/07/2014 at 07:22

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I dunno. That Goldwing probably has a heated seat, heated backrest and heated grips. A nice big windshield to stay out most of the wind, and, likely, heated clothing.

So from a temperature point of view, it may not be that moronic.

Road condition wise... I dunno. With temps that low, snow actually regains some grip. It's the around-freezing snow that's trickiest.

Clown Shoe Pilot > mkbruin, Atlas VP 01/07/2014 at 07:36

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I rode my grom to and from the maint building yesterday at work. That's maybe 1.5 miles round trip. It was all the way up in the 30's in Austin.

I froze my ass off. My helmet kept my face protected, and I had decent gloves on, but every other part of me was miserable.

Jeff-God-of-Biscuits > mkbruin, Atlas VP 01/07/2014 at 08:09

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For three years all I had was a VFR 750, at Ft Campbell. Heated grips and heated vest made a huge difference, but the lowest I was ever out was most likely 0. Knees would get really cold.

Agrajag > mkbruin, Atlas VP 01/07/2014 at 10:42

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A guy near me has a Ural with the sidecar. I've only seen him riding it when the roads are snow covered.