Maybe you could arrange a wee anthropomorphists convention where you could all get together and lament your inability to ride you loved one in this weather.....
Having just come back from Livingston in the snow, I can tell you you're quite right to think that the snow is too much.
Its been three weeks for me, an all time record and it shows no sign of getting better. I live 200 yds from a Pizza Hut and the worse the weather gets the more a young learner rider is out on his moped making deliveries, it must be un-ridable at the best of times with that huge top box. I think I need to stop him and get some riding tips.
There was a time snow did not bother us, and camping rallies in winter were normal, (The rallymans rally, Hebden Bridge 1978-?)
The last few were held indoors at Nostel priory cos we were all getting softer.
If there was no camping we would go trail riding
One common factor used to be the bikes could be hammered back into shape, welded back together and made to look good with a tin of spray paint. None of the bikes had much second hand value in them. Drop a new F800 gs and the potential cost to make it right scares me into keeping it in the garage, I also used to mend quicker and shrug off the cold.
Drop a new F800 gs and the potential cost to make it right scares me into keeping it in the garage, I also used to mend quicker and shrug off the cold.
They're not that bad with the right protection. With Wonky's crash bars (a quality Hebden Bridge product) you can drop them quite hard. I had Rudiemoto bin mine. After the ensuing earthquake and tsunami the bike had sustained only minor scratches on the crash bars.