What To Do As Riding Season Is Over?

[Arctic Fox]

I took my Tiger in already 4 weeks ago. The weather is becoming colder and colder little by little. Already the first snow came down here but melted away the same day.
Needs to continue with this.

Long time to wait fro next spring time


I'm planning to change the tank and front mudguard for next riding season. I will do that after the New Year (not now)

 

[DoorPosition]

Riding season’s over?

 

[sikatri]

Mod time! Although in my area it’s not so much that riding season is ever over, rather there’s a few days not worth riding. We tend to get several days of winter and then summer and fall in the same week. LoL. Stay warm in the arctic!

 

[Arctic Fox]

Riding season’s over?

Yes. Even my car has now studded winter tires. At night times temperature will go already under -5C. Winter is coming. Roads can be frozen in the mornings. One of my collegue from work felt down with his electric bicycle and broke his knee week ago (because of ice on road). Perhaps the lock pedals made all even worse.

 

[Arctic Fox]

Mod time! Although in my area it’s not so much that riding season is ever over, rather there’s a few days not worth riding. We tend to get several days of winter and then summer and fall in the same week. LoL. Stay warm in the arctic!

The worst time is right now... in February we have a big motorcycle show at Helsingfors Mässcentrum (Böle/Pasila). It gives the first "hopes" that we will enter the new riding season. Although winter lasts for several months.

I did enough of mods this year. Perhaps I will plan the next summer trip. Where to ride? What roads to ride? Where stay at night times etc.

 

[DoorPosition]

I guess we didn’t get that memo here in NC.

 

[sikatri]

The worst time is right now... in February we have a big motorcycle show at Helsingfors Mässcentrum (Böle/Pasila). It gives the first "hopes" that we will enter the new riding season. Although winter lasts for several months.

I did enough of mods this year. Perhaps I will plan the next summer trip. Where to ride? What roads to ride? Where stay at night times etc.

Messukeskus, I’ve attended a construction trade show there years ago. Good idea planning ahead.

 

[Vector]

we have a 10 month riding season here in Nevada.

 

[sikatri]

we have a 10 month riding season here in Nevada.

Why the two months off? Too cold or too hot?

 

[Qship]

25 C here today. Had to go for a ride, of course.
+6C tomorrow. Wet snow and rain and a high of +3C Monday. Yuck! Think riding season is done here as well.

 

[PINTE]

<snip> One of my collegue from work felt down with his electric bicycle and broke his knee week ago (because of ice on road). Perhaps the lock pedals made all even worse.

Never used lock pedals or bear traps. Fell off my bicycle more than a few times, even with studded tires. Back in the day, I just bounced better. I never liked the idea of having my feet and legs bound to the pedals. Hope he heals up quick.

 

[PINTE]

We got cold real fast here... Edmonton, Alberta. Couple weeks ago, around 70F, 20C. Following week, we are below freezing. I don't like the cold any more and there's six months of this now. Bike is in the shed, carbs and tank off for some work. Just got delivery last month on a pair of Hagons for the rear and Progressives for the front. Been sitting on a TEC 2 into 1 exhaust since July. Those won't be happening till spring. Oh wait, come spring, I have to tear down my old shed and build a new one.

Work won't let me retire and I have to train all the new hires. Hard to train them when they're staring at their phones. I'm not bitter about the cold weather. No, not at all.

 

[Vector]

Why the two months off? Too cold or too hot?

August too hot, February too cold.

 

[Arctic Fox]

Messukeskus, I’ve attended a construction trade show there years ago. Good idea planning ahead.

Yes. Same place/building. About 60 000people will visit MP-messut here annually (between Fri - Sun). Not bad in Finland (size of population). Despite of our 6 months riding seasons.

I live west coast ... one idea of mine has been to ride east ... as close as I can get the border zone and then ride up north. (Ilomantsi-Lieksa-Kuhmo-Kuusamo- Salla yms. You know those places?

I have never been in that part of Finland. In east I have been more southern (places like Imatra, Puumala, Punkaharju, Villmanstrand/Lappeenranta, Mikkeli) ....basically around the lake Saimaa. But I'm sure there would be lots of small nice roads (which are not shown in maps like above).

Booking sleeping places beforehand is one way to do it (you can then be sure that there is a small log cottage free for you even while the hottest holiday season). On the other hand then you will need to ride those km (every day) which you planned. No matter of weather (incl. heavy rain). My last purchases this year were yellow rain weather suit and separate rain covers for my gloves and shoes. I still wish I will not need to use them much. After them my gear set starts to be fine. Ok, it is nice to read about possible options. As I said I'm not too familiar of that part of Finland. If I could find places with breakfast options, then even better. Foods are bit different there (like Karelian pie).

 

[Arctic Fox]

We got cold real fast here... Edmonton, Alberta. Couple weeks ago, around 70F, 20C. Following week, we are below freezing. I don't like the cold any more and there's six months of this now. Bike is in the shed, carbs and tank off for some work. Just got delivery last month on a pair of Hagons for the rear and Progressives for the front. Been sitting on a TEC 2 into 1 exhaust since July. Those won't be happening till spring. Oh wait, come spring, I have to tear down my old shed and build a new one.

Work won't let me retire and I have to train all the new hires. Hard to train them when they're staring at their phones. I'm not bitter about the cold weather. No, not at all.

Do you think that our generations will have different expectations and attitudes against work vs earlier ones? I come from rural area and even from small farm. I'm hardly any kind of average person today. I rode tractor (illegally) as a child age and I did some other things (being on fields, helping with animals etc.). Then I first time worked in my own area (summertime, while my studing years), they commended my active attitude.

 

[DoorPosition]

We’re pretty much year round in my AO. Late JAN to maybe late FEB we might have a cold snap or three that could prohibit riding for a couple/few days here and there. The occasional snow could also be a factor but that’s gone in like a day. I tell everybody “It snows here just enough to keep you liking snow.” We get anywhere from a slight dusting to around 2”-4” 2-3 times on average in that same JAN-FEB timeframe. We literally go from “Winter Wonderland” to bone dry within 24 hrs. There’s commonly decent riding weather right behind the snow.

One thing about the snow here is that when it does happen this place goes into a practical panic. When the news says there’s a snow coming in people clock out of work immediately and go clean out the grocery stores of all the milk, bread, and beer. Seriously, that’s all that will be sold out in all the stores, nothing else. Mind you we RARELY get snowed on harder than I described. It happened like twice in the nearly 20 years that I’ve lived here and again, it’s gone in a day like it never happened. You’d think we were getting 8 feet the way people act. It doesn’t really affect our household because we don’t really drink milk, I keep a case of beer on hand at the times, and if we have to we’ll just bake our own bread.

 

[sikatri]

Yes. Same place/building. About 60 000people will visit MP-messut here annually (between Fri - Sun). Not bad in Finland (size of population). Despite of our 6 months riding seasons.

I live west coast ... one idea of mine has been to ride east ... as close as I can get the border zone and then ride up north. (Ilomantsi-Lieksa-Kuhmo-Kuusamo- Salla yms. You know those places?

I have never been in that part of Finland. In east I have been more southern (places like Imatra, Puumala, Punkaharju, Villmanstrand/Lappeenranta, Mikkeli) ....basically around the lake Saimaa. But I'm sure there would be lots of small nice roads (which are not shown in maps like above).

Booking sleeping places beforehand is one way to do it (you can then be sure that there is a small log cottage free for you even while the hottest holiday season). On the other hand then you will need to ride those km (every day) which you planned. No matter of weather (incl. heavy rain). My last purchases this year were yellow rain weather suit and separate rain covers for my gloves and shoes. I still wish I will not need to use them much. After them my gear set starts to be fine. Ok, it is nice to read about possible options. As I said I'm not too familiar of that part of Finland. If I could find places with breakfast options, then even better. Foods are bit different there (like Karelian pie).

I’m familiar with the area, my relatives are from the eastern area. Traveled through the area and visiting can’t say I know it well enough to recommend any places to visit though. Look forward to seeing what you come up with.

 

[sikatri]

We’re pretty much year round in my AO. Late JAN to maybe late FEB we might have a cold snap or three that could prohibit riding for a couple/few days here and there. The occasional snow could also be a factor but that’s gone in like a day. I tell everybody “It snows here just enough to keep you liking snow.” We get anywhere from a slight dusting to around 2”-4” 2-3 times on average in that same JAN-FEB timeframe. We literally go from “Winter Wonderland” to bone dry within 24 hrs. There’s commonly decent riding weather right behind the snow.

One thing about the snow here is that when it does happen this place goes into a practical panic. When the news says there’s a snow coming in people clock out of work immediately and go clean out the grocery stores of all the milk, bread, and beer. Seriously, that’s all that will be sold out in all the stores, nothing else. Mind you we RARELY get snowed on harder than I described. It happened like twice in the nearly 20 years thatI’ve lived here and again, it’s gone in a day like it never happened. You’d think we were getting 8 feet the way people act. It doesn’t really affect our household because we don’t really drink milk, I keep a case of beer on hand at the times, and if we have to we’ll just bake our own bread.

Same here in Houston, people really freak out over snow. A couple days at most with frozen road surfaces is all we get. It’s gone just as fast as it comes. Like you, every twenty years or so a snow picture. LoL.

 

[DaveM]

Here people normally freak out when we have a bit of rain, not sure what this snow stuff is that you all talking about

 

[DoorPosition]

You get it on the mountaintops over in Western Cape. IIRC Cape Town CBD got a Raleigh NC-style dusting a few years ago. It was front page news down there. I think the Ceres AO is about the only place in RSA that gets regular snow.