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SpikeC
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Location: Portland, Oregon
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 Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2013 7:09 pm Post subject: Snow!! |
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I have been riding year round for 46 years. In that time I have never driven a car to work, just motorcycles. Here in Oregon we rarely have snow, and it usually doesn't last more than a few days, although in the past it has lasted more than a week and was combined with freezing rain.
I always rode to work through whatever conditions presented themselves. Now I am retired but still ride most every day. Until now. This Bimota is the first bike that I am not going to ride in the snow.
I must be getting soft....................
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Vince186
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| Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2013 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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Soft, no sensible. I do not think bimotas love snow....... 
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brian
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| Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2013 11:08 pm Post subject: |
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I've never even seen snow let olone RIDDEN a motorcycle in it 
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husson73
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| Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 11:27 pm Post subject: |
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| understood rode all my bikes on the snow such as K 750 H2, 69 H1, RG 500 and so on excepted my Bims |
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Evilchicken0
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I rode all year when I was 20-22. I rode a VT250 in the snow once, thats snow over the road rather than around. I fell off 3 times on ice
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husson73
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Paris december 2012 before I came back home from work with my H2B around 8.30 PM  |
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morebhp
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With all that snow you MIGHT have been able to lock the front wheel - 
Brakes were certainly not the strong point of my H2 - although to be fair I only had the single front disk!
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husson73
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| Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2014 11:42 am Post subject: |
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| morebhp wrote: |
With all that snow you MIGHT have been able to lock the front wheel -
Brakes were certainly not the strong point of my H2 - although to be fair I only had the single front disk! |
as you imagine I never use the front brake on such weather just the rear one and the gearbox.
And mine is a twin brembo disc half flotting 300 minimeters with brembo calipers and master cylinder, stainless hose so I outperform actual super sport on braking (brembo kit for H1 H2 Z1, the whole kit included master cylinder and so on is a little lighter than a whole front single brake H2 from mother Kawa) |
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851jim
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Location: Scotland
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| AH! Paris, used to spend my annual holiday in the 6th St Germain, long weekend that is, very expensive. |
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| Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2014 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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Hi
I bought my Bimota in winter and rode it home. As it was late we went from London to my mothers, and then back to Stafford the next day.
Leaving London it started to snow on my first decent journey on the Bimota. Fortunately only lightly.
All the best
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rocketrod
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| Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 2:13 am Post subject: |
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| brian wrote: |
| I've never even seen snow let olone RIDDEN a motorcycle in it |
Brian I hope all is well up North I haven't been on the forum for a long time am down here in Sydney with the DB6R hoping to take it out this afternoon mind you double points and all,had it out a couple of weeks ago 100klm from Sydney and the battery shit itself 5 hours later the Mrs assembled the fold up trailer to pick me up put a Shorai lightweight battery in it 1kg all up have had one in my 1198 for a couple of years and it has proved reliable anyways will visit the site more regularly in the future.
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SpikeC
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Keith has reminded me of the time in 1970 when I spent part of my first check from the Veterans Administration after getting back from Viet Nam. I bought a CB750 in January and drove it home over the west hills of Portland on a very twisty road in the snow. It was my first big bike and I was not dressed very well for the occasion! Boy was that ever an exhilarating ride!
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brian
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Location: Australia
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| Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 7:04 am Post subject: |
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| rocketrod wrote: |
| brian wrote: |
| I've never even seen snow let olone RIDDEN a motorcycle in it |
Brian I hope all is well up North I haven't been on the forum for a long time am down here in Sydney with the DB6R hoping to take it out this afternoon mind you double points and all,had it out a couple of weeks ago 100klm from Sydney and the battery shit itself 5 hours later the Mrs assembled the fold up trailer to pick me up put a Shorai lightweight battery in it 1kg all up have had one in my 1198 for a couple of years and it has proved reliable anyways will visit the site more regularly in the future.
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Rod |
Hi Rod. All good up here. It's been very hot and very dry for a long time. Just in the last day or so we've started getting a bit of rain as there's a cyclone forming off the coast.
Is the shorai battery lithium ion? I'm looking at using a lithium battery in my track bike once built.
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rocketrod
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| Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 10:02 am Post subject: |
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Brian the Shorai is a lithium Iron battery they are distributed be Chris who lives in Nambucca heads he operates under Lite Industries used to ride superbikes sends them out pretty quickly I received mine the next day.
Rod |
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brian
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Thanks Rod. Do you have any contact details on Chris? Does he have a business or website? I googled lite industries but only came up with an alluminium business in Victoria.
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