You may laugh, but my winter ride is a 1983 Goldwing 1100 Aspencade. It is very tame with a very flat torque curve. It is so very well protected by fairings, and the flat boxer engine keeps my feet warm. The shaft drive is very low maintenance. No ABS is a negative, but the brakes on the Goldwing are not really overactive, so it doesn't want to lock instantly. Gear is key.
Great job on this one! In answer to your question....well, the obvious answer for me is my mighty CRF250L. She does everything that I ask no matter the weather. Cheers!
I have used my Tiger 900 for the last four or five years. The heated grips and seat combined with excellent wind protection along with a warm jacket, pants and boots make it good to well below freezing providing the roads are dry. Besides those tnings you mentioned in your video I also bring one those portable battery charging units.
I had a Suzuki V Strom 650. An excellent bike for all seasons! Should have keep it. My FJR is a great bike for touring. The best of all is having two bikes for your riding pleasure!😊
Another great video ( best filming I've seen). I'll be riding the Himalayan 452 here in the Hudson valley in upstate ny. My area has fantastic secondary roads, paved and dirt and awesome scenery. If the temperature is like last year (38-40's) i'll be racking up the Mile's 😎
Hmmm... rethinking things here. I may just pick up a used ADV for this specific purpose, as a 2nd bike. I did need a good excuse for one so, thanks for providing one. LOL!
I prepare my bike just before winter with tectyl kinda stuff... no cleaning until april... first year I'm using anlas tyres, they still have to proof if theyre any good. My Rukka suit, generation 3 warm&safe heated jacket. Handlebar muffs. Unfortunately BMW does'nt build hemets anymore with heated vizor. They stopped doing thet after syst II. Pinlock is not bad but a heated one is much much better.
Define 'winter'. On Southern Vancouver Island winter bears zero relationship to winter in the rest of Canada. No two wheeled conveyance is designed for ice and snow. And in BC if you are on the highways during the winter months you are required by law to have either winter or M&S rated tires. How many such tires exist for motorcycles? Not many. Will they stop you to check? Probably not. But if you are in an accident and tire grip was a variable and you do not have rated tires you can be charged and likely your insurance company will not honour your policy. My DR 650 has M&S rated tires from Heidenau. I had never seen such a thing before.
Re M+S tires in BC on motorcycles, on this one you're wrong, Lyle. Motorcycles are exempt from the requirement of winter tires (and chains) in BC. It's true that Police may turn all vehicles around, including motorcycles, if they think conditions are unsafe, but winter on Van Isle, south coast, UK and much of the temperate areas on the planet are great for motorcycling if you consider the weather and have the appropriate equipment as outlined... And, oh contrare, I've watched some great Ice-biking with spikes! Cheers.
@@BlueMarbleRiderI stand corrected on the legal requirement to have winter rated tires on a m/c during winter in BC . There still remains the fact that your insurance may be impacted in the event of an accident as per the Ministry website. Lets go for some runs this 'winter'!
You may laugh, but my winter ride is a 1983 Goldwing 1100 Aspencade. It is very tame with a very flat torque curve. It is so very well protected by fairings, and the flat boxer engine keeps my feet warm. The shaft drive is very low maintenance. No ABS is a negative, but the brakes on the Goldwing are not really overactive, so it doesn't want to lock instantly. Gear is key.
Great job on this one!
In answer to your question....well, the obvious answer for me is my mighty CRF250L. She does everything that I ask no matter the weather.
Cheers!
I have used my Tiger 900 for the last four or five years. The heated grips and seat combined with excellent wind protection along with a warm jacket, pants and boots make it good to well below freezing providing the roads are dry. Besides those tnings you mentioned in your video I also bring one those portable battery charging units.
I had a Suzuki V Strom 650. An excellent bike for all seasons! Should have keep it. My FJR is a great bike for touring. The best of all is having two bikes for your riding pleasure!😊
Another great video ( best filming I've seen). I'll be riding the Himalayan 452 here in the Hudson valley in upstate ny. My area has fantastic secondary roads, paved and dirt and awesome scenery. If the temperature is like last year (38-40's) i'll be racking up the Mile's 😎
Hmmm... rethinking things here. I may just pick up a used ADV for this specific purpose, as a 2nd bike. I did need a good excuse for one so, thanks for providing one. LOL!
I hear you, they are really handy to have around!
I prepare my bike just before winter with tectyl kinda stuff... no cleaning until april... first year I'm using anlas tyres, they still have to proof if theyre any good. My Rukka suit, generation 3 warm&safe heated jacket. Handlebar muffs. Unfortunately BMW does'nt build hemets anymore with heated vizor. They stopped doing thet after syst II. Pinlock is not bad but a heated one is much much better.
Define 'winter'. On Southern Vancouver Island winter bears zero relationship to winter in the rest of Canada. No two wheeled conveyance is designed for ice and snow. And in BC if you are on the highways during the winter months you are required by law to have either winter or M&S rated tires. How many such tires exist for motorcycles? Not many. Will they stop you to check? Probably not. But if you are in an accident and tire grip was a variable and you do not have rated tires you can be charged and likely your insurance company will not honour your policy. My DR 650 has M&S rated tires from Heidenau. I had never seen such a thing before.
Re M+S tires in BC on motorcycles, on this one you're wrong, Lyle. Motorcycles are exempt from the requirement of winter tires (and chains) in BC. It's true that Police may turn all vehicles around, including motorcycles, if they think conditions are unsafe, but winter on Van Isle, south coast, UK and much of the temperate areas on the planet are great for motorcycling if you consider the weather and have the appropriate equipment as outlined... And, oh contrare, I've watched some great Ice-biking with spikes! Cheers.
@@BlueMarbleRiderI stand corrected on the legal requirement to have winter rated tires on a m/c during winter in BC . There still remains the fact that your insurance may be impacted in the event of an accident as per the Ministry website. Lets go for some runs this 'winter'!