winter riding's a flop :(

kmrcstintn · Post by **kmrcstintn** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 3:53 pm

this winter is brutal and every time we've had warmer temps on the weekend we've had steady rain (backyard where scoot is stored turns into a mud pit), hence my intermittent riding this winter has been a flop; with arctic blast after arctic blast, I'm starting to wonder if we'll see above 25 degrees ever again...

theemptythrone · Post by **theemptythrone** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 6:27 pm

tell me bout it man, im going insane, im seriously starting to have dreams about riding scooters every night lol

jrstone · Post by **jrstone** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 7:36 pm

Between the cold weather and having the flu during the warmest week all winter and refusing to ride anywhere during crazy holiday shopping (I live to close to a major shopping mall), I haven't ridden in 2 months. I haven't gone that long without riding since I got my scooter. It sucks.

TVB · Post by **TVB** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 8:35 pm

I was still riding in early December, and I managed to get the scooter out onto the road once this month, during a weekend of above-freezing weather we had after that first polar-air incursion. I'm hoping for at least another brief thaw in February, then the receding of the glaciers in March, so I can ride at least once per month. It's been pretty easy to do that the last few years, but this one ... not so much.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 8:39 pm

I believe this is the most brutal winter I've ever experienced here in the Chicago area.

We've had winters with more snow, and we may have had colder winters (not sure about that), but I can't remember a winter where we've had both the extreme cold temps and this amount of snow. Where I'm located, NW Indiana, we've already had 10 inches more snow that we had the last two winters combined.

I always set a goal for myself and riding at least once during every month of the year. I won't achieve that goal this year.

Rob

kmrcstintn · Post by **kmrcstintn** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 10:48 pm

I moved back to PA in 2003 from the mid south and this is the coldest winter I've experienced since then...there's a charity ride happening on Easter weekend that I want to do, but I'm already predicting the high temp will be in the 30's and we'll have snow falling!

Drum Pro · Post by **Drum Pro** » Sat Jan 25, 2014 3:10 am

God I love California....(Inserts devil horns on head)......

Wolfhound · Post by **Wolfhound** » Sat Jan 25, 2014 12:25 pm

We have had below freezing lows for 3 weeks now, it is 10 this morning but
should warm up to day to 44. See a few motorcycles on the road but no scoots.
So far this month has been a record breaker for us. And this past summer set a record for being the 5th wettest summer in GA history of record keeping. So much for globular worming!!!

wheelbender6 · Post by **wheelbender6** » Sat Jan 25, 2014 6:40 pm

It's mostly the rain that keeps the scooter in the garage down here. I will commute to work in temps down to 34 or so if the forecast is dry and not too windy. We just had an ice storm but that only happens 2 or 3 times per decade.

pugbuddy · Post by **pugbuddy** » Sun Jan 26, 2014 2:54 am

Drum Pro wrote:God I love California....(Inserts devil horns on head)......

May it drop off into the ocean sooner rather than later....

We finally got nice weather in OK (60s) and I come up just too sniffly to ride. I plan to ride tomorrow but Monday will drop all the way to a high of 25 again. Ugh!

Drum Pro · Post by **Drum Pro** » Sun Jan 26, 2014 6:52 am

pugbuddy wrote:
Drum Pro wrote:God I love California....(Inserts devil horns on head)......
May it drop off into the ocean sooner rather than later....

We finally got nice weather in OK (60s) and I come up just too sniffly to ride. I plan to ride tomorrow but Monday will drop all the way to a high of 25 again. Ugh!

LoL....

DanielPerrin · Post by **DanielPerrin** » Sun Jan 26, 2014 7:01 am

Oklahoma City has had 1.5 weeks of dry so far. I'm not a big fan of OK, but it's good for droughts.

We did hit 12 degrees on Friday, but I still rode. It was dry, and I want to see how low I can go. It looks like we will have more opportunities for me to find my limit through the work week - cold, but dry.

skipper20 · Post by **skipper20** » Sun Jan 26, 2014 4:08 pm

kmrcstintn wrote:this winter is brutal and every time we've had warmer temps on the weekend we've had steady rain (backyard where scoot is stored turns into a mud pit), hence my intermittent riding this winter has been a flop; with arctic blast after arctic blast, I'm starting to wonder if we'll see above 25 degrees ever again...

Hate to rub it in but it's been nice here in AZ. Basically riding weather every day with temps in the high 60s, low 70s and not a spot of rain. But, wait until June, July and August!

Bill in Seattle but wintering in Arizona, U.S.A.
'12 170i Italia (my AZ scooter)

C2 · Post by C2 » Sun Jan 26, 2014 11:15 pm

Drum Pro wrote:God I love California....(Inserts devil horns on head)......

I would GLADLY give up some of the amazing weather we are having In CA for some rain and snow. The drought is here... and it's going to get ugly.

Wolfhound · Post by **Wolfhound** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 2:00 am

Here in the South we would gladly share some of out sub zero weather and snow (going to snow in SOUTH GA. this coming week) for some of that CA/AZ warmth.

kmrcstintn · Post by **kmrcstintn** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 7:10 pm

the south is getting slammed also primarily due to the primary flow established by the jet stream...if it continues to take a sharp dip into the south it's gonna be a blistery cold winter (regardless if Punxatawny Phil sees his shadow on Sunday morning!!!)

Wolfhound · Post by **Wolfhound** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 8:59 pm

Now we are being told that we may get snow up here above Atlanta an middle to south Ga. may get up to 6 ". SGA gets all the luck and fun stuff. This happens tomorrow.

Scooterboi · Post by **Scooterboi** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 9:10 pm

wheelbender6 wrote:It's mostly the rain that keeps the scooter in the garage down here. I will commute to work in temps down to 34 or so if the forecast is dry and not too windy. We just had an ice storm but that only happens 2 or 3 times per decade.

What's the matter? Y'all afraid you will melt? It's not the wet stuff that's the problem.

kooky scientist · Post by **kooky scientist** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 3:22 am

It's been a hard winter but I'm on my 5th winter riding all year on a scooter. Lots of tips and tricks to staying on the road here in Salem, MA!

Wolfhound · Post by **Wolfhound** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 11:14 am

Snow predicted for here today. High will be 31, now is 29. Strangely most
of the heavy snow is predicted from Atlanta to SGA.
Bought a scooter, should have bought a sled.

charlie55 · Post by **charlie55** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 2:49 pm

Not much fun here in NJ either. I've got the Helix all torn down for an overhaul with half of it in the basement and the other half in the garage. Both places are just too damned cold to get very much accomplished at any one time. I'm forced to work in Chernobyl-like spurts - 15 minutes on and an hour off.

I remember when it didn't take two hours for blood to make a complete tour of my circulatory system. (Sigh)

JHScoot · Post by **JHScoot** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 2:55 pm

bet this scoot would walk right through all the snow and ice a-ok

Wolfhound · Post by **Wolfhound** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 3:21 pm

I the temp has dropped 2 degrees and is now 27. Snow/sleet/ice now predicted for us, 50 miles north of Atlanta, starting this afternoon. Estimate
is for 1-2 ". Could be worse. Saturday and Sunday will be in the high 60's, good riding weather except it is going to rain!!!

agrogod · Post by **agrogod** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 11:01 pm

charlie55 wrote:Not much fun here in NJ either. I've got the Helix all torn down for an overhaul with half of it in the basement and the other half in the garage. Both places are just too damned cold to get very much accomplished at any one time. I'm forced to work in Chernobyl-like spurts - 15 minutes on and an hour off.

I remember when it didn't take two hours for blood to make a complete tour of my circulatory system. (Sigh)

Yeah how 'bout it. Yesterday woke up to a 30° morning and got my hopes up that the worst was over. This morning all hopes smashed, back in the teens with wind chill down to 2° and more on the way. Damn those farmers.

Wolfhound · Post by **Wolfhound** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 11:18 pm

Well, it is 6:00 pm now. All of GA from Atlanta north is just one big traffic jam. I got 3" of snow here at my place. With our vertical driveway we did
not go any where. Temp now is around 19. Keep in mind that we dont often
get this much snow and no one knows how to drive in it. High tomorrow will be 30 then it starts warming up and by Saturday will be in the low 60's.
Yesterday we were being told on the news that sand and de icer trucks, city and state were prepped and ready for it. Evidently not. People on the city streets are running out of gas waiting for traffic to move, same on the Xways. In the suburb of Marietta they are keeping teachers and students over night in the schools as they cant get the busses out and the parents cant get thru the traffic jams to pick up the kids. Wrecks all over the interstate and in the towns. Oh well. Welcome South Brother!!

jrsjr · Post by **jrsjr** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 2:17 am

Wolfhound wrote:Yesterday we were being told on the news that sand and de icer trucks, city and state were prepped and ready for it.

I'm hearing from relatives in the Metro Atlanta area that the salt trucks are stuck in traffic just like everybody else.

Wolfhound · Post by **Wolfhound** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 2:27 am

We ended up with 3.5" of snow here on the hill. We are in the start of the NGA mountains. It is pretty but COLD""!! You heard right, metro Atlanta is
locked down tight and here in Cherokee Co. teachers and staff are spending the night with the kids at school, no transportation for them. Also correct, sand trucks can not get to the bad spots due to the grid lock.

rfman81 · Post by **rfman81** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 3:57 am

Well several hours north I have been enjoying my toasty morning commutes of 12 and 14 degree mornings. Puts a real grin on my face when I walk in and someone looks at me like I am an idiot. If they only knew....

Modern Buddy

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