{"id":9614,"date":"2020-02-17T11:51:06","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T18:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/?p=9614"},"modified":"2020-02-16T11:51:48","modified_gmt":"2020-02-16T18:51:48","slug":"the-motorcyclist-in-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/the-motorcyclist-in-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"The Motorcyclist In Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sidecar riders are especially capable of winter riding.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

Riding motorcycles in the snow is not a lot of fun (unless you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re doing the annual Elephant Run<\/a> or going ice racing<\/a>), so for most of us winter is pretty much down time.<\/p>\n

For the hard-core rider, at least those who don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t live where a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153cold\u00e2\u20ac\u009d day means 40 degrees, this time of year is sort of like doing jail time. What can you do to while away those days until Springtime springs you from your cage (pun intended)? Here are some ideas.<\/p>\n

First off, just as farmers use the winter to mend their equipment, so should we. Take the time finally to give that bike a good cleaning. If there are repairs you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been putting off, now is the time. Or perhaps, more along the fun route, there are some new enhancements (otherwise known as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153geegaws\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153farkles\u00e2\u20ac\u009d) that you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been wanting to add to your bike. If Santa didn’t bring them to you, or you could play Santa yourself, to yourself. Your bike will thank you.<\/p>\n

Of course, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no time like now to be planning next summer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s trip. Get out the maps, hit the Internet, and let your imagination run wild. The more you crave a ride the more you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re going to enjoy visions of next summer on the road. Take all the pleasure you can get from it. I know people do this because traffic on this website really spikes right after the first of the year and the pages being visited say “trip planning.”<\/p>\n

On occasion you may want to drop by your favorite motorcycle dealership and enjoy the eye candy. Touch those gleaming tanks, sit on a few of those beauties. Again, let your imagination get carried away. The truth is, this may stoke your fever more than assuage it, but that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s still a lot more fun than sitting home moping. <\/p>\n

Have you ever watched \u00e2\u20ac\u0153On Any Sunday\u00e2\u20ac\u009d? Surely you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve at least heard of it, the motorcyclist-favorite 1971 documentary about racers and racing fans, including Steve McQueen, but have you ever watched it? If the answer is no, you owe it to yourself to do so now. This one will definitely get your motor running. And you can find it for free online.<\/p>\n

Finally, there is one option you should never forget when the winter doldrums have you down: Go ride.<\/p>\n

OK, sure there are times when you absolutely can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t. Two feet of snow on the ground and streets that are impassable even for four-wheel-drive vehicles will not miraculously open up for a motorcycle. But how often does that happen each winter? Watch the forecast, keep the bike well-charged so you know it will start, and be ready.<\/p>\n

Never mind that it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s freezing cold out there–man up! Dress warmly (an electric vest is a wonderful thing) and get out there, if even just for half an hour. You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be glad you did, and you know you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be telling all your buddies about it. And all the time they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re telling you you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re crazy they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll have that wistful look in their eye wishing they had done it, too.<\/p>\n

Biker Quote for Today<\/h3>\n

Even as a second commuter vehicle, it knew when to dance into an opening and when to open its joy and race past every standing fool on the road. — tomisb<\/still><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Riding motorcycles in the snow is not a lot of fun (unless you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re doing the annual Elephant Run or going ice racing), so for most of us winter is pretty much down time. For the hard-core rider, at least those who don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t live where a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153cold\u00e2\u20ac\u009d day means 40 degrees, this time of year is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1048],"class_list":["post-9614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gear","tag-motorcycle-riding-in-winter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9614"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9617,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9614\/revisions\/9617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}