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Just to show I'm not just starting it but riding in the snow too.

Ducati Monster Goes To Work - Bike (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4irRAZ8hkgQ#)

Ummmmmm...................

......Wow.............??

 [clap]

Mark

Studded tires?

Yes, TKC80. Wouldn't have worked without studs, not every day at least :)

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That looks fun ... I mean, cold ... really cold  [beer]

Nice, 
Good on you for grabbing your nuts and going for a ride.  [thumbsup]

I used to ride in the snow, quite a bit actually as I lived at 5,200ft and did not own a car for three years.  Surprisingly I never crashed in the snow.  Just in the red gravel left over from it in the spring. [bang]

I will never forget my first snow ride.  In a blizzard crossing over Loveland Pass in Colorado on a 92 cbr600.  Would have never tried it except that I was wearing an Aerostich with heated gear under when a 70 year old man on an old BMW saw me sitting it out at the gas station and offered to lead me over the pass.  I only tried as his worn out and unheated leathers shamed me into the effort.  It went well and I have since learned to not fear the snow.  Makes a bloddy mess of the bike though.

 When I would commute in the snow I would lower the tire pressure to around 20 pounds or so, and that would provide a bunch more traction. Riding against the side of the curb would help a lot in black ice situations as well.

 :o    [thumbsup]

How many days/year do you do this?

Brave Brave man....

Wow :o
And I hate it when it's under 50 degrees.

Every day, all year. Unless the missus wants me to pick something heavy up, then I take my truck but it hasn't got winter tires so I try to avoid her needs.
But we have summer too - slightly warmer and very much nicer – so it's not as bad as it looks. Not every day at least :)

YOU WIN. I am a wimp. I don't ride if it MIGHT rain.

hahaha i'm in that boat right with you! I'm impressed OP  [thumbsup]

Awesome. Other riders shake their head at me as I commute year-round in our plentiful rain and down to 35 degrees.  Now it seems I'm just another soft, doughy spoiled American.   [shot]

So! What are the mods to your gear and the bike that make this work? Do you use different oil on the chain?

That convinced me that Rizoma needs to make a holder for ice scrapers/brushes. ;D

I laughed throughout that whole video.  Awesome, man!  [thumbsup]

Mate, that is awesome!  [clap]

I'm such a softy. Being from Melbourne, it was hard enough for me to grasp the amount of snow you had to clean of the bike, let alone ride it in such conditions.

Btw, would you get a ticket from your friendly local law enforcement officer for the speedo not working? LOL! I doubt they'd actually want to get out of their warm car in such conditions.  [leo]

GK

Did you see the paper on the tank? That's my rpm/gear table, i.e. speedo  [thumbsup]

I missed that. LOL!

GK

Awesome!

I've ridden when it was -6 Celsius before, but never in the snow, and not with my Monster.

I'm fairly certain I would never ride in those conditions, but I do miss having a bike that I didn't worry about getting wet or dirty. I used to feel somewhat elated and amused when riding in the rain, but with the Monster I start to worry if a single drop hits my visor.  :(  I need another bike!

Very cool!
Your bike's favorite part of the ride was when you pulled in a covered garage!!

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How long are you on the road?   Looked like a while. 

I rode my DR350 in Flagstaff and Michigan for 3 winters during college.  A lot of snow but it had knobby tires and the ride was only a 5 min ride each way. 

Great googily moogily! 

You're badass.

You, sir, are a loon.


I approve.

+1

GK

Exactly what I was thinking!

gives me the chill....

 [Dolph] [thumbsup] [thumbsup] [clap]

Not sure how many of you have ridden a motorcycle in the snow...I have...not on purpose, but I once rode through a freak blizzard in May through a mountain pass that had 6" accumulating on the highway, with my gf of the time on the back.  It was terrifying.

Stunning to me that anybody would choose to ride a Monster in the snow, through traffic, at those speeds.  High marks for balls though. [clap]

Keep in mind he has the right tires that are studded.

Traction makes all the difference ;)

 [bow_down] Balls of steel lol

I am on the road as soon as the snow is off, (you have bigger cojones than I), and I have to rinse off the bike to remove the salt even  after a slightly wet ride. Last winter I threw the bike in the truck for Arkansas to visit my uncle and look for twistys.  On the way back we ran into snow all through IL and spent that night in Chicago.  Just one night and I can still find a few pits on the forks and other alumi parts.  I can't imagine you give it a rinse at the end of every work day.   How do you deal with the salt or are your roads salt free?

No fair! My monster won't even start if it's below 40°.

Your f$@king mad

You sir are absolutely insane. I live in Wisconsin so I'm well aware of what winter driving is all about. Plus my Monster refuses to start if it is 45 or below. She's a finicky pregnant dog!