I'm in Michigan.... I'm not riding in winter due to cold temps, snow, ice and most of all... SALT. So yeah, she goes in the garage until it's warm enough to ride again.

 

North Carolina so there is a couple days out of every month that I can get it out. But usually it's in the garage.

 

I'm in South Central Florida, so I would ride all Winter, but anything below 70 is getting too cold.

 

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Here in middle Tennessee it gets pretty chilly in winter; 20’s-30’s overnight . I’ll ride as low as 40’s -50’s just to ride and keep things going. I did drain the water/water wetter mix and replaced with anti-freeze ‘till next track season. Finally started working on some mods for next season.

 

I'm in texas. I ride year round. I need to get an enduro or adv for when it gets icy. The hypersport tires are super sketch on the ice.

 

Hats off to you that ride year round! I don’t mind the cold but the rain on an R1 is a little to sketch for me.


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The rain isn't so bad. With about 1/2 inch on the road you can drive at about 55mph in 4th gear pretty reliably on q4's. It only slips occasionally. The ice though, good lord.

 

I'm in northwest Florida in the panhandle, in the winter the mornings get around 35-50 and it usually warms up to 60-70 so I ride all year round. Got some heated gloves for the commute to work and some thermals and its good, don't even need either on the way home. I don't really mess with rain though as the highway to work always floods since it dips down and its surrounded by flat forest with no irrigation. Usually its sunny for a week and raining for a week so on rain weeks I just drive.

 

In years past I have rode at 30*, But I cant say that I really enjoyed it ! Your hands get damn cold. and you don't dare lean much in the curves, so you cut speed. So mine will stay in the barn this winter.

 

Minnesota rider here. We put our bikes in the house where it stays warm.

 

I'll ride in pretty much any temperature, but no rain, snow, or ice for me!

 

Spare bike to use for the winter:

 

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In SF so unless it's pouring out I ride but prefer the R1 because of the traction control with all the streetcar tracks and foolish drivers but occasionally I'm sitting in a downpour.

 

All year round. It's only water. Bridgestone S22's can handle all road conditions I have learnt.

 

Yeah. My KTM offers pretty much zero wind protection, so anything below 65F feels chilly, but if I bundle up a bit, it's not too bad. Since I started riding, tires have become so much better. It used to be the case that riding in the 50s left you with noticeably less grip. The S22s are somewhat magical and seem to tolerate the cold better than me.

 

Depends on how the winter gets here, this year so far not too bad. Today, (Christmas) they are calling for 65-70. But rain and snow is a no go for me, been caught out in the rain enough its not fun. I have cold weather gear that works really well too, so as long as its going to be 40+ over the weekend I'll take the bike out. Don't take the bike to work in the winter though, not worth getting all the gear together.

 

70 today in Hickory, I think I just might have a Christmas cruise this afternoon 🎄

 

ok, but get permission first. exception is if you get bike for xmas present then you can ride without permission in any weather (cold never bothers riders on new bikes).

and NO, i don't want to hear from bikers who ride in deep snow (off topic anyway).

 

Temperature is never an issue for me in nj, ride home the other night low 30s, just don’t prefer riding in the rain unless I get stuck in it, I like to keep my chain water free, and they salt the life out of the roads here, on a black bike it really looks like crap, the control buttons don’t really like the cold though and grip is pretty terrible

 

Once the snow actually starts and the salt is down, I'll put the bikes away for a few weeks till it washes off the roads. That crap gets into everything and corrodes all that it touches.

 

Motorcycles and Snow | Anchorage AK - by Geoff Oliver - YouTube

 

Rode last Sunday was dry but salt. Washed it off later. Luckily nothing went inside the fairings

 

All weather rider here. Would put my feet down and 360 the bike on some icy road that had a slight downhill grade. Not an ice racer, just crazy. Today, got caught in the rain trying to time running to find a tube of grease. Said the clouds would come in at 3pm and at 1pm I was caught in it for the next 80 miles give/take. So it was one slip on a solid line cutting it too close and zing... Very few cars were passing me playing the odds heading home.

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I am on my 2nd set of Bridgestone S22's on my 2016 Kawasaki ZX-10R which is my daily ride to work. Last time I got 13500kms, this time I have done 15300kms and still going thanks to some tips from Dave Moss tuning on YouTube. Just slight adjustments to the tyre pressures have increased the kms by probably 4000kms extra. All from just sending Dave Moss photo's of my tyre's and riding type (speed, temperature, weight etc) and for free he sent me his adjustments. Bloody legend.

Dave Moss Tuning Homepage - Dave Moss Tuning

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Suppose to get up to 51° today. I think I’ll give it a try. I use to ride in all temps when I was younger. Even rode with snow on the side of the road.

 

@Ash2015R1M I didn’t ride. Too cold.

 

Hahahah, do these photos answer the question? Here in Vancouver Canada we ride year round- though sometimes it's COLD.

 

That’s awesome! lol


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All year long in Ca. I’ve found in the rain that the different modes help a lot .