Some quick hints as we ride out of summer
There are a few important things to remember now that the tee shirt riding weather has left us.
- The first thing is to dress warm or bring layers with you, you can always take layers off, it's hard to put them on if you don't bring them with you.
- Long sleeve shirts under jackets work better than short sleeve shirts
- Finger-less gloves are fairly useless in the colder weather.
- Remember to take home what you brought. Wearing a jacket to work in the morning then leaving it there when you go home in the sun means you won't have it the next day.
- In the third season of the year you will find the roads may be covered in leaves, either wet or dry, these things are slippery and dangerous. Keep you eyes open.
- As cold weather approaches you want to recheck your tire pressures.
- Cold weather means you have to watch for ice and frost, neither of these items are conducive to riding on two wheels.
- Wear layers under your leathers, leather will keep the cold out for only so long, after that, cold leather sucks the heat out of your body.
- Reaction times are slower in cold weather, legs don't move as fast in the cold.
- If you can afford it, Heated gear is a great thing to have.
- Watch for wildlife, as cold air sinks in, more of natures little critters may be out foraging for food as they prepare for hibernation stay alert.
- Never give up an option to use the rest room, This should stop the "Cold air, side of the road stop.
- Stay warm and dry, Hypothermia is a condition in which core
temperature drops below the required temperature for normal metabolism and body functions which is defined as
35.0 °C (95.0 °F). Body temperature is
usually maintained near a constant level of 36.5–37.5 °C (98–100 °F) through
biologic homeostasis or thermoregul.
- Winter ice and snow means sand, rock salt, and salt spray, was the motorcycle when through, salt corrodes metal, and remember to wash off your leathers, unless you like the looks of salt dried leather shrinkage.
Below are links to Europes new Motorcycle Safety cartoons
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