Safety tip...

[DarthRider]

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As most of you already know, I do a lot of teaching folks how to ride a motorcycle. As such, I'm always doing demonstrations on stopping, turning, etc. I consider myself a very good rider, but even with constant practice, you never know when.

We had a very cold day late last week. For Florida, that meant 30 degree weather on the ride into work. To keep from turning into a human ice cube, I put on all my gear and headed off to work. My gloves for the day were a pair of Joe Rocket "Hard Ride" gloves with a pair of liners in them for added warmth.

On the ride into work I was riding with plenty of distance between me and the vehicle in front of me, when all of a sudden the vehicle in front of me locks up the brakes!

Well, to make a long story short, I started to apply the front brakes as I normally do, by squeezing them progressively as I'm bringing the bike to a stop. Well that takes feel. When you're used to doing this with a pair of lightweight gloves on, you can feel the front brakes being applied. You can just imagine my surprise when I both felt and heard simultaneously, the front wheel lock up. Since I had plenty of room, I simply released the front brakes and then re-applied them, but with less pressure.

Bottom line is simple. You need to practice with the gear you ride with. A simple change of gloves could have been the key to an accident if I had not had a lot of space between me and the village idiot that decided to lock his brakes in the middle of the road for no apparent reason!

Be careful out there!

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Good idea!

[Rchop]

I hear you Dave. I ride to work every day and here in SoCal, it can be 40 degrees in the morning and 70 degrees in the afternoon. I used to ride with heavy gloves in the morning and light in the afternoon. It sure made for a different control feel at different times. I solved that problem for me, by buying some Widder "electric heat" gloves. They have a light layer of insulation on the palms with heavier insulation on the back of the hand augmented by the electric heat. Once you go electric...you'll never go back. I'm sure you have all heard that before LOL.
Needless to say, they work well in a wide variety of temp ranges.

Randy

[jamming]

I wear summer gloves here year around, I have heated grips and if its really cold, I have very thin liners I wear that have metallic threads. Those absorb the heat from the grip. Very comfy even in the rare very cold days here.
I've had them well over 10 years, bought 5 pair at a rally, down to two now.

[Ed K]

Thanks Dave... appreciate the tip.


Roger... Where can you get those metallic very thin liners?


I wear summer gloves here year around, I have heated grips and if its really cold, I have very thin liners I wear that have metallic threads. Those absorb the heat from the grip. Very comfy even in the rare very cold days here.
I've had them well over 10 years, bought 5 pair at a rally, down to two now.

[BobFV1]

Well, to make a long story short, I started to apply the front brakes as I normally do, by squeezing them progressively as I'm bringing the bike to a stop. Well that takes feel. When you're used to doing this with a pair of lightweight gloves on, you can feel the front brakes being applied. You can just imagine my surprise when I both felt and heard simultaneously, the front wheel lock up. Since I had plenty of room, I simply released the front brakes and then re-applied them, but with less pressure.

Bottom line is simple.

You need ABS if you are a toad.

Fixed!

[socalrob]

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[jamming]

Ed, I have not looked, I got mine at a rally, long time ago. I'll have to look around.

[BobFV1]

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