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Oct 28th, 2008, 05:44 PM
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#1 | | Very Active Poster 50+
Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: NW London UK
Posts: 84 Model: 2007 FXSTC Softail Custom Interests: Riding, Travel, Tropical Fish, Archaeology, Riding Occupation: Psychiatry
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I found this, it is a UK magazine, also on-line and with an international version American-V: Independent • In Depth • On-Line
It covers stuff in the USA and Canada and UK / Europe. The latest issue covers riding in serious cold, in Canada, in January. Harleys on the ice road of the McKenzie river and the arctic ocean. -35 celcius cold. They had some technical difficulties..... Engine oil froze for a start. Some very impressive photos of riding on ice but not something I would want to do. | 
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Oct 28th, 2008, 08:52 PM
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#2 | | Has posted 500+
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Michigan
Posts: 551 Model: Harley 02' Heritage Classic Interests: Riding Occupation: Riding - Semi Retired
| Cool....nice link Ashley  I think at -35 celcius just about anything would freeze  | 
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Oct 29th, 2008, 03:50 PM
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#3 | | Very Active Poster 50+
Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: NW London UK
Posts: 84 Model: 2007 FXSTC Softail Custom Interests: Riding, Travel, Tropical Fish, Archaeology, Riding Occupation: Psychiatry
| Yeh, including me. The idea of riding a bike on a frozen ocean does not appeal at all. -35 celcius is not my idea of fun. | |
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Oct 29th, 2008, 09:51 PM
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#4 | | Has posted 500+
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Michigan
Posts: 551 Model: Harley 02' Heritage Classic Interests: Riding Occupation: Riding - Semi Retired
| I thnk that kind of travel is left to the Ice Road Truckers  | |
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Oct 30th, 2008, 07:17 AM
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#5 | | More than 100 posts!
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 111 Model: 1995 Harley Sportster 1200 Interests: Photography, beer (making and drinking), hunting, travelling Occupation: Field Service Engineer
| My personal limit is about 45F ( 7C). Anything colder and I will drive. I have been out in colder, but to be bundled up for it takes away a lot of the control, thick gloves make it hard to use the brake and clutch, heavy boots make it harder to shift.
A while back we had the second coldest winter on record in WI, and the morning temperatures would be at -45F (-49C) some mornings. I had to take a pan of coals from the wood stove and place them under the vehicles to get them started (and praying for no fuel leaks), and I had an old jeep pickup, still carbureted, that I needed to take the wife's harir dryer to warm it up enough to start. I could not imagine trying to get a Harley to start and run right at those temps. Even at the cooler temps I mentioned above, it spits a little sometimes even after it has warmed up. | |
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Oct 30th, 2008, 09:49 PM
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#6 | | Moderator Has posted 500+
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 4,743
| oil circulation is also a problem at those temps.............as stated!!!!  | |
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