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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.

Cool....nice link Ashley I think at -35 celcius just about anything would freeze

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.

I thnk that kind of travel is left to the Ice Road Truckers

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.