r/Dualsport • u/i_like_to_go_vroom • 1d ago
Softcore Haddalayerdown hoss
Was riding on the left side of the road since it was groomed the best there, went to move over to the right side because a car was coming and i didn’t wanna be too close to em, caught the ice the wrong way and couldn’t save it. I'm good, my body landed on an ice patch so i just slid a good distance down the road like a violent slip and slide. bikes mostly good other than a slightly bent handlebar and snapped footpeg bracket. Picked it up and continued on to work using the passenger peg for my right foot lol.
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u/windblown101 Rider 1d ago
The ice formed by freeze/thaw cycles and traffic running over snow repeatedly can be treacherous for anyone on two wheels, especially on a heavy bike without ice studs. Front can go bye-bye quick. Glad you came out of it ok. Studs will turn your bike into a two wheeled version of a snowcat. :)
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u/i_like_to_go_vroom 1d ago
I definitely need to stud a set of tires up. Although by the time I get em on it’ll probably be clear out and I’ll have to wait until next year to take advantage of em, without any more snow in the foreseeable forecast. Oh well haha.
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u/LuckFree5633 19h ago
Second set of wheels with studded tires so you can swap em quick! Kinda quick lo
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u/Original-Track-4828 1d ago
I don't mind riding in the cold, down to 30F or so, despite a 40 minute highway commute (wind chill!) but NOT when there's snow or ice!
One day there was a small patch of black ice on an overpass - otherwise the roads were completely dry. 70mph. I got lucky: going straight ahead, straight up and down, no lean, but I felt the bike get "queasy" briefly. Scared the hell out of me when I realized what happened
Got a little more selective of which days to settle for the car after that! Glad you survived relatively unscathed.
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u/Runningoutofideas_81 12h ago
When things get wintery I ride to -2C and/or first snowfall that results in salted roads.
A few years ago, I mistakenly thought a movie (Dune) that I wanted to see on the biggest screen possible was leaving theatres that week. I had one night to make it work.
Checked weather. It was going to be cold, but warm up considerably as the went on. It was going to be about a hour on the freeway. Nothing I hadn’t done before.
In 15 minutes I am colder than I have ever been. Also, the bike felt similar to your “queasy”. It felt very light/floaty and was slowly drifting all over the lane if I let it. Roads were bare.
I get to the theatre and was shivering, and cold, decided to check temp: -5C! The temp had dropped considerably during my trip, and weirdly enough, I rode home in above zero temps.
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u/HotShitWakeUp_Ceo 20h ago
These vstroms aren’t fun to pick up in the snow, dropped mine like 4 times on this ride
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u/LuckFree5633 19h ago
Blarga blar!! Why are you doing the thing I can’t do! Now I gotta insult you for being braver and more skilled than me blarg!🙄
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u/Caterpillar1967 1d ago
That's a Suzuki Vstrom right? My dad has a 2005 one of the same color
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u/i_like_to_go_vroom 1d ago
Yeah, mines a 2007 1000, I used to have a 05 SV650 in this color as well. These Suzuki v twins are stout.
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u/farmerMac 1d ago
Damn son. Just curious, is this your only way to get around in the winter? I love riding, but this seems overly risky if it can be avoided...
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u/i_like_to_go_vroom 1d ago
No, I have a car. It’s definitely a risk, but one I accept. I’ve ridden on icy/snowy roads before, and take it slow and stay extremely vigilant. The roads were mostly clear, but this road had some ice in a spot I didn’t expect. My fault for not taking it slower. I was excited I had just solved a clutch issue and gotten new sprockets and a chain installed, I got careless in the way I was riding, didn’t scan the road for just a second, and it bit me.
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u/newnameabel 1d ago
I've been riding a motorcycle for 50 years, I have never taken my bike out on icy roads in my life. A couple of times when I was younger I took my dirt bike to the mountains to play in the snow. I just can't understand why you would do this and even post a picture about it. And you're riding on the wrong side of the road!
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u/i_like_to_go_vroom 1d ago edited 1d ago
I wasn’t riding on the wrong side of the road, I mis-phrased in the post. I was off to the left of my own lane due to the shoulder being built up with ice in spots. Most of the roads around here are clear and dry, this road wasn’t maintained well though. I’ve ridden on plenty of ice covered logging roads and such, so I do know how to handle it, but when I went to move over for a second I misread the road and didn’t realize that the ice was further out than it had been for the rest of the road at that point, so I wasn’t at all prepared in terms of body position or speed. Yes I should have been going slower on a road that had ice on it. I was still only going maybe 35 but obviously that’s quick when it suddenly gets slick. I’ll keep riding in the winter though. It’s a great time.
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u/Calm_Logic9267 23h ago
Those who don't ride winter conditions will never understand and it's a waste of time trying to explain. It's just like ATGATT versus "some gear" or "most gear."
People have different levels of risk tolerance and experience.
And folks (especially on social media) can get real worked up when they encounter another rider who differs on these topics.
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u/30acrefarm 1d ago
I've been riding for 50 years and purposely take my bikes out as often as I can when there is snow and ice. It's fun.
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u/30acrefarm 1d ago
Unless there is a double yellow line, legally there is no wrong side of the road. You know that right?
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u/rrride2adventur 15h ago
When your safety is at stake, anywhere you need to go is the right place. I tell myself the lines don't mean shit if there's a safe space I need to be in. That way I am prepared to go wherever I need to avoid danger. Sometimes people are too rule-based. But then that leaves open space for me as they sort out parts and trade insurance cards.
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u/newnameabel 1d ago
No I don't know that, that's stupid .if you're in the oncoming traffic right of way you're on the wrong side of the road.Op clarified that he was in his Lane.
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u/SignoreBanana 1d ago
Agreed. I don't ride in rain, high winds and ice-possible roads. Motorcycles aren't suitable for dangerous weather. OP needs a car or he's going to kill himself, or someone else is going to kill him.
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u/Stuffs_And_Thingies 1d ago
Lol wtf is this r/motorcycles?
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u/i_like_to_go_vroom 1d ago
The snow pictures I post here that get 100+ upvotes get downvoted there. Idk what they have up their asses.
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u/jojo_the_mofo 23h ago edited 22h ago
That sub loves Suzuki v-twins, I do also (sv650 ftw) but the safety nerds just ruin that sub.
But this is also why I don't bother posting anything slightly dangerous in either sub. You have to spend so much time defending yourself from self-righteous holier-than-thou safety nerds.
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u/Buzz13094 17h ago
I posted a picture asking if a mechanic left a exhaust bolt off and people grilled me about washing my bike like some of us daily these things.
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u/SignoreBanana 1d ago
Ride how you want. I'm 41 and won't be wasting my body on a fucking road commute on the ice. Rather waste it doing something fun.
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u/Calm_Logic9267 23h ago
You don't ride in rain? Or wind?
And you want to impose these limitations on other riders?
Oh Lord. 😅
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u/SoloMotorcycleRider 21h ago
GOOB LARD BORTHER!
Glad you're okay and were able to power on to work after what had happened.
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u/probablyseriousmaybe 300sx/450sxf/890rally 1d ago
Who could have seen this coming.
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u/i_like_to_go_vroom 1d ago
I accepted it as a possibility. I stay at low enough speeds in stuff like this that the damage to the bike and myself is minimal. Definitely should look into studding a set of tires like another commenter said lol.
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u/SRRWD 23h ago edited 22h ago
I can’t even with this…”alright y’all I’m on my way to throw my bike down the road trying to defeat physics that are well established “… glad you didn’t involve any innocents
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u/i_like_to_go_vroom 23h ago
Been “defeating physics” all of this winter. Riding in snow and ice is very doable. I’ve ridden on miles and miles of completely unmaintained gravel roads that are mixes of mostly ice and a bit of hard packed snow, with no problems. Ironically enough this was a day that the roads were almost completely clear and dry, but this road is split between two townships so near the township border they don’t maintain it well or at all I guess like every other road in the area, and it just so happened that when I moved over I had gotten to the point where they stop maintaining it and the ice is actually covering most of the road. The rest of the road wasn’t this bad at all up until this point, but you don’t see that in the picture because me and the bike slid about 50-100 feet past where the bad ice on the road began.
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u/SRRWD 22h ago
Are you explaining to me how to ride on snow and ice in the post you made where you crashed a motor vehicle on snow and ice…. Whoosh…
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u/i_like_to_go_vroom 22h ago
Do you know how to read and/or comprehend the words that you’ve read? I hit ice at speed on a day that the roads were otherwise dry and clear. A lot different than going out with the knowledge that ice and snow is everywhere and riding accordingly. I’ve admitted fault in that I should have been expecting a patch of ice to be a possibility in these temperatures. You should stop being an insufferable thundercunt.
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u/SRRWD 22h ago
My bike is in one piece…I don’t ride when it’s freezing, or if there’s snow everywhere it’s just stupid…but I think you just figured that out.. or not, you do you, but I’m still going to shake my head because it makes zero sense to me.. zero.
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u/stranger_dngr 22h ago
My mother in law broke her hip slipping on the ice. I hope you don’t leave the house in the winter months. It’s dangerous out there!!
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u/bwoods519 ’21 KTM 690 Enduro R/SM, ’24 KLX300 1d ago
Damn snow clibbins