s.tyler58 Posted December 31, 2017 Share #1 Posted December 31, 2017 Okay so it's supposed to get down to 18 below zero tonight. Streets are dry but Gravely. How far or how fast the guide need to ride the venture to make it official if I want to ride in 15 degree below zero temperature just to say I did it? Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcarl Posted December 31, 2017 Share #2 Posted December 31, 2017 I would say that at your age, if you get up and down the drive it would be considered. Now for me? I would at least want to go around a city block to put that in the record books,,, as long as the block only has 4 houses on it,,,, one on each side to be clear!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s.tyler58 Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share #3 Posted December 31, 2017 I would say that at your age, if you get up and down the drive it would be considered. Now for me? I would at least want to go around a city block to put that in the record books,,, as long as the block only has 4 houses on it,,,, one on each side to be clear!!!There's a bank with time and temperature on it a mile and a half away but I'm not man enough for that Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyinfool Posted December 31, 2017 Share #4 Posted December 31, 2017 You have to go at least far enough to get the engine warmed up.................... A mile an a half to get a pic of you, your Venture and the Bank sign with temp would make it a good run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s.tyler58 Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share #5 Posted December 31, 2017 You have to go at least far enough to get the engine warmed up.................... A mile an a half to get a pic of you, your Venture and the Bank sign with temp would make it a good run.It's inside my office / Depot so it's sitting at 68 degrees. I'll warm her up real good inside and then take the lap down to the corner and back. Would equal about six blocks on a normal street. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcarl Posted December 31, 2017 Share #6 Posted December 31, 2017 Just be careful with those tires, I don't think they were made to be used at these temperatures, they may be a bit stiff and not grip at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbig1 Posted December 31, 2017 Share #7 Posted December 31, 2017 face shield good coat and gloves. You don't have to set land speed record. may be colder riding in one direction i.e. wind blowing snow. I have rode where my teeth was talking when I got home. Naughty teeth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s.tyler58 Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share #8 Posted December 31, 2017 Just be careful with those tires, I don't think they were made to be used at these temperatures, they may be a bit stiff and not grip at all.Sure. Thanks. I just ran up here from home to do a little tinkering and reality set in with just the minor exposure of warming the car and driving 7 miles. It's dang cold. It makes 55° feel like a gorgeous afternoon in March. " OK Google, how long does it take for eyeballs to freeze in in -18 degree temperatures?" Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s.tyler58 Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share #9 Posted December 31, 2017 face shield good coat and gloves. You don't have to set land speed record. may be colder riding in one direction i.e. wind blowing snow. I have rode where my teeth was talking when I got home. Naughty teeth.Well originally I had planned on good boots good gloves and my helmet. Only. But then I remembered that I don't drink anymore... Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyinfool Posted January 1, 2018 Share #10 Posted January 1, 2018 If you go to make that ride wearing nothing but boots gloves and a helmet, you will have other things falling off....................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcarl Posted January 1, 2018 Share #11 Posted January 1, 2018 Ya we need some pictures to record it in the record books, if there ain't no pictures, it just didn't happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yammer Dan Posted January 1, 2018 Share #12 Posted January 1, 2018 WE had a Drummer Boy I think it was way back when (late 70's) and I rode out about a 1/2 mile to grab a box of onion Rings one night when it was about 5 degrees F. Onion Rings cooled down considerable before I got home!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djh3 Posted January 1, 2018 Share #13 Posted January 1, 2018 I didnt have a Venture back then. I had a Suzuki GS 1100 forget year. A group of us from my base rode up to OKC for a run back then they called "the candy ass". It was 7 when we left Altus, not much warmer when we got to OKC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s.tyler58 Posted January 1, 2018 Author Share #14 Posted January 1, 2018 Last Thursday my shop here did not exist. Instead of riding in 15 below, I spent my hours putting this together. Time to start tearing down, cleaning up, replacing clutch springs, repairing plastic. Painting frame. Would it be sacrilege to paint her silver? Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Haywood Posted January 1, 2018 Share #15 Posted January 1, 2018 Well I have never ridden in below zero temps but I belong to BACA (bikers against child abuse) and I rode 91 miles for a kid of ours in 6 degree weather. I actually wasn't that cold. Had heated jacket, gloves, seat and grips and lots of leather and long johns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcarl Posted January 1, 2018 Share #16 Posted January 1, 2018 Never did see a silver 83, but that doesn't mean it can't be or shouldn't be done. I have seen lots of different colors though, some real nice, others not so much, but then beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mraf Posted January 8, 2018 Share #17 Posted January 8, 2018 If nothing else when you leave a parking lot you can yell "High HO Silver" and get away with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s.tyler58 Posted January 9, 2018 Author Share #18 Posted January 9, 2018 If nothing else when you leave a parking lot you can yell "High HO Silver" and get away with it!Ouch. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snyper316 Posted January 9, 2018 Share #19 Posted January 9, 2018 Ouch. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baylensman Posted January 10, 2018 Share #20 Posted January 10, 2018 Here's a mark for you to hit! he wrote of being even colder _-12C when he started http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?119387-Canada-to-Cancun-on-the-250-Venture-The-full-ride-report Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamahauler Posted December 31, 2021 Share #21 Posted December 31, 2021 Years back, late for a meeting about 20 miles away, 21 degrees. Bundled up & hauling ass about 85. Got to the meeting and was handed a wind chill chart. At 45 mph at 21 degrees, I went off the chart at -64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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