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i rode once a few years back on christmas day. went against my rule of no riding with salt on the road. spent 2 days trying to wash the salt out of the nooks n crannies of the bike. will never go against that rule again!

I was out this weekend for a ride. At our meetup location, Buc-ee's, there were quite a few groups greeting together and all were younger, no more than early 30's. They definitely don't ride baggers or touring bikes. A lot of crotch rockets and sport tourers. Probably saw 50 + bikes and more than half were younger.

I agree with you for the most part. I used to ride in the winter a lot. Have ridden in snow and single digit temps. I guess I’ve gotten old. That is part of it. The other part though is that often the roads around here get heavilly salted once the weather starts turning bad. I just hate seeing my bike covered in salt.

We used to ride when it was around 10 celius, even did it at 4 to 6. As we got older the temps seem to have an effect on things so slowly the range has been decreasing. Now it's 20-22 or better and please not at 30. This year I only went for IC once and my wife didn't even ride once... such is life.

Being from NE Ohio I've ridden in the snow a bit but moving to Houston . . . . Riding season never ends.

Back in the 80s I rode my Honda 750 from Key Largo to the mainland (Homestead) via Cardsound Rd., which was the only other way besides US1 to get to the mainland, and there'd been flooding and I rode a few miles through about 4" of saltwater. Saltwater on a hot motor doesn't go well. That bike was never the same after that. I loved that bike but she weren't so pretty after that.

I was surprised to see that it was only 7% of Polaris' market share or income. I thought I've seen a bunch of Indians on the road. That being said, I've seen a ton of them in the dealership locally that haven't sold so that may be the reason why. I think the Ultra Luxury motorcycles are either going to be a thing of the past, or at least not be profitable for awhile due to the economy. No one can afford these bikes, and if you can afford them, you're probably too old to buy them. That or the Indian name is cursed!