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Was a little dark coming back to the truck tonight :wink:
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When I left the house the morning following that night...it was 11ºF.

It was a tad chilly in spots.

We rode for a bit over six hours...not sure of the mileage. Wibby's odo quit..prolly 'cuz it froze.

Camelbaks didn't work too good......

Sure was a beautiful day, though!

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My friggen petcock was froze!
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...."When I left the house the morning following that night...it was 11ºF...."

Yep - you two are certifiably nuts !!! Nobody should be riding bikes when it is that cold. Maybe I'm just a $#@&. :roll: :partyman: :supz: :prayer: :lol:
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Not bad at all, really. It was warm in the sunny spots..although, a whole lotta places the trails are have nothing to do with sun this time of year.

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The ground was frozen most everywhere.

The saving grace for me is grip heat. AAAaahhhhh..... LOVE it!

It don't work too good when you're making a beeline for the rigs at the end of the day as fast as you can get there.

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Did you have to beef the stator up to run the Grip Heaters???
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I run them separately..it's lights OR heat.

The grip heat has a hi/lo setting. Both consume the same amount of power. The 'lo' setting simply runs through a big ceramic resistor...so even when they are set to 'lo' the current draw stays pretty much the same.

So...'lo' heat and lights won't work, either.

I don't run lights during the day (my taillight illuminates in either 'heat' or 'light' mode..if I have a bulb in there), I DO run grip heat all day (this time of year anyway). I switch between the 'hi/lo' settings 'cuz 'hi' gets too hot sometimes.

On banzai runs back to staging in the dark..my hands just freeze. :sad:


An either/or setup would run with the OEM light coil. I ran an Electrex coil that way for years..currently have one'a Inda's coils.

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My hands stayed warm all day :?

Your tail light worked for about a day
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Mr. Wibbens wrote: Your tail light worked for about a day
Re: '..my taillight illuminates in either 'heat' or 'light' mode..if I have a bulb in there..'

Don't have one in now.

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