Motorcycle Riding Tips for Australian Winters

When the temperature plunges to 10 degrees, motorcycling can go from "Get your motor running" to "Sux2BU" pretty quick. Even some motorbike experts quote, "Motorbikes and ice do not mix well unless you have special spikes in your tires"
In case you're enticed to give it a spin, however, here are some good judgment tips to keep your awful self upstanding during the harsh winter months, accepting first that you have had your motorcycle appropriately winterized.

1. Go slow on the road

This may fall into the "duh" category of motorcycling tips, but bikers are typically in a hurry; that's part of the fun. In cold weather, though, be extra-easy with the accelerator and try extra-hard to refrain from sudden anything - braking, acceleration, cornering, swerving. Remember it's easy to go fast - all you have to do is spin the accelerator. A great biker can slow down to almost a standstill and still control the machine, and the slow-and-steady skills you learn while driving in the winter will be handy when it's spring and summer.

2. Always check for tire conditions beforehand

Let's assume your tires are in great working order. Your tires, under normal conditions, heat up from use after you ride a bit, resulting in tighter traction and enabling you to control the machine like a champ. In freezing weather, you can safely assume any tire heat gathered from your trip is gone after as much as a 60-second stop, and you're starting from scratch. Check your pressure in cold weather more often in winter, too, and use a gauge, not your eyes.
Note: Quit reading now if your tires are bald or decrepit, and go buy new ones.

3. If it starts to snow, hang it up

Freezing cold weather, wind and even ice can be dealt with by beginners or near-beginners. But when a snowstorm happens, your visibility is typically reduced to the garbage and you can either tough it home going 4 miles an hour and trying to avoid black ice, inept auto drivers, sharp curves and the like, or you can find the nearest mall or similar shelter and wait it out. No one will think you a cupcake just because you don't want to ride in the snow, either, so go ahead and find sanctuary when God's dandruff falls from the sky

4.Wear proper motorcycle gear

We've heard this all our motorcycling lives, and some of us pay more attention to it than others.  But the arctic buzz-kill is a great time to invest in some heavy-duty gear including boots, pants, jacket, gloves, and a full-face DOT-approved helmet. Not only does proper gear help prevent road rash, serious injury or worse in the event of a crash, but it also keeps you toasty. Anyone who has tried to tough out a ride through freezing weather knows the particular hell of biking with some part of your body involuntarily naked.
One way to stay warm is to consider heated gear - pants, gloves, jackets - equipped with electronics one either charge beforehand or hooks up to an equipped motorcycle.

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