I am riding this 2025 Eliminator 500 since the beginning of December and can’t wait for the hot season to hit some mountain pass!

  • dello_iv@piefed.socialOPEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I am lucky that below-zero temperatures are almost never seen here, but I mean, yeah, I don’t think it’s impossible, let me be clear. I just say it’s more difficult, mainly I am a bit scared of ice in the road when it’s really cold

    • naeap@sopuli.xyz
      3·
      2 days ago

      I’m with you

      With 16 I had such a 50ccm dirt bike (so nothing to compare to a real motorbike) and if missed the bus to school, I needed to drive with in those 25km

      In spring and autumn this was fine, but in winter…
      Once I just fell off it at the end of the ride, because I was too stiff to get move my legs accordingly.

      As I was young and dumb, I obviously wore some jeans, but still, in low temperatures and shitty weather it just sucks to be that exposed to the elements

      • nutria@piefed.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        You made me remember when, at 17, I used to ride 12 km each way on my Fantic Trial 50 to go see my girlfriend at her parents’ house. In winter, it was brutal, I was definitely not dressed for it.