Good morning Paul  

I'm getting ready for a ride now to the next town South of me for a CMAUSA meeting.

Dressed for it includes :

Long sleeve "T-Shirt"
Long Johns
Tall Socks
Heavy button-up shirt
Ski pants
Heated Vest
Coat with the liner in it
Barclay tucked into the neck of the coat and pulled up to my nose
Full Face Helmet
Heated Gloves.

When it gets up to 45 degrees I'll have to turn the heated gear to "OFF" !  
It was 16 degrees F this morning and it's taking a while to warm up out side.

Those folks ridding Snowmobiles are the "Tuff" ones !  

40 degrees is about it for me. Below that it just isn't much fun. I still see a few bikes out on the road around here when the temperature is down into the 30s.

What ends the season here in Western NY is the first snowfall when the salt trucks come out. I don't know what it's like in other places but around here it's almost like a competition between the town highway departments to see how many inches of rock salt they can pile up on top of 1/4'' of snow. They even pre-treat roads if there is snow in the forecast even if the roads are bare. It's insane IMO  Once that sh*t hits the roads the motorcycles get put up until we get two or three days of steady rain around the middle of April to wash it off.

I even hate driving my car on the roads around here during the winter, and I don't even like my car.

In USA size I wear a XL , in Asian size I wear a XXXL ,

I just ordered one of these to replace my 5 year old vest that is loosing its zipper.  

https://www.ebay.com/itm/375753776029?var=644647277705

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Their heated gloves are the same way .   I order the biggest ones they have even though my USA size is XL.

The value of the ride has to be more than the hassle of getting dressed for it.
I've ridden with snow on the road, so cold the heat from a car a 100 feet in front of me was appreciated. I've got some pretty good clothes gathered up, and I expect to ride on some pretty Ugglee days. What bugs me is how little They look for us on pretty days.
YaKnow They aren't looking for yon days only a madman would be on a bike.

It's not worth even thinking about riding in winter in Sask. It's been down to -18 already and that is nothing unusual. I have seen it as low as -42 C

I rolled the Savage out to take some pics just yesterday. It's the newest 20 year old bike I have ever seen.   I can't get over how small it is, it's a real diddy bike. I love it







 
The days will soon be getting longer, the winter Solstice is almost here  

The two piece seat is much more comfortable than the one piece that was on the 2005 model.
The Buckhorn bars really made riding a lot easier on me.
There Is a too cold. It's considerably warmer than it was fifteen years ago. The destination has to be so inviting and take a long enough time to get there to justify the hassle of getting dressed for it.  Riding through snow Was fun.

The snow fell on dry roads,or I wouldn't have dared.