Adventure/Dual Purpose Bikes

Ended up at the pub after work tonight.
Parked outside the particular bar and locked the helmet under the seat of my smaller ride. (see profile for rides).In the same spot next to me was the bike belonging to a colleague. A Suzuki Impulse 400 from the early 80's. It's got that street fighter look, solid square section frame which sounded kool when we started up to leave.
Time at the pub saw a CBR 1000 go back and forth, must be a local bike I don't know.
Three bikes including ...

Temp got up to 15 d.today. Got that old 'it's time for a ride' feeling. Off to get a warrent on the V-strom tomorrow, must have had tha machine for a year. How time flies! Will try the new Draggin Jeans tomorrow to increase the safety aspect. Hope the high cost is worth it!

Went for a pre-breakfast walk and found about 100m of black ice on a decent uphill section so I left the scooter at home for the fifth time this winter. Yep, I wimped out! Still, lived to ride another day. Roll on temps above freezing!

I wobbled down to work this moring and it was still -3deg. when I left home at 1000hrs. Frosty down here for about the last fortnight. Some road sections are frost, on frost, on frost which compounds into ice.
It rained for about quarter of an hour, the temperature went up and a combination of the rain and the raised temperature got rid of the surface ice which made riding very much easier. Still chilly, but safer. Cheers

Hi, I'm back from Aussie. Catch my 12 day ride report on Trip Report thread. Cheers.

now the winters here and the zxr has been traded for a kxf250 and a cr85 been getting into the greatness that is trail riding.
nz is great for the outdoors and the rain makes it more exiting even got the missus into it (knocked herself out at woodhill but got back on )having much more fun now than before and if anyone is looking to rent a dirt bike to see if they like it i can take u out contact yamahar64life we have a rm 125 great for the first timer or the advanced

The forecast in the ODT this morning had the statement: "showers falling as snow". Interesting, I'd never heard this in a forecast before. True it was! Snow showers, light and not settling snow fell through to about 1300hrs. Was cold and then the 'showers' fell as rain for a while!
About 0930 hrs I had to pop down town on the scooter commuter getting a frozen bum from these "showers falling as snow" which had frozen on the scotter seat. Yeah! For quality winter bike gloves which were up to ...

Down here in the south yesterday was the second day (of an average 4) that I chose not to use the scooter to get to work. A shower of rain fell at around 0500hrs and froze on the roads.
This morning the 5cm of snow which fell over-night has frozen and very little traffic is moving about on any of the roads.
Needless to say the wee-strom and the scooter remain in the garage. Too cold to apply that space age plastic polish, so a day inside by the fire is planned. Cheers.