flyrider
Morning Person
Recently returned to riding after 25 year hiatus. Ordered a 2012 F800ST and waited the interminable 2 1/2 months for production and delivery (during which time I took a safety and skills course and read every good riding safety/skills book out there). Bikes today have more technology than back in the 1980's...which is why I'm embarassed. My new BMW has grip heaters...and I knew that when I picked it up. Two positions on the heaters...low and high. For some reason, I never thought to check the switch after I picked up the bike (after all, why would the switch be on in summer?), and rode for 600 miles over 2 weeks, in summer temperatures, with the switch on low heat. I kept thinking my short leather gloves were just too damn hot for summer and ordered some textile gloves. The day the textile gloves arrived, I discovered the grip heater on "low". I started laughing out loud...the motorcycle gods really got me that time...
Next ride, I wore the leather gloves again, with the heat off. Wow, were those grips so nice and cool...
Anyone else ever do anything dumb? Nah...probably not...
Next ride, I wore the leather gloves again, with the heat off. Wow, were those grips so nice and cool...
Anyone else ever do anything dumb? Nah...probably not...