Winter Commuting – November 22

I’ve been riding the Ural to work for the past week or so instead of the R1150GS because of the snow and ice. It’s been hovering in the mid teens with a hot streak of 27F this morning.

Last week, it snowed nearly six inches and was a lots of fun to ride in.  It’s nearly all melted now because of the freezing rain over the weekend.

Today, it’s been trying to snow, but unfortunately still more of the freeing slush mix. The weather-guessers think we’ll get an inch of accumulation by the time I leave work. I hope they’re right. It would make the ride home much more fun to have some snow! *fingers crossed*

The Ural’s fairing kept me warm and dry on the commute in this morning. Still no electrics yet other than the heated grips. The fairing is doing a great job deflecting the cold wind.

I stopped at Lake Josephine this morning to take a couple photos.

I’ve been there a few other times.

I can’t wait until I can do this again: (probably another month)

The sign is right! Very thin ice that doesn’t even cover the whole lake.

I think these geese are helping to keep the ice at bay.

While I was stopped to take photos, the snow started to collect on the sidecar cover:

The K335s are working great:

A fun ride into work. I was a bit sad I didn’t leave earlier. I could have used a bit longer ride.