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03-07-2010, 5:06 PM TuRnEnEm Joined on 02-21-2010 Montucky Posts 33 The TW is a tractor in snow! 1990 TW in its natural habitat: TW meets a friend: They decide to explore: TW is a trooper! Sucky narrow tire is not helping! It starts getting serious! Photo op! Some times less power is wayyyyyyyy better! The little TW just ate up this snowy ride! My XR mounted companion went down 3 times and had to dis mount multiple times. I had zero problems and made every climb and descent! Love this little bike! *pEaCe* 2002 VTR1000 2005 Suzuki SV650S 1990 TW200 Coming soon: XR650L!    Report

03-08-2010, 3:00 AM Polar Pilot Joined on 06-05-2008 Iqaluit Nunavut Canada Posts 191 Re: The TW is a tractor in snow! Looks like a grand adventure for sure~ Thanks for posting the pictures Bert 2004 TW200 Jimbo's shield D2Moto foot pegs Cycleracks front and rear Stearns seat pad    Report

03-08-2010, 3:20 AM mrutkaus Joined on 07-10-2008 N of Winchester VA Posts 198 Re: The TW is a tractor in snow! Beautiful pictures! Thanks Mike    Report

03-08-2010, 9:04 AM sandman-zzzz Joined on 10-16-2009 Zanesville, OHIO Posts 124 Re: The TW is a tractor in snow! Looks like fun... but, IM ready for SPRING!!! 2000 TW200 - 14/47 sprockets, DID Gold X-Ring chain, Jimbos windshield, ProGrip Model 797 Grips, Mobil 1 4stroke 10w-40 Synthetic    Report

03-08-2010, 4:50 PM TuRnEnEm Joined on 02-21-2010 Montucky Posts 33 Re: The TW is a tractor in snow!  sandman-zzzz wrote: Looks like fun... but, IM ready for SPRING!!! Yeah, I'm with you. Riding in cold weather and gear is fine. But riding off road is hard work and I was sweating like a w#ore in church! It was warm enough that I could probably ride in my summer gear except for the road miles to get to the woods. *pEaCe* 2002 VTR1000 2005 Suzuki SV650S 1990 TW200 Coming soon: XR650L!    Report

03-08-2010, 9:07 PM QWERTY Joined on 11-22-2006 Posts 2,360 Re: The TW is a tractor in snow! I pull on raingear for the road miles to block the wind, pull it off for the offroad miles, thaen back on for the return trip.    Report

03-13-2010, 7:04 PM bike_12mo/yr Joined on 03-14-2010 Posts 1 Re: The TW is a tractor in snow! I am considering buying my first TW and was interested by the post titled "the TW is a tractor in snow!" I was told today I was suicidal if I wanted to ride this 12 months out of the year to work through the Michigan winter. Would you say the stability of the TW is good on roads in the winter? or is it truly suicidal?    Report

03-13-2010, 8:36 PM QWERTY Joined on 11-22-2006 Posts 2,360 Re: The TW is a tractor in snow! Stud the tiresa. Ride on ice. the problem isn't the bike, it's the morons in cages who loose contol and slide into you.    Report

03-14-2010, 3:36 PM TW-87 Joined on 02-01-2010 Manitoba, Canada Posts 305 Re: The TW is a tractor in snow!  mrutkaus wrote: Beautiful pictures! Thanks Mike I agree. You make me feel like a wimp for waiting for most of the ice to melt here. You're an excellent photographer ! TW-87 1987 TW200, 15/44 sprockets, DID O-ring chain, Award winning, "Quick Release" Action Packer :-))    Report

03-14-2010, 5:35 PM WYditarod Joined on 04-10-2009 Posts 136 Re: The TW is a tractor in snow! Yup, its golden in the snow! I've thought about studding my tires, but haven't done so yet. Ridden all winter in Wyoming! Only missed a few days when the roads were truly not visible under the ice. Its hard to commute 38mi one way with any kind of velocity when its that bad. Mud is my problem, with that aborted tire/fender spacing. I try to add a thimble full of HEET to each tank. I've suffered carb icing twice. You definately know it when that happens. Please delete my account.    Report

03-15-2010, 7:51 AM elime Joined on 07-04-2008 San Jose, California Posts 672 Re: The TW is a tractor in snow!  WYditarod wrote: I've suffered carb icing twice. You definately know it when that happens. On another motorcycle I have I have had what I think is carb icing.  Basically,  a gradual loss of power to the point where it barely runs.  I pull over and the engine quits.  I let it sit for less than a minute and it starts right back up and runs fine. I think it start right up again because the air is above freezing and the engine is warm so the ice melts very quickly.   This has only occurred  while I was riding along the coast where the humidity is very high on coolish but above freezing  days when I am moving at a pretty good speed . What kind of symptoms do you have when the TW icing occurs?   I suspect it doesn't clear up right away do to the below freezing air temps. Long live the internal combustion engine!    Report

03-15-2010, 1:06 PM TuRnEnEm Joined on 02-21-2010 Montucky Posts 33 Re: The TW is a tractor in snow! I have never had any icing issue? I have ridden down to about 0f with no trouble other than my eyeballs icing *pEaCe* 2002 VTR1000 2005 Suzuki SV650S 1990 TW200 Coming soon: XR650L!    Report

03-15-2010, 3:56 PM WYditarod Joined on 04-10-2009 Posts 136 Re: The TW is a tractor in snow! elime-Thats the description of the problem, perfectly. Fuel line & carb icing behave the same way. The TW block apparently isn't enough of a thermal mass for heat conduction alone to keep things thawed out when you have cold air leaching it away at speed. I swear, I once saw frost "inside" the retro-fitted inline fuel filter! Have had no further symtoms since I began the application of a capfull of HEET to each tank of fuel. Please delete my account.    Report

03-16-2010, 8:45 AM elime Joined on 07-04-2008 San Jose, California Posts 672 Re: The TW is a tractor in snow! When my bike's carb iced it was about 55 or 60 degrees but very humid. There was a fog bank just off the beach and the day was over cast.  It was like a heavy dew in the air.  My understanding is the gasoline evaporates and cools down the jet, water condenses out on it and it can get cold enough to freeze.  The ice then accumulates and eventually blocks the flow of air.  In my case due to the warm air and warm engine the ice melted very quickly and the engine restarted very easily,  which was a huge relief.  I was a long ways from home! As for riding in 0 degree,  maybe cold air doesn't hold enough moisture to be a problem?  Or maybe the oil companies realize there is a problem and add something to the gas to prevent it?    I  have heard the oil companies use different formulas for summer and winter gasoline and maybe anti icing is one of the factors. Long live the internal combustion engine!    Report

03-16-2010, 1:30 PM QWERTY Joined on 11-22-2006 Posts 2,360 Re: The TW is a tractor in snow! If you have frost in your fuel filter you have water in your fuel. HEEt is a good fix if you are getting contaminated fuel. This problem has become more widespread in the U. S. of A. with the infection of gasohol in our fuel supply. The ethanol absorbs water, with water/ethanol mixture settles out, then the water freezes the first cold, smooth surface it touches.    Report

03-16-2010, 2:09 PM WYditarod Joined on 04-10-2009 Posts 136 Re: The TW is a tractor in snow! Thanks qwerty, I've had people tell me I was cRaZy! Please delete my account.    Report

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