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Originally Posted by rattlsnak
You don't worry about slippery roads?
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Absolutely. Always on our minds. One needs to be able to read the road conditions, which means a whole lot more than peering over one's windshield. Overnight temperatures, dew point and when it was reached, how long after it actually froze, and all of that play a part. One simply does not travel a couple hundred miles or more, by motorcycle, under these conditions without a clear understanding of all of the factors that contribute to road conditions. We've done it for as long as I can remember, but it's not for the inexperienced nor inattentive.
Several years ago, out on our Olympic Peninsula, heading up Hurricane Ridge:
