The Lowdown On Cold Trips and Hot Grips on the Springtime Special

About this episode

Zac Kurylyk and Neil Graham discuss the challenges and experiences of early spring motorcycle rides.

This week on the Lowdown Radio Show managing editor Zac Kurylyk chews the fat with Neil Graham about the ritual of the first spring ride. For Zac, it's often a miserable ride in gruesome weather, while Neil focused on his travails with gusty winds and frigid girlfriends. Rarely did the trips—or relationships—go well, though both confess that early season jaunts were not without merit, proving the old dictum correct: Why did the man beat his head against the wall? Because it felt so good when he stopped. Then Zac recounts a harrowing tale of attempting to fix the heated grips on his WR250 and Neil looks forlornly to the heavens and asks why, despite having cleaned the carburetors on his Ducati, it remains a cantankerous cold starter. All this, and Zac’s mindset in anticipating his first ride after a serious crash late last season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Zac Kurylyk

Guest: Neil Graham

Topics covered

• spring rides
• motorcycle maintenance
• cold weather riding
• personal experiences
• relationships

Keywords

• spring ride
• heated grips
• cold starter
• motorcycle
• carburetors

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Ducati, WR250

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