It’s not cheesy, I had the worst day at work today. I dumped a 5 gallon bucket of paint on a carpet. Then I hopped on my bike and on the ride home I purposefully got lost and by the time I got home my bad day wasn’t so bad anymore.
Old man here. Just remember, no one sees you when you’re riding. Do not fight for your rights when on your bike, even if your right, because the car always wins. Ride safe (sort of 😉) Practice constantly.
If you only saw the bike I had in college.. 1982 Honda CM450E turned into a cafe racer, bondo tank dents, duct tape seat, leaking fork seals, no speedometer, most people didn’t know if it was abandoned or stolen. 😂🤣😂
Two wheels is still two wheels! My first bike was a 74 honda xl125 and i still have it. Now im on an 83 nighthawk 650. You cant beat these old Honda's 👍
Check out Doodle's video here for more tips! Also, I fixed my audio so future videos will sound much better! 😅👍 th-cam.com/video/Oq7n29crLkI/w-d-xo.html
Heated gloves are great. Winter gear works. I commute all year. The best part is the excitement of looking forward to your ride. You look forward to the commute. Self care.
@@briizcustoms9543 As long as there is no snow you just take it slowly. Got a lot of rain and cold, some icy roads here too in the winter sometimes, I still ride everyday, the only days I don't ride is when it snows, which, luckily for me, doesn't happen very often in Belgium
@@fallinginthed33p I think they drive the kids to daycare in full gear using the family car, so that when they get back home, they can get right to riding.
Concerning keeping yourself warm - a layer of newspaper to your chest (beneath your jacket of course) can save you one or two more days of riding when temperatures drop.
That is something that my grandfather told me years ago that I've never forgotten. When he used to ride (way back in the day), if it got too cold, he'd stop and buy a paper to put under his jacket. I thought he was nuts, but it does work in a pinch.
Commuting to and from college, work, errands, and to friend's houses is always the best part of my day; it conveys sense and gives purpose to my riding, as opossed to riding per se, which has always seemed boring and pointless to me (except for trailriding, which I cannot get enough of) NOT criticising people who ride just for the pleasure of it, mind you; to each their own.
same. personally, I need a *reason* to ride around or drive my car around. I just don't enjoy wandering around without purpose. I will say that I have taken new routes and guessed my way to get places sometimes, like my cousin's a couple times because the exploration was fun. I still had the reason of getting to my cousin's house though. I knew the general direction and quickly checked a map ahead of time, but not the exact route and I didn't take out a gps
Great informative video. Been commuting year round by motorcycle for 13 years except when I needed a car for other issues. I love it even in the bad weather. Riding in the rain is sorta it's own type of meditation (born and raised in the PNW). It's better then a cup of coffee in the morning and helps to de-stress on your way home after work. A car has it's place, but I will choose the motorcycle over the car any time I can. Shout out to the scooter people, that's my second choice over a car.
You nailed it!!! I used to go to work on my at that time a Kawasaki Vulcan 1600 Classic. Even in the rain your still having more fun than any cager could have!
I love riding in the winter, love wearing my protective gear and not getting drenched is sweat...lol. wish they had some light weight breathable protective gear that does not cost more than my bike.
I commute to work and I enjoy it a lot one thing to note and is never rush if your running late just take a car if you have one. Or leave sooner to avoid traffic !
Heated kit, is the way forward if you ride all year. Goretex (or similar) is worth the extra money, especially if it is bonded to the outer material. Being cold, wet and miserable makes you unsafe and stops the commute being enjoyable. It saves you time, when there can be heavy traffic and puts you in a happier mood for the day ahead. Ride safe.
I never thought about riding my bike to works as self care. Now that I’ve heard you say it, it’s so true. I do start my day off doing something that brings me so much joy and then I get to end my work day doing something I love. As soon as I throw a leg over my bike the whole word changes.
Awesome gear. It was almost like seeing the female version of myself. Personally, I rock the Revit GT(air in the summer) jacket and pants and sidi Rex. I didn't catch the gloves but those are the only Alpines I own and the only other thing different is my Icon Air (the CHIEF helmet lol). Preach it sister #ATGAT #RIDEPOSITIVE
I wholeheartedly agree, I'm a committed commuter, and I ride all weather and all seasons in Australia (mind you it's 6 miles to work from home). So in summer, it's really hot (up to 40 degrees Celsius (104 F)) but in winter it can be freezing (down to -5 degrees celsius (23 F)). I have heated grips which get used a lot like this morning (-1 and anything below 8 degrees celsius) and a pair of heated gloves (which I only bother with in -1 or colder). So lots of thermal layers and the right gear. As for the bike mine is an old Yamaha MT-03 (660 cc single), which delivers about 70 mpg and parking is free.
Not jst daily commute in winters but i do weekend ride to home on my 155cc single , for like 150 km here in india without all the expensive gears, just a regular leather jacket 30$ + synthetic leather glubs 3$ and rest is jst normal winter cloths. Yup finger tips tend to freeze but becomes hell of an adventurous feel at the same demanding all the focus😄
I love your videos. You seem to distill the riding experience down to its visceral basics. I’m not sure how. But when I watch your videos, it always reminds me of the basic bests of why I ride. And I really enjoy your energy.
Love the STEM shirt. Great message for all. Feel like one of the cold weather riding secrets is Oxford Rainseal Handlebar Mitts (or Muffs?). For less than $50 they allow me to ride with summer gloves down into the twenties. Nothing to plug in, fit around the "bark busters" on my Super Tenere. Love 'em. Keep pushing STEM, Lali and Itchy Boots are my heroes in that regard!!!
Spot on advice, subscribed! Pre-Covid, I commuted every day I could on my bike. Learned many of those lessons the hard way, but damn was it fun (except the frozen fingers). Prior to that, I rode the bus for ten years. Talk about a change! Loved getting that extra time on my bike, and look forward to being able to commute again in the future. Thanks for sharing this and ride safe.
Holy crap! You are a real spaz! Kudos for wearing gear. I wear nothing special when it's hot. Good gear is always a great idea. When it's cool enough, I wear all of it. I must admit I am the guy with shorts and sandals on the sportbike. Mine bike is about to turn 18 years old, no wrecks. So....
I noticed at least from the view of the video that you ride in the middle of your lane a lot . I was taught a long time ago that that was a bad idea, because if another vehicle were to spill oil it would most likely be in the middle of the road. Just food for thought. I mostly ride along the yellow line. I find that to be the safest. Keep safe and keep enjoying.
Up until my furlough due to the Lockdowns, I commuted 50 miles round trip to work on mike bike. And you are right, it was the best part of my day. Even when I was sittling in Atlanta traffic or a downpour or just a blisteringly cold day, it was still the best part of the day.
DUUDE, I started commuting last year only a month or so after getting my first bike. Them heated gloves and full batwing fairing where life savers! My bike was the only way I had to reach the facility upstate. Terrifying at first but low i love it =D
yeah I think heated gloves are a game changer O.o or even insulated waterproof/windproof ones. Anything other than just leather, lol don't do what I did and ride with perforated leather gloves in the winter aaaaa
I can relate!!! The perspective from inside the helmet... Specially one with a larger chin.. Focused vision..like a ninja..and like you said..feels out of this world 😅👍
Before covid I was doing 20 miles each day mostly highway to downtown. But I would leave at 5am at the latest. I did one summer with a ninja 250 then switched to a vstrom 650. Much less scary on the interstate. I go year round. My cutoff is about 17f or so, no heated gear but definitely muffs and weather king gloves with Klim liners. I have a 34 inseam and I hate the fetal position on a sports bike.
I got excited to ride my Harley back and forth to work in the summer, then I slapped some loud pipes on it and that all changed. Haha Now I’m trying to convince the wife to buy a “quiet” bike so I can still commute to work on 2 wheels.
I need to get me some more heated gear too. I just have a heated vest, which definitely helps, but some heated gloves or grips would probably be way better!
@Lali, before you said *caffeine* I was thinking, this chic is Wired! 😁 IE "I'm Going For A RIDE" Wired 🏍👍 100% agree that bike ride is a great Start and Release on work days... For cold weather I use layers vs temperature and length of ride. Wearing sweats under jacket and jeans works well for me and then on colder/longer rides I start with long underwear (4-5 layers including riding suit)... I never got heated gloves (in FL) but I wished I had them a few times (when I was riding 115 miles each way, sometimes dropping into 30s for the last hour+ of the ride home). ... ... Might sound crazy (especially coming from someone that loves stupid-fast Large-cc bikes) but my 400cc Yam. Majesty is the most comfortable (and useful) bike I have ever owned. It has a huge (low to the ground) seat, full wind screen (and good amount of wind/rain protection for legs). The foot rest goes from in front of you (like easy rider in recliner) to behind you (passenger foot rest) so you can move/keep your feet where ever you want. It will (and has) cruised for "hours" at 65-80+mph (only stopped for gas n lunch riding from FL to TN, Tail of the Dragon) AND it has enough space under the seat for TWO Full Helmets = I have carried many things 100% weather protected (like 15" laptop and Large camera bag) or two bags of groceries...
not crazy at all! That's a pretty reasonable commute to do on a bike, long enough to have fun, but not long enough to really make you tired (especially if you wear the right gear, play some good music, etc :D)
@@AntiParallali Haha! For sure! If I am ever up in your neck of the woods! I’m also looking at the Triumph Speed Triple RS. I’m a sport bike guy but I rarely find myself using it the way it should be. I don’t go to the track, but I could with a naked bike. I think the more comfortable riding position and the down lower power is more usable. Don’t need the top end of a sport bike. Basically just trying to look cool. Haha! Do you find yourself riding your R1 much?
Comment on self care doesn't sound silly at all, wise head on young shoulders there Lali! I had to get taught what taking time out for self care was by a psychologist in my 40's, wish I'd learned it earlier.
Riding to work and school is the best.Get a lot of respect when you show up on a motorcycle .If road has no snow on it,leather jacket under winter coat and some good gloves maybe a pair under or over leather ones works for me in Canada rode today.
great info especially with the cold hands, that can get really dangerous. As far as the audio goes, i use a 50db attenuator and the, Standard Mic+, setting in the GoPro. BUT, with my LOUD V-Rod Muscle i just used standard mic setting. You could probably get away with a 30db attenuator i just got the 50 due to the HD loudness and never got a lower value when i changed bikes. See you on the next one
Learned late last year, immediately went on a bunch of journeys, but ... hell, cold crept in fast. Bought a whole bunch of gear/layers to compensate. Thankfully, my used KLR650 had aftermarket heated grips. I rode it all winter as long as it was above 35 degrees with the sun out. Just around town, mostly, but... enough to be therapeutic.
I have 5 bikes... biggest is a ZX14, smallest is a 08 ninja 250. I commute to work 45min. on the little ninja 250 daily. Keep in mind I'm 6'4 215lbs. and it saves me on a ton of gas, plus small bikes are a blast lol
you are a girl a pretty girl you are a motorcycle rider and you are a PhD in biomedical and bioinformatics that's ...awesome! I hope one day when I'm driving I meet you
Riding in on a chilly day will walk you up better than coffee and riding home is likely to cause delays because you take the long way. PS I don't know where you are but it looks just like where I live in Pennsylvania! Country farmlands have their own riding challenges. Slow moving tractors can ruin your day, not because they are slow but the people trying to get around them.
Get the best helmet you can afford. Second hand jacket maybe, decent gloves, can use ex army motor cycling gear if your on a budget. Improve things when you can afford.
Hi Lali! I’m a little bit envious of your apparel. I’m going to have last motorbike journey of the year, today (17 degrees C here and 12-14 on the hills) but not so prepared as you are. I wear just a pair of jeans, high neck micropile, a wool sweater and the jackets. Hope not to freeze 🥶. And I find specific boot not to comfortable so I use sneakers. It’s funny when you sing happy tunes. Bye 👋
I thought I was alone. Loking through my fighter pilot helmet(LS2 Challenger GT) it DOES feel like im on a rocket ship to space, and I LOOOOOOVE space. Ayyy @ElonMusk beam me up fucker!
I have a Honda rebel 250. It's a good bike to start out on and commuting on the back roads but it can't do highways. I'm already tired of it and want something faster because it's only 15hp 😂
17 still going to high school, Gonna get a Kawasaki Ninja 250R as my first bike, I have experienced kinda from when I was like 14, If all goes Well I should have my Bike in 2 months or Less 👌🏽
I started out riding my bike to and from work; at the time it was only 40min. Pretty much forced myself to commute in order to get more comfortable in traffic and being around others. I rode well into November (I live in GA), if there wasn't any rain in the forecast I was on the bike. I froze at night in 30 degree weather but I still enjoyed riding. Now I'm riding 50miles 1 way to work on a Ninja 300. Half my commute is back country and the other is all highway. I'm still loving my commute and will sometimes 'get lost' on the way home.
50 miles is a fair way to commute. I use to commute 45 miles, during the winter in Australia, temps 32 F to 50 F, I used very good gloves and thermal gear. Once it was so cold at night that the skin on my hands cracked, I could not move my fingers, I had to slide my left had off the bar to use my wrist to pull in the clutch, and just use the back brake. Lucky I was riding a Moto Guzzi LeMans Mark V (1000cc twin) and it had a need system where the foot brake worked on one front disc and the back, so I could still stop ok. The normal handle bar brake leaver operated the othe disc on the front. Interesting bike to ride fast, as it also had a massive torque reaction from the fly wheel, and the shaft drive would make the back lift under acceleration, so you could adjust the bikes ground clearance in corners and lean angle by using the throttle.
From my first winter thus far I've got all gear that have heat liners and heated grips I've rode all the way down to 26 degrees Fahrenheit but it was Definitely veryyy cold even 5 layers deep with heated grips Edit: I've also rode in down pours like 3 different times as I've gotten caught at work in em. Biggest problem isn't that you'll be soaked it's all the other cars that don't use their headlights. Even with no fog on your visor, which there likely will be, it'd hard to see the cars unless they have lights to mark their positions so definitely have to take more time before say turning left in us or right in UK
6:43 I actually have never had that feeling about looking the world through a visor, and having a different perspective/view point from it; interesting. But what I do notice is that the visor is a psychological barrier to me in regards to feeling "safer" and more distant from the car in front of me. When I put the visor up and it's not obstructing my views (glare, or dirty visor), the car feels closer and more dangerous (in regards to braking distance). This makes me hang back farther, which is good.
cool vid...I do know what you mean wearing a helmet and yes looking at the world differently..I don't have bluetooth nor do I listen to music but I have caught myself talking to myself...good thing no one can see through my dark visor...😅
Heated Grips are worth every penny if your bike doesn't come equipped with them already. However gotta wear a liner or rubber gloves under your riding gloves and put them on inside the house before you go out or your finger tips will freeze and that sucks.
Italians make the highest quality best fitting gear in the industry, it's Interesting that sedici use very Italian sounding names and yet they are not Italian made, talk about misleading it's customers and selling them crap. you get what you pay for.
That is a great commute you have to get the school. It reminds me of riding through Salem County in New Jersey to get to Rowan college. Nothing like riding through farmland.
Lol got this into recomanded now XD Aight,subbed Greetings from Romania 🇷🇴 ✌🏻 I'm a cruiser boi but yeah nice bike I currently ride a Yamaha Dragstar 650
Yes I ride to work It's not that far,about 20 minutes of riding through the city I don't own a car so in the winter time I get the bus But yeah I love going to work on my bike,also I usually get the late shift from afternoon till we close at midnight so when I get back home the city is free P.S. I work at a cinema but we are closed again right now so don't know when I'll get back to work, probably I won't get to ride to work again this year
If you do POV, try to put the horizon in the dead center of the view. Might need a extension on the the GoPro if you are that leaned all the time. Just starting to watch your content, and POV has been the same. Like your work.
It’s not cheesy, I had the worst day at work today. I dumped a 5 gallon bucket of paint on a carpet. Then I hopped on my bike and on the ride home I purposefully got lost and by the time I got home my bad day wasn’t so bad anymore.
I'm so glad to hear that commuting on a bike is exactly what I expected. Can't wait to finish my license so I can get my bike
YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE IT!
that sounded like a threat lmao...I meant riding is awesome, and the feeling is awesome! :D
Hahahaha, much appreciated 😂😭
Lali you in pa?
Old man here. Just remember, no one sees you when you’re riding.
Do not fight for your rights when on your bike, even if your right, because the car always wins.
Ride safe (sort of 😉)
Practice constantly.
If you only saw the bike I had in college.. 1982 Honda CM450E turned into a cafe racer, bondo tank dents, duct tape seat, leaking fork seals, no speedometer, most people didn’t know if it was abandoned or stolen. 😂🤣😂
as long as is runs....LOL
Two wheels is still two wheels! My first bike was a 74 honda xl125 and i still have it. Now im on an 83 nighthawk 650. You cant beat these old Honda's 👍
Just like my cbr600 beater 🤣
A bike Is a bike at least you were riding
Rode a lot of those bikes. Fun as shit👍
Check out Doodle's video here for more tips! Also, I fixed my audio so future videos will sound much better! 😅👍 th-cam.com/video/Oq7n29crLkI/w-d-xo.html
Speaking of going on a trip in a rocketship, imagine The Little Einsteins riding motorcycles & wearing biker clothing. How awesome would that be?
I would watch that episode haha
Heated gloves are great. Winter gear works. I commute all year. The best part is the excitement of looking forward to your ride. You look forward to the commute.
Self care.
Exactly! Well said
How do you ride a motorcycle on the slippery winter roads?
@@briizcustoms9543 he probably rides in a place that generally hasn't had wet winters or wet weather.
@@briizcustoms9543 As long as there is no snow you just take it slowly. Got a lot of rain and cold, some icy roads here too in the winter sometimes, I still ride everyday, the only days I don't ride is when it snows, which, luckily for me, doesn't happen very often in Belgium
“Starting your day with something you like to do” what a great way to put it. You look forward to leaving work so you can drive again, too.
I walk into daycare in full gear to drop my kids off...and then hop onto the bike immediately when I get back home! Thanks for sharing lady. 🖤
Omg that's amazing! I hope all the kids think you're a superhero
Just curious, your kids are on your bike too? What about riding gear?
@@fallinginthed33p I think they drive the kids to daycare in full gear using the family car, so that when they get back home, they can get right to riding.
So when I'm riding, I can say I'm training to be an Astronaut? Pretty cool 🤪
Concerning keeping yourself warm - a layer of newspaper to your chest (beneath your jacket of course) can save you one or two more days of riding when temperatures drop.
That is something that my grandfather told me years ago that I've never forgotten. When he used to ride (way back in the day), if it got too cold, he'd stop and buy a paper to put under his jacket. I thought he was nuts, but it does work in a pinch.
@@thomaswitman8592 Smart Grandfather! :o) Always good to listen to the elderly and more experienced!
Commuting to and from college, work, errands, and to friend's houses is always the best part of my day; it conveys sense and gives purpose to my riding, as opossed to riding per se, which has always seemed boring and pointless to me (except for trailriding, which I cannot get enough of) NOT criticising people who ride just for the pleasure of it, mind you; to each their own.
same. personally, I need a *reason* to ride around or drive my car around. I just don't enjoy wandering around without purpose. I will say that I have taken new routes and guessed my way to get places sometimes, like my cousin's a couple times because the exploration was fun. I still had the reason of getting to my cousin's house though. I knew the general direction and quickly checked a map ahead of time, but not the exact route and I didn't take out a gps
she’s geeky super hot
🤓 you bet! 😈
Great informative video. Been commuting year round by motorcycle for 13 years except when I needed a car for other issues. I love it even in the bad weather. Riding in the rain is sorta it's own type of meditation (born and raised in the PNW). It's better then a cup of coffee in the morning and helps to de-stress on your way home after work. A car has it's place, but I will choose the motorcycle over the car any time I can. Shout out to the scooter people, that's my second choice over a car.
I commute year round and love every minute of it...minus the subfreezing bike washes to get the salt washed off. Great video!
omg and the gravel they throw down :/ hate that
I felt guilty watching Doodle and had to come back to watch you, as ladies on bikes you both rock.😀
we should form a superhero team haha!
You nailed it!!! I used to go to work on my at that time a Kawasaki Vulcan 1600 Classic. Even in the rain your still having more fun than any cager could have!
Love the part about putting on a helmet and feeling like an astronaut. Never thought about it, but sooo true.
That's my everyday to work 🥰🏍. And uni before the pandemic 😔
Yes, i also ride untill its snow on the streets :D if its a dry sunny day, but its just cold.. well.. its not that cold that you could not gear up ;D
Yep same! ...just have to remember that tires take longer to warm up!
I love riding in the winter, love wearing my protective gear and not getting drenched is sweat...lol. wish they had some light weight breathable protective gear that does not cost more than my bike.
I commute to work and I enjoy it a lot one thing to note and is never rush if your running late just take a car if you have one. Or leave sooner to avoid traffic !
unless you are in California and can lane split to avoid all that traffic haha
@@AntiParallali that's the 2nd biggest reason I ride to work as often as possible
Heated kit, is the way forward if you ride all year.
Goretex (or similar) is worth the extra money, especially if it is bonded to the outer material.
Being cold, wet and miserable makes you unsafe and stops the commute being enjoyable.
It saves you time, when there can be heavy traffic and puts you in a happier mood for the day ahead.
Ride safe.
definitely, agreed to all of the above ^
Jokes on you I'm near the equator where it's hot all year
I never thought about riding my bike to works as self care. Now that I’ve heard you say it, it’s so true. I do start my day off doing something that brings me so much joy and then I get to end my work day doing something I love. As soon as I throw a leg over my bike the whole word changes.
You should try a used Honda Goldwing. You can find a good one for $4000-8000.
Lol I'm here cause doodle link this video
Awesome gear. It was almost like seeing the female version of myself. Personally, I rock the Revit GT(air in the summer) jacket and pants and sidi Rex. I didn't catch the gloves but those are the only Alpines I own and the only other thing different is my Icon Air (the CHIEF helmet lol). Preach it sister #ATGAT #RIDEPOSITIVE
I wholeheartedly agree, I'm a committed commuter, and I ride all weather and all seasons in Australia (mind you it's 6 miles to work from home). So in summer, it's really hot (up to 40 degrees Celsius (104 F)) but in winter it can be freezing (down to -5 degrees celsius (23 F)). I have heated grips which get used a lot like this morning (-1 and anything below 8 degrees celsius) and a pair of heated gloves (which I only bother with in -1 or colder). So lots of thermal layers and the right gear. As for the bike mine is an old Yamaha MT-03 (660 cc single), which delivers about 70 mpg and parking is free.
Cool vid 100mile commute daily 👏 hows your wheelie and knee drag game 😜
nonexistent :D
@@AntiParallali 😆 u should do a Lali learns to wheelie vid 🤙 start off 1st gear baby floaters
Hope someday (very soon ) i will see both my favorite ladies in one frame.. lali and doodle.. ❤
I hope so too!
Not jst daily commute in winters but i do weekend ride to home on my 155cc single , for like 150 km here in india without all the expensive gears, just a regular leather jacket 30$ + synthetic leather glubs 3$ and rest is jst normal winter cloths. Yup finger tips tend to freeze but becomes hell of an adventurous feel at the same demanding all the focus😄
I love your videos. You seem to distill the riding experience down to its visceral basics. I’m not sure how. But when I watch your videos, it always reminds me of the basic bests of why I ride. And I really enjoy your energy.
Thank you, I appreciate it ❤️
Love the STEM shirt. Great message for all. Feel like one of the cold weather riding secrets is Oxford Rainseal Handlebar Mitts (or Muffs?). For less than $50 they allow me to ride with summer gloves down into the twenties. Nothing to plug in, fit around the "bark busters" on my Super Tenere. Love 'em. Keep pushing STEM, Lali and Itchy Boots are my heroes in that regard!!!
Thank you! And i will have to look into those oxford mitts!
New here from doodles vidya. Look forward to your vids 🙂
Big respects for the pin badge. Badass romanian girl!!!!!
Asta fac si eu dar pe langa Londra
E româncă?
@@AdrianCiuplea da da, de pe langa Cluj
@@kikirider6643 foarte tare.
@@AdrianCiuplea da da
Spot on advice, subscribed! Pre-Covid, I commuted every day I could on my bike. Learned many of those lessons the hard way, but damn was it fun (except the frozen fingers). Prior to that, I rode the bus for ten years. Talk about a change! Loved getting that extra time on my bike, and look forward to being able to commute again in the future. Thanks for sharing this and ride safe.
The time your😂🤣 commute takes depends on how much throttle you use
Trueeee lol
Commuting on a bike is fun until you have it as your only option.. And i own two motorcycles and wouldnt touch them on a pa winter.
Heated grips are awesome! Mine came stock on my GS. Also I have experience with heated grips riding snowmobiles.
Cool intro girl😉. You know what I like about your channel? Your sincere and up front. Also anyone can watch this channel. 😉🤙🏼
Thanks Raul!! ❤️
Holy crap! You are a real spaz! Kudos for wearing gear. I wear nothing special when it's hot. Good gear is always a great idea. When it's cool enough, I wear all of it. I must admit I am the guy with shorts and sandals on the sportbike. Mine bike is about to turn 18 years old, no wrecks. So....
Oh no, I'm in trouble, 😂🙈 please don't watch my TCLOCS video 🙈
Frrrr going to work on a bike is so relaxing
I noticed at least from the view of the video that you ride in the middle of your lane a lot . I was taught a long time ago that that was a bad idea, because if another vehicle were to spill oil it would most likely be in the middle of the road. Just food for thought. I mostly ride along the yellow line. I find that to be the safest. Keep safe and keep enjoying.
this is probably true for big cities but I rarely find it an issue in the country roads I ride. Only thing we're looking out for is horse sh** LOL
Up until my furlough due to the Lockdowns, I commuted 50 miles round trip to work on mike bike. And you are right, it was the best part of my day. Even when I was sittling in Atlanta traffic or a downpour or just a blisteringly cold day, it was still the best part of the day.
DUUDE, I started commuting last year only a month or so after getting my first bike. Them heated gloves and full batwing fairing where life savers! My bike was the only way I had to reach the facility upstate. Terrifying at first but low i love it =D
yeah I think heated gloves are a game changer O.o or even insulated waterproof/windproof ones. Anything other than just leather, lol don't do what I did and ride with perforated leather gloves in the winter aaaaa
@@AntiParallali Oh ghod i would have lost fingers!
This weekend was good to ride (at least in NY) it was 73° here. 🤙🏼
Hi Lali, I loved this video, full of info and advice on beating the cold weather, for all riders, and buying your first bike, a help through the maze!
Wait wait wait....u fave Romania bagde on your jacket.Esti cumva de a noastra?😂😂
5.vites 42 km ?.. motorunu devirli kullanman daha iyi olmaz mı ?
Is very good to commuting by motorcycle!
You're awesome. Keep it up 😏🙃😎🤙🤙
Glad you where good gear🏃🏻♀️🏍🇺🇸. Ride safe enjoy the ride🎅🏼🏍🇺🇸
Thanks, you too!
Watched Doodles video too. Well done ladies.
Love that pin.
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I’m stupid. What country does that represent?
@@davidschilling4861 It's Romania.
Spicy boy reminds me of Alpha M all the time.
I want Ducati superleggera v4 for commuting 😂
same LOL, will keep things interesting
Commuting on a hypermotard 950, shittons of fun xD
Didn't know that you're actually doing this!!
I can relate!!!
The perspective from inside the helmet...
Specially one with a larger chin..
Focused vision..like a ninja..and like you said..feels out of this world 😅👍
Astronaut mode activated!
Before covid I was doing 20 miles each day mostly highway to downtown. But I would leave at 5am at the latest. I did one summer with a ninja 250 then switched to a vstrom 650. Much less scary on the interstate. I go year round. My cutoff is about 17f or so, no heated gear but definitely muffs and weather king gloves with Klim liners. I have a 34 inseam and I hate the fetal position on a sports bike.
Haha fetal position, we all know that one when we tuck to stay warm on the tank
I got excited to ride my Harley back and forth to work in the summer, then I slapped some loud pipes on it and that all changed. Haha Now I’m trying to convince the wife to buy a “quiet” bike so I can still commute to work on 2 wheels.
I just invested in heated gear - it feels like a lot of work though🤣 definitely agree about the mood!
I need to get me some more heated gear too. I just have a heated vest, which definitely helps, but some heated gloves or grips would probably be way better!
@@AntiParallali girl I was straight out of a Christmas story - literally couldn’t throw my leg over the bike 😂
@Lali, before you said *caffeine* I was thinking, this chic is Wired! 😁 IE "I'm Going For A RIDE" Wired 🏍👍 100% agree that bike ride is a great Start and Release on work days...
For cold weather I use layers vs temperature and length of ride. Wearing sweats under jacket and jeans works well for me and then on colder/longer rides I start with long underwear (4-5 layers including riding suit)... I never got heated gloves (in FL) but I wished I had them a few times (when I was riding 115 miles each way, sometimes dropping into 30s for the last hour+ of the ride home).
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Might sound crazy (especially coming from someone that loves stupid-fast Large-cc bikes) but my 400cc Yam. Majesty is the most comfortable (and useful) bike I have ever owned. It has a huge (low to the ground) seat, full wind screen (and good amount of wind/rain protection for legs). The foot rest goes from in front of you (like easy rider in recliner) to behind you (passenger foot rest) so you can move/keep your feet where ever you want. It will (and has) cruised for "hours" at 65-80+mph (only stopped for gas n lunch riding from FL to TN, Tail of the Dragon) AND it has enough space under the seat for TWO Full Helmets = I have carried many things 100% weather protected (like 15" laptop and Large camera bag) or two bags of groceries...
Everyone's telling me that commuting to work on my bike was crazy!! (65 KMs one way, so a total of 130 KMs a day. That's about 80 miles).
not crazy at all! That's a pretty reasonable commute to do on a bike, long enough to have fun, but not long enough to really make you tired (especially if you wear the right gear, play some good music, etc :D)
@@AntiParallali Exactly my train of thought! It feels awesome to start your day on a motorcycle!
Thanks for the reply :)
may have to work but getting to rip before and after always makes a day better
She put the jacket on and instantly 10x more beautiful!!
Please wear a neck gaiter next time it's cold out dear!
Awesome video 👍🏾🔥🇬🇧💯🇬🇧💯
I commute on my GSXR 1000, but I am contemplating getting an MT-10. Great video!
Please let me ride it if you do 😭😭❤️
@@AntiParallali Haha! For sure! If I am ever up in your neck of the woods! I’m also looking at the Triumph Speed Triple RS. I’m a sport bike guy but I rarely find myself using it the way it should be. I don’t go to the track, but I could with a naked bike. I think the more comfortable riding position and the down lower power is more usable. Don’t need the top end of a sport bike. Basically just trying to look cool. Haha! Do you find yourself riding your R1 much?
Comment on self care doesn't sound silly at all, wise head on young shoulders there Lali! I had to get taught what taking time out for self care was by a psychologist in my 40's, wish I'd learned it earlier.
Riding to work and school is the best.Get a lot of respect when you show up on a motorcycle .If road has no snow on it,leather jacket under winter coat and some good gloves maybe a pair under or over leather ones works for me in Canada rode today.
great info especially with the cold hands, that can get really dangerous. As far as the audio goes, i use a 50db attenuator and the, Standard Mic+, setting in the GoPro. BUT, with my LOUD V-Rod Muscle i just used standard mic setting. You could probably get away with a 30db attenuator i just got the 50 due to the HD loudness and never got a lower value when i changed bikes. See you on the next one
Learned late last year, immediately went on a bunch of journeys, but ... hell, cold crept in fast. Bought a whole bunch of gear/layers to compensate. Thankfully, my used KLR650 had aftermarket heated grips. I rode it all winter as long as it was above 35 degrees with the sun out. Just around town, mostly, but... enough to be therapeutic.
I have 5 bikes... biggest is a ZX14, smallest is a 08 ninja 250. I commute to work 45min. on the little ninja 250 daily. Keep in mind I'm 6'4 215lbs. and it saves me on a ton of gas, plus small bikes are a blast lol
you are a girl
a pretty girl
you are a motorcycle rider
and you are a PhD in biomedical and bioinformatics
that's ...awesome!
I hope one day when I'm driving I meet you
Riding in on a chilly day will walk you up better than coffee and riding home is likely to cause delays because you take the long way.
PS I don't know where you are but it looks just like where I live in Pennsylvania! Country farmlands have their own riding challenges. Slow moving tractors can ruin your day, not because they are slow but the people trying to get around them.
Loved commuting to school and work, specially when I rode to work I could get home and back in 30 minutes for lunch time :)
I would kill to have gear like that but Im too broke to get that quality
Get the best helmet you can afford.
Second hand jacket maybe, decent gloves, can use ex army motor cycling gear if your on a budget.
Improve things when you can afford.
The good thing about commuting in cold temps is that it’s makes riding on nice days that much better
Haha if I did a blog on commuting in my ford falcon I would get maybe 10 views mainly from family going he has lost his mind.
Hi Lali! I’m a little bit envious of your apparel. I’m going to have last motorbike journey of the year, today (17 degrees C here and 12-14 on the hills) but not so prepared as you are. I wear just a pair of jeans, high neck micropile, a wool sweater and the jackets. Hope not to freeze 🥶. And I find specific boot not to comfortable so I use sneakers.
It’s funny when you sing happy tunes.
Bye 👋
I thought I was alone. Loking through my fighter pilot helmet(LS2 Challenger GT) it DOES feel like im on a rocket ship to space, and I LOOOOOOVE space. Ayyy @ElonMusk beam me up fucker!
I have a Honda rebel 250. It's a good bike to start out on and commuting on the back roads but it can't do highways. I'm already tired of it and want something faster because it's only 15hp 😂
17 still going to high school, Gonna get a Kawasaki Ninja 250R as my first bike, I have experienced kinda from when I was like 14, If all goes Well I should have my Bike in 2 months or Less 👌🏽
I started out riding my bike to and from work; at the time it was only 40min. Pretty much forced myself to commute in order to get more comfortable in traffic and being around others. I rode well into November (I live in GA), if there wasn't any rain in the forecast I was on the bike. I froze at night in 30 degree weather but I still enjoyed riding. Now I'm riding 50miles 1 way to work on a Ninja 300. Half my commute is back country and the other is all highway. I'm still loving my commute and will sometimes 'get lost' on the way home.
50 miles is a fair way to commute. I use to commute 45 miles, during the winter in Australia, temps 32 F to 50 F, I used very good gloves and thermal gear. Once it was so cold at night that the skin on my hands cracked, I could not move my fingers, I had to slide my left had off the bar to use my wrist to pull in the clutch, and just use the back brake. Lucky I was riding a Moto Guzzi LeMans Mark V (1000cc twin) and it had a need system where the foot brake worked on one front disc and the back, so I could still stop ok. The normal handle bar brake leaver operated the othe disc on the front. Interesting bike to ride fast, as it also had a massive torque reaction from the fly wheel, and the shaft drive would make the back lift under acceleration, so you could adjust the bikes ground clearance in corners and lean angle by using the throttle.
I used to daily my ninjas until I was too pregnant to ride 😅. It's been about 4 years now and I miss it so much.
Nice video your so right about suiting bike to your needs. Textile jacket great all year round.
Great! in the 1980s we had limited gear...I only wore jacket and helmet DUH. HIGHLY recommend (when you can spend) (just do it) get a Helite Turtle 2.
From my first winter thus far I've got all gear that have heat liners and heated grips I've rode all the way down to 26 degrees Fahrenheit but it was Definitely veryyy cold even 5 layers deep with heated grips
Edit: I've also rode in down pours like 3 different times as I've gotten caught at work in em. Biggest problem isn't that you'll be soaked it's all the other cars that don't use their headlights. Even with no fog on your visor, which there likely will be, it'd hard to see the cars unless they have lights to mark their positions so definitely have to take more time before say turning left in us or right in UK
So miss that 20 min commute. Long enough to switch my brain on especially on mondays. Hate stuck working from home.
Mondays are always the worst
@@AntiParallali unless you show up for a board meeting in pajama pants and a Manchester United shirt
...I...I...😳 *slowly starts singing* 🎵"you'll never walk...aloneeee" 😈
@@AntiParallali Liverpool huh? Least not a City fan😜
6:43 I actually have never had that feeling about looking the world through a visor, and having a different perspective/view point from it; interesting. But what I do notice is that the visor is a psychological barrier to me in regards to feeling "safer" and more distant from the car in front of me. When I put the visor up and it's not obstructing my views (glare, or dirty visor), the car feels closer and more dangerous (in regards to braking distance). This makes me hang back farther, which is good.
Awesome to see another doctoral student out on a bike.
Ninja 400!!!! Best starter bike, has a comfortable riding position. Super sports have a different riding position
cool vid...I do know what you mean wearing a helmet and yes looking at the world differently..I don't have bluetooth nor do I listen to music but I have caught myself talking to myself...good thing no one can see through my dark visor...😅
Your commute looks like a Vacation Ride! My commute in Vegas, no Thanks. I'll take the Truck and dream of the next Trip on the bike out of town!
Love the lightmode evo kit
So many straight line road !!! So boring !!!!
I dont make the maps sorry lol
Heated Grips are worth every penny if your bike doesn't come equipped with them already. However gotta wear a liner or rubber gloves under your riding gloves and put them on inside the house before you go out or your finger tips will freeze and that sucks.
Italians make the highest quality best fitting gear in the industry, it's Interesting that sedici use very Italian sounding names and yet they are not Italian made, talk about misleading it's customers and selling them crap. you get what you pay for.
That is a great commute you have to get the school. It reminds me of riding through Salem County in New Jersey to get to Rowan college. Nothing like riding through farmland.
Lol got this into recomanded now XD
Aight,subbed
Greetings from Romania 🇷🇴 ✌🏻
I'm a cruiser boi but yeah nice bike
I currently ride a Yamaha Dragstar 650
Yes I ride to work
It's not that far,about 20 minutes of riding through the city
I don't own a car so in the winter time I get the bus
But yeah I love going to work on my bike,also I usually get the late shift from afternoon till we close at midnight so when I get back home the city is free
P.S. I work at a cinema but we are closed again right now so don't know when I'll get back to work, probably I won't get to ride to work again this year
If you do POV, try to put the horizon in the dead center of the view. Might need a extension on the the GoPro if you are that leaned all the time. Just starting to watch your content, and POV has been the same.
Like your work.