So yesterday, having mounted my Vespa Santa snow tires (Thanks, MJRally!) on Christmas Day and having a few electrical additions (moved the Mad Max light wiring inside the frame & moved the switch under the hi/lo beam switch on the handlebars; added a small light to illuminate my gauges), I set off for the train in -3f and leftover snow from Christmas Eve.
I took a picture to show the light in action and realized that the TrailTech only reads down to 12f. The Koso only reads down to 32f.
Got about halfway to the train and...motor died. I must have pinched the fuel line re-installing the tank. So on the side of the road in -3f, I pulled the tank, re-arranged the fuel line, then managed to get it running again.
By this time, I'd been out in the weather for an hour, but rather than cold, I was completely sweated through. I had a 5 cm icicle hanging off my face mask, all my exposed fleece was covered in frost, and I was just...done.
So I turned around, rode home, and worked from home yesterday. Turns out the trains were all jacked up anyway, so it's probably just as well.
Yesterday afternoon, I went out, fired the Stella up, and rode around the neighborhood for a while just to make sure it was all sorted, but I'm now thinking today may be another work-from-home kind of day...