Riding on the snow

Hi everyone, Just wanted to know if anyone has ever ridden on snow? I have. Its very tricky and you have to go slow, can't brake need to wear good boots with lots of tracktion. Just some tid bits of advice for the occasion. Had to ride home once in it. five miles of shear adreneline . It was either that or leave the bike. Snow was just starting to pack on the road. Kept the bike straight and slow legs tucked close to the tank with turn signal and headlight on just for further precaution. And to trip people up. Of course it isn't any every snow day occurance for me. Just waitin on the next blizzard. fireitup

is gonna send fire some big ole nobby tires for that yamma hamma........
shaking head sideways.............
picturing my big ole harley, with nobbies.........

Fire, just for that reason, is why i live so far south.............wink

TRG

been there done that

I try to make a point of skiing on snow instead of riding a bike on it but it has happened a "few" times. One year I got a triple whammy in one weekend. got snowed on in British Columbia, next day got Ice fog and freezing hail in northern Idaho and then had a white out riding back home to Alberta..what a weekend that was..you sure learn how to be real smooooooooth with the controls

Riding in the snow ain't too fun..done it more times than I can count in Colorado when I didn't have a choice.

We were coming back from Saratoga, WY towards Colorado one year when a group of about 8 riders wanted to take the Snowy Pass road (unbelievable gorgeous rode) east towards Laramie, WY. My buddy and I thought..what the hell. About 5 miles down the road a rider is coming back at us waving to turn around. Since there were snow flakes in the air..that seemed prudent. Seems over half that group of 8 ahead of us started doing down one by one at slow speed behind a snow plow..one lady broke her ankle..fortunately that was the only casualty. Needless to say we took the shortest route to Steamboat Springs.

Like Bob says..gotta be smooth on the controls.

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So i ain't the only one done that. was a long time ago. and you sure do have to be smooth with the controls. Nobby tires that is funny. No snow today and i would prefer the south just for that reason. fireitup

pan shift

Chuck you had the pan shift. do you still have it? a friend of mine has a 53 harley i guess it is a pan but it has a shift. never had seen one before didn't even know they made them he still has his. They are beautiful bikes. fireitup

Only ever rode my dirt bike as a kid in the snow. We used to have a little XR75, and we'd take it to the pond down the street from my house. Of course riding it on the frozen pond was a trip, but it was fun. We were stupid kids, whaddya expect? Othen than that, I ain't bustin up my bike to ride in the snow, that's for sure. It took me too many years to be able to afford mine!

We had snow in Phoenix AZ this past weekend. I'll bet CD got some down Tucson way too.

I've rode in snow once or twice by accident on a street bike. Like Voodoochild I rode in it a lot more when I was a kid on my XR75 or my UT80 and Z50. Even had a front wheel skid for the 50. I think it was for a Trisport or Dunecat but we modified her to fit. Up in the mountains (Crown KIng) where I grew up we used to get alot of snow in the winters

Yes, and not on purpose. Didn’t like it. Where there is snow there is probably ice, ice is what will kill ya; unless of course you have steel spikes sticking out of your tread.

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icked: Well its still snowing here and i am getting my bike out of the shop tomorrow. So let you know how the ride home turns out. No spikes, got brakes. Can't use them on the snow. fireitup

Got caught years ago coming down from Canadian run in a freak storm.More slush than snow and cold as hell.Wasn't too bad 'til we got down around saratoga,n.y. Karey (ridin' buddy) started wavin' to me and pointing downward as we appraoched a stop light. His feet were froze to pegs. Red light made for some interesting facial expressions. We both wound up on our asses, him from being stuck, me from laughing. Ah the good old days....

snow rider.

Well when it snows out and i see it i don't say "Oh its snowing, i think I'll go for a ride in it, won't that be fun." It beat the circumstances at the time which would of been leave my bike parked on the city street to definitely get damaged or stolen. Now its in the shop and i aint payin no 25 dollars a day storage cause it snowed and i can't ride. i can ride on it. the roads are slush right now it'll be in the 30's later. if it was a major snow storm no. i wouldn't ride on it. I may be dumb, but i'm not stupid. fireitup

next time it snows...........is gonna ride two up with fire.......and i am gonna be the bit$h on back............giggling..........gonna use my feet for ski's to keep the bike upright........you know ya gotta bend your legs a little for the curves.................

wooooooooooooooooooo hoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!
she knows how to have fun..........
fire?????? can you come out an playyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy??????????

TRG

That would be a classic TRG, some big ole contractor ridin shotgun on the back with some 125lb chick drivin, thru the snow, with yer feet stickin out the sides screamin..........I'm laughin like hell just thinkin about it. Now we really need to get some video footage!! :roflmao:

rotfl.....

<<<<is only 135 lbs.............. still laughing....

Yo TRG, what the hell does "rotfl" mean? (Sorry, I didn't get it)