Riding in the snow
 

Don't do it. For us northerners it's a great way to not only endanger yourself, but potentially mess up your bike. I had an existing fairing issue from the summer, but given it just the smallest amount of gas spins the back tire, but looking at the plus side, I have a reason to buy my CF mirrors now ;)

opps hope your joking

+1 on the joking hope... but, how bad?

When the snowstorm hit Philly last sat I was at work. Having the rear end of my E350 slide out from under me 30+ times at 10 mph was hint enough to start the winter bike maintenance :D

eh, it's kinda fun...

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I'm not kidding. Took the bike out, roads were clear from what I could tell when I drove the route. However, just little patches can be the end of ya. The only damage happened at about 2 mph, from a stop, when the back tire just slid out, and snapped my mirror off.

I was complimented by several other riders in cars though. :)

This is idiocy, of course. But the only way to appreciate it is to actually do it. I've done it, too, with the same ridiculous results. I recall snapping the turn signal off and bruising my shoulder.

But once you have done it, you don't need to again.

--Paul

Exactly. It's one of those, "I feel the need to do it" kind of things. But like you said, and I agree. No thank you.

I just took my battery out, poured a little stabilizer in the tank, and plan on taking it out for the spring and summer come early march.

I won't even ride in the rain, much less snow....

+1. i hate riding in anything besides warm, clear weather. northeast ohio doesn't like our motorcycling brethren.

I remember riding my old 1100 Yamaha 20 miles home from work one time in a snow storm. I'll never do anything like that again. However, my enduro 500 was fun to go out and play in the snow, especially on a parking lot before they plowed it or any other vehicles had a chance to make ruts and tracks through it.