Ever been caught in a snow storm on a bike?

[longwayfromhome]

Yes, a few years ago in Raleigh, North Carolina, when riding back from Texas on the LT. Woke up and looked out of the hotel and the carpark, cars and my bike were all white.

Went downstairs and the cars leaving had cut it up into slush, temperature rising slightly. Got going gingerly. Heading for Richmond, there were cars off the road and a semi on its side, but they had done the job of slushifying the snow. Still snowing but the good LT windshield (electrically adjustable), though covered, kept a lot off me. Roads/snow had cleared by the time I got to Richmond, made Philly that evening.

Keys to success were:
a. Riding when slushy, not dry. If dry, then compressed snow slowly becomes ice and is unrideable on a large bike like the LT.
b. Waiting until the traffic had cut up the covering properly.
c. Not exactly leaning the bike into bends....

[MSTRS:Me]

National Park to Ohakune around 1975. On a T500. With the standard ribbed front tyre. *shudder*

[jim.cox]

a. Riding when slushy, not dry. If dry, then compressed snow slowly becomes

Its ok dry, light and fluffy

But its when it has been compressed to ice

and then as it goes slushy that's the problem.

But by then its not snow anymore anyway...

[FJRider]

Now now... how can thier be any ride you cannot enjoy on a gs1000....

Geraldine to Alexandra on a later occasion, one o'clock in the morning, with an ever-ready torch for a headlight... Blown bulb, and I had to go home. I did NOT enjoy that ride...

[martybabe]

Only transport I had way back when. Had a very strange experience going up a snowy hill, started to lose traction so put both my feet down and slid backwards down hill brake on for 30 or 40 metres. I stayed on amazingly but it's an experience I don't wish to repeat any time soon thank you.

[BMWST?]

yep mid eighties on my k100rs wellington to tauraunga...started sleeting about Hunterville,but no real snow on road till desert road...it wasnt really that bad,the tyres seemed to cut through the snow...and so i kept going.There was still snow coating the front of my fairing when i stopped at Turangi.Was fine from there though

[Emmanuel89]

I've had some pretty strong winds (60km/h) blow sidways, and make my steering move a bit, but never so strong that I got out of my path. With the weight of my bike (and myself on it), I always seem to be able to handle the bike well, and compensate for strong shifts in the winds.

I would imagine weighing over 220 pounds + all the winter gear on the heavy bike have something to do with it?
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[cheshirecat]

2 winters as a m/c in London riding in snow 10 or more hours a day for up to several months means you get used to it pretty quick.

Ditto for me when I was one.
Who were you with and when

[Shadowjack]

Winter (well, it would be, wouldn't it...) 1979, much younger and bulletproof, heading from Winchester to Tarras for work, via the Lindis. The Lindis was still 3-track gravel in parts, and covered in ice/snow. Inevitably slid the bike down the road - all was OK, the cutdown plastic 20l Roundup containers/panniers took the hit, no scratches to me or the bike. I think it scared the occupants of the oncoming Holden 1-tonne campervan, though. Never had the necessity to be that adventurous since.