Winter/Snow riding???

[hadi]

Hey guys. I used to have a GSXR 1000 till feb that it was stolen. Now I am thinking to get a dirt.
So I was thinking if there are any guys out there that ride in winter? Like if anyone goes to Ganaraska (or alike trails) in snow? I would assume it's easier (and more fun) to ride a dirt on snow than a sport bike.

[klr_guy]

fyi - Ganaraska is closed from Dec-April for anything motorized but sleds.

[rmemedic]

I was thinking about studding my MX tires and doing ice riding... But, that won't be happening this year due to the weather. We are at least a month behind schedule now.

This won't be much or a winter for riding anything. Too miserable to be out on the bike, and no snow anywhere but 12 hours north, so I can't ride the sled either.

[Rotten_Ronnie]

I ride when the tire hits dirt beneath the snow, so light snowfalls that leave the roads bare but stay in the treeline. Experience has taught me that I just don't have enough finese (and a light enough bike) to handle 0 traction on the front end.

You'd have to run some very aggressive tires to even think about riding in the snow, so as soon as the bike is on pavement, it'd rattle your teeth and make the on ramps a challenge.

If you're thinking about riding on the pavement in snow, don't. Knobbies give you a reduced contact patch, and a wee spot of ice in the braking zone, and you'll be shopping for some clean underwear.

You could always stud your tires and ride on the ice if you wanted, but that would mean trailering your bike to and from.

[hadi]

I ride when the tire hits dirt beneath the snow, so light snowfalls that leave the roads bare but stay in the treeline. Experience has taught me that I just don't have enough finese (and a light enough bike) to handle 0 traction on the front end.

You'd have to run some very aggressive tires to even think about riding in the snow, so as soon as the bike is on pavement, it'd rattle your teeth and make the on ramps a challenge.

If you're thinking about riding on the pavement in snow, don't. Knobbies give you a reduced contact patch, and a wee spot of ice in the braking zone, and you'll be shopping for some clean underwear.

You could always stud your tires and ride on the ice if you wanted, but that would mean trailering your bike to and from.

I never had any experience with riding in snow. Its seems its more challenging that I thought it would be. I am still planing to get a dirt, and if I get it before snow is gone (if we ever get any snow this year!) then I might take it out for a spin and see how it is to ride on snow.

[chadta]

riding in snow is like riding in sand, as long as there isnt ice under it



stay on the gas, and off the local private schools soccer fields and everything will be ok

[hadi]

Yea we barely had any winter this year. Not that I am complaining. Not a big fan of cold.
Either way, snow or no snow, if I already had a dirt bike, I would be riding it in my weekends. Especially if the weather was like what it was today.