Let It Snow

[Xdwardo500]

So those of us with bikes are probably monitoring the weather more closely this time of year... and those of us waiting for our Mod2's to arrive are praying the weather holds off for test day...

Winter is a coming:

https://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=uk7dayx2;page=2;type=free;ct=17365~Lincoln;sess=#forecast
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[0ddball]

Hmm yeah. Accoring to that it should have been snowing in my town at 9am. The suns out and there's bright blue sky.

Lick your finger and stick it in the air. It's more accurate than the useless cocks at the met office and their £millions of equipment.

[SlimRick]

Light snow at home this morning (Near Pontefract) - think it might be time to buy some new tyres, I've had my moneys worth out of these

[Ol]

had a little layer of snow about 4:30 this morning in York - was mostly gone by 6am though!


(still pussied out and came to work in the car though, oh the shame)
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[MarJay]

On the MSN news it says that its going to be cold this week, but its going to be milder after that because of La Nina. As I recall they said that last winter...

Still, I'm ever hopeful it won't snow. My car won't handle it very well being rear wheel drive with summer run flat tyres...
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[MonkeyKnuckle]

I prefer the MetCheck website: https://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/HOME/

Says it is going to snow down here at the beginning of next week.
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[G]

Snow in Reading on Sunday - a good excuse to get the bike out .

[P.addy]

[G]

To be fair, this week it will be a circa 105kg KTM300 with dirt tyres that should have 200 ice studs each in .

My best chance of traction in powdery snow is the tyres I used for Weston, but from my experience there, I know they'll get mullered as soon as there's a bit of hard stuff .

Oh and my car did ok in the snow last year; not run flat, but does have summer 'performance' tyres known to be cack in adverse weather.
A bit lower pressure on the tyres, easy on the right foot and choose your line carefully/keep your momentum up at the bottom of hills.

[MarJay]

[MarkJ]

How much PSI do you lower your tyres to for snow?

[Chalky.]

All about getting out the quad bike kiddies!

[G]

I've generally gone around 18psi; would go lower if I knew it'd be ok, but not too up on car stuff.

I managed this with a fully loaded van (minus one bike and one person, but other wise van was rammed) - the van that had tried to get out before me got about two metres in the field below this one, while I got out of that and half way up this hill.

When the farmer came to help, he said he wouldn't have tried it in his 4x4 because he wouldn't have had a chance either.

https://gees.zenfolio.com/img/s10/v2/p236601856-3.jpg
You don't quite get the impression of just how steep the hill is - though the fatter van tyres designed to be run at high PSI no doubt did help.

[Paxovasa]

2 inches of snow and it is still coming down
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[Dom]

I'm all for a bit of snow down here but can't see it happening for a while yet. I have a new (to me) 4x4 to play with.
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Photos and that

[Paxovasa]

I shall be having fun on my ride home tonight
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[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

All you folk wanting snow mustn't be taking pillion.

Pat
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[Paxovasa]

[Ste]

[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

[G]

[Paxovasa]

[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

No but the bike is.
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[Gone]

[Paxovasa]