motorbiking in the snow

Right my sisters botfriend is travelling home to England for christmas, nothing strange about that u say, except he is choosing to take the bike over from here. 40 miles to the ferry from here then liverpool to blackpool.

however, here in the states, they have the ice racing and the ice stuntas up north...

pretty ffffin crazy, but not on the road

I followed him down our street to make sure i could give him a hand picking it up if he came off, about 3 inches of snow here and much much worse further inland. The main roads are drivable at the mo but who knows what it will be like by the time he gets to england. Its a brand new bike too . I wouldnt risk it

not a cat in hells chance !

must be bloody mad, either that or you sister drives him mad lol

Lol maybe he is hoping it will be to snowy for him to come back .

I'd like to try it on a dirt bike but I'd never take my baby out in the snow for such a long ride, especially when it can be icy too.

It was bad today.

I got stuck in a snow blizzard, but got out after wobbling all over the sleet and ice.

Some learners behind me weren't faring so well. They were almost crashing into cars when filtering. Not a good day to be caught out riding.

It was bad today.

I got stuck in a snow blizzard, but got out after wobbling all over the sleet and ice.

Some learners behind me weren't faring so well. They were almost crashing into cars when filtering. Not a good day to be caught out riding.

Ive out off using my bike since it started snowing

That's sensible Will.

I'm not so sure about me

I have been playing on my drive with my bike though, burnouts and slides lol

Why not? its only the side streets that are snowed in. Get on the main roads,duelcarriage ways and motorways its fine ffs

I drop it on dry roads so I think I will wait till im more experienced or my legs grow before I try it lol . If I slide at all im off .

haha your pic is funny hun

Thanks chadz . Thought I would bring some christmas decoration to the forum .

haha mean irish spirt haha

chadz wrote:Why not? its only the side streets that are snowed in. Get on the main roads,duelcarriage ways and motorways its fine ffs

You must be kidding. London has 2 gritters covering the whole area on the M25 belt!

It pummelled down at 3.30pm relentlessly and all the dual carriageways and motorways were completely caked in frozen snow and ice. The cars couldn't even shift up the slight slopes and there were so many crashes here. 3 dead on the A20; jack-knife lorry on the M25; sealed off A25 due to the fog; overturned vehicle on the North Circular Road...the list goes on.

The main roads all have the slush puppy stuff where you filter down the middle of the vehicles. One slip and you could end up carooming into either a passing vehicle or parked car. Saw so many bikers close to dropping it and a few who did. So many silly "L" plate riders out today in their anoraks and jeans getting completely soaked to the bone in -1 degree C. Just crazy.

It took me 3 hours on the bike to get back without dropping it. All in first gear!

I would have been in 5th morgan

Yes Will...sideways - carooming down the dual carriageway.

It was bad today. It's always bad when fresh snow falls on roads which have no gritting done. Very poor planning here.

Complete grid-lock. Only the numptie scooters were chancing it and finding themselves crashing into the sides of cars as their wheel slippage caught
them out.

Ive been riding all week in the Snow and ice and ive only came off once wich was my fault for showing off cause my mates road was pure ice so i put it into 6th and got my bike into red line while doing 15mph then it just went sideways then i hit some1's van no Damage to the bike and ive only got a little hole in my leg

Ooops jon that will teach you to show off . Glad you and the bike came off ok tho

Its the roads fault really cause its bowed, higher in the middle then the edges so if it was perfectly flat i would of been alright

Excuses excuses excuses

It is awesome!

Took my mates 250 2t out for a blast when it was still fresh, was a great day

I dont think people are mad to go out in it, if you need to be somewhere, you need to go!
My bike would be my only transport, so I would just go, don't think about it. lol

Its great fun when enjoyed responsibly, but when hooning wildly/dangerously, I call it quits.

i am supposed to be driving up to glocuester today on the motorway m five < already been one acidnet

Benneyboy wrote:i am supposed to be driving up to glocuester today on the motorway m five < already been one acidnet

Why what happened you,

My sister is hoping to drive from Gloucester to scotland today to get the ferry home for christmas, in a car of course. Hope she makes it without too many problems