HOW TO RIDE IN SNOW
You are not supposed to ride a motorcycle when it is snowing. Everybody knows that. It’s OK to ride after it has snowed as long as there is no ice on the road and indeed it can make for a scenic ride. But when snow is actually dropping out of the sky? Not recommended. My wife Carmen and I have ridden when it is snowing on two occasions in the north-west US state of Montana. On the first occasion, it started snowing as we rode the 4km from our motel to the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Centre in Great Falls. Everyone said it would stop but when we came out of the museum two hours later, it was still snowing lightly and the bike was covered in several centimetres of snow. We rode very carefully back to the motel and checked in for a lay day. On the second occasion, we rode two-up for 350km through sleet and snow and lived to tell the frozen tale.
FORECASTS…
As with most bad weather stories, it wasn’t supposed to snow on
