Getting ready to move to a much snowier environment, and wondering how an R50 handles in snow. I'm guessing that some good snow tires are the biggest weapon in my climate-tackling arsenal?

I'm not looking for tires with chains or anything, but something to help give me some better piece of mind, especially when my wife is driving it (not meant at all in a sexist way). Where I currently am, we might get 4-5 inches in one snowfall and everyone freaks out. I can handle the quite well, but the new environment is much more snowier.

 

The R50 is a little billy goat in the snow, very solid and sure footed. I had no trouble in DEEP (12"+, snow plowin') snow and slush, ice as well. I had Falken Espia EPZ. Check me out, at the top of a big windy country road that snakes to the top of a hill.



Snow Day, university was shut down, everything closed, etc. I had no troubles.

 

My 2003 MC does great! All I could say is invest in good snow tires!

 

I drove through an Ohio ice storm on the way to see my fiancee in Baltimore (long story) this past winter. Car was sure-footed, even on crappy Cooper Lifeliner GLSs. Yeah, they suck in the dry, but they made passing 18 wheelers on black ice a little less frightening.

 

The tires make all the difference. There are myriad tire/wheel/size variations. I have OEM tires on 17 inch S-Lites. I prefer the weight and the wider footprint. With a low ground clearance, I don't need skinny tires cutting down through the snow. I'd rather ride on top.

Motor On!
Chris