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Post by renagade281 on Jan 25, 2016 8:55:25 GMT -5
is it possible? anyone that lives in MD or VA knows it snowed alot over the weekend. I have to go to work today and there is still some roads with snow and ice on them. should i call out or try to make it? I really cant afford to take a day off and i cant find a ride
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Post by 90GTVert on Jan 25, 2016 11:06:29 GMT -5
Snow can be doable if you're careful. Depending how much. You won't be making it through unplowed roads. Ice is pretty much a no-go, at least if you actually want to keep the scoot under control. Even 4 wheeled vehicles don't really stop, start, or steer well on ice. When I have rode on icy parts of road, I basically just stay steered straight and try not to add much input from throttle or brakes till I hit a clear patch. If you're going slow you can leave your feet down to help keep you upright. I point my toes upward a little or keep my feet just a little off of the ground like training wheels, otherwise you can hit high spots and hurt yourself or cause yourself problems. Pretty much the same applies for snow covered roads, but you can get away with a lot more on snow. Slushy and soft stuff that's not slushy enough to be totally displaced by the tires is tough to me. It feels sort of unpredictable for lack of a better description. I'm lucky enough to live in the country where back roads are not full of traffic, otherwise I probably wouldn't be going out in the snow. I'd rather not crash and then get ran over by the car behind me who can't stop or have cars on my butt so I can just focus on what I need to do.
So I guess my answer is, if you have no choice you could try it... but give yourself tons of extra time and if it's really bad just turn around and go back home or try a different route. You could even walk the scoot if you had to get through some particularly bad brief section.
Be careful.
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Post by renagade281 on Jan 25, 2016 19:19:08 GMT -5
i decided to call out of work. Seen too many cars sliding today
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Post by 90GTVert on Jan 25, 2016 20:03:35 GMT -5
I just took some recycling into town in the truck and roads were fine on the state road there. I decided to turn down a Caroline county road. Holy crap. Rather than plow it all, it's compacted so there's packed snow/ice anywhere from 2-6" thick and sometimes ruts and holes that go from the top down to the road. It was bad in the truck, but it would have been like a motocross event on ice on a scooter.
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Post by stepthrutuner on Jan 25, 2016 21:59:47 GMT -5
Letting your tire pressure down to around 15 psi or less should help give some traction. Any type of off road tires would do better as well. As Brent said going slow and out-riggering your legs is way smart.
A few inches of fresh snow actually has incredible traction with m&s tires in a low mass four wheeled vehicle with irs (independent rear suspesion). This was related to me first hand in my rally prepped Datsun 510 many years ago.
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Post by derbiman on Jan 25, 2016 22:04:23 GMT -5
The biggest problem in Frederick County is the lanes are not completely opened up plus there are huge piles of snow at the intersections. The visibility even in a cage is terrible to say the least. The secondary roads,you can barely pass safely.
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Post by paceneedsstides on Jan 26, 2016 16:14:52 GMT -5
I forget on what Scooter parts site I found them but there are some serious snow and mud tires for scooters out there if you gonna go it regularly.
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