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Re: How many times have you driven in snow?
« Reply #15 on: 12 January 2013, 16:55:31 »

Well I am 47 years old and been driving since I was 17 including 8 to 9 years for a major breakdown organisation and I have only driven on snow twice. Once was a complete 8 hour shift in it, followed by 4 hours overtime as it was so busy. Second was a year or 2 back when the first snow arrived and they had not gritted or anything but it was a 6.5 mile drive to work at about 5 to 10 mph.

In younger days def went looking for it.
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« Reply #16 on: 12 January 2013, 17:11:06 »

Ohohoo younger days? We used o go looking for drifts on the bikes. 50cc and 125's. And just plough into them. Drifting the back, loosing the front, landing on Heads. Great fun.


...I wouldn't even go outside now. :( ;D
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Re: How many times have you driven in snow?
« Reply #17 on: 12 January 2013, 17:29:41 »

God knows, "journeys" can mean a lot, esp when I used to be a service engineer (aka technician ;D), so that would put it in the realms of hundreds.

In my own car, in recent times, not many - usually the first day of a heavy dump, so probably 5 in the last 5 years, as a guess?
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Re: How many times have you driven in snow?
« Reply #18 on: 12 January 2013, 18:39:30 »

As often as physically possible, including Bournemouth to Pulborough, in December 2010.

A 90mile journey turned into 140 mile one all on virgin snow... which was nice :) just a shame it was in a Vectra and not the Omega ::) took nearly 6 hours though.

Turbodiesel automatic Vectras are woefully crap in the snow, manual petrol ones behave well, and I worked the Omega all through last winter with no problems :y

It isn't something to be afraid of :y You just need to be prepared and actually drive to the conditions, backing off a few percent is nowhere near enough :-\
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Re: How many times have you driven in snow?
« Reply #19 on: 12 January 2013, 18:44:34 »

Somebody can't count, went to vote on 20-30 and it is not there. So not wanting to brag, had to use 10 to 20.  ::) ::) ::) ::)

At different stages of my life, this has been cycling, on motorbikes and in cars. Last time on my GPZ1100, had impatient van driver about 1ft from back wheel and it was very, very slippery, so foot would slip away due to the camber of the road. I knew if I came off he would be straight over the top of me, not a comfortable situation. I got stuck halfway across a speed hump in my residential road, couldn't move forwards or backwards where I straddled the speed hump, so I had to spin the back wheel until it reached tarmac. Decided that day to not use my motorbike again in the winter if there was the slightest chance of snow.  :o :o :o :o
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Re: How many times have you driven in snow?
« Reply #20 on: 12 January 2013, 18:58:41 »

Somebody can't count, went to vote on 20-30 and it is not there. So not wanting to brag, had to use 10 to 20.  ::) ::) ::) ::)

At different stages of my life, this has been cycling, on motorbikes and in cars. Last time on my GPZ1100, had impatient van driver about 1ft from back wheel and it was very, very slippery, so foot would slip away due to the camber of the road. I knew if I came off he would be straight over the top of me, not a comfortable situation. I got stuck halfway across a speed hump in my residential road, couldn't move forwards or backwards where I straddled the speed hump, so I had to spin the back wheel until it reached tarmac. Decided that day to not use my motorbike again in the winter if there was the slightest chance of snow.  :o :o :o :o

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Re: How many times have you driven in snow?
« Reply #21 on: 12 January 2013, 18:58:51 »

Definitely more than 100. Probably hundreds.

Since living in Southern Spain where "It hasn't snowed for 50 years or more" we have experienced snow here at least four separate years. Once we had to abandon the Omega(very very hilly ) and walk the last mile home.

Where we lived as kids in North Yorkshire used to regularly get "snowed in". We lived on the famous RAC Rally Stages Wykeham1,2. Dalby 1,2 and 3. My dad used to take me out as a teenager and teach me how to drive in snow. He had a Mk1 Cortina in those days and we drove around with a very large length of heavy chain in the boot. Happy Days.

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Re: How many times have you driven in snow?
« Reply #22 on: 12 January 2013, 20:05:10 »

Somebody can't count, went to vote on 20-30 and it is not there. So not wanting to brag, had to use 10 to 20.  ::) ::) ::) ::)

At different stages of my life, this has been cycling, on motorbikes and in cars. Last time on my GPZ1100, had impatient van driver about 1ft from back wheel and it was very, very slippery, so foot would slip away due to the camber of the road. I knew if I came off he would be straight over the top of me, not a comfortable situation. I got stuck halfway across a speed hump in my residential road, couldn't move forwards or backwards where I straddled the speed hump, so I had to spin the back wheel until it reached tarmac. Decided that day to not use my motorbike again in the winter if there was the slightest chance of snow.  :o :o :o :o

It's that Gay Boy - again... ;D

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Re: How many times have you driven in snow?
« Reply #23 on: 12 January 2013, 20:57:39 »

One journey I had was on a Honda 250 superdream, fifteen miles on fresh and compacted snow, I was really glad I had motorcross boots on as they spent more time on the road then the foot pegs and I passed my part one bike test in an inch of snow and it was still snowing while I was taking the test.
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Re: How many times have you driven in snow?
« Reply #24 on: 12 January 2013, 21:37:48 »

Stacks of times, the back roads I used to use and still occasionally do dont get treatex
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Re: How many times have you driven in snow?
« Reply #25 on: 12 January 2013, 22:18:16 »

Well I am 47 years old and been driving since I was 17 including 8 to 9 years for a major breakdown organisation and I have only driven on snow twice. Once was a complete 8 hour shift in it, followed by 4 hours overtime as it was so busy. Second was a year or 2 back when the first snow arrived and they had not gritted or anything but it was a 6.5 mile drive to work at about 5 to 10 mph.

In younger days def went looking for it.

We used to do that as well, locally an old hospital car park, now gone and an old 3 lane road, by passed, used to be great fun as had big grass verges so if you spun off it mostly did not matter; thinking about it, not just when I was younger either....... ;D ;D ;D

I put 60 - 100 but in reality would be over that figure............ :D :D
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Re: How many times have you driven in snow?
« Reply #26 on: 12 January 2013, 22:32:49 »

Dropped my brand new RD350 power valve on a S bend in the snow on its first run back from the dealers in my teens >:(
Driving in snow never bothers me but walking in it is a no no now , just shut the door and have some custard   ;D
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Re: How many times have you driven in snow?
« Reply #27 on: 13 January 2013, 02:37:49 »

 :o :o quite a few times on a z1000 that was scarey :) :) :)
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Re: How many times have you driven in snow?
« Reply #28 on: 13 January 2013, 03:05:19 »

One journey I had was on a Honda 250 superdream, fifteen miles on fresh and compacted snow, I was really glad I had motorcross boots on as they spent more time on the road then the foot pegs and I passed my part one bike test in an inch of snow and it was still snowing while I was taking the test.

That takes me back; riding from Portland Bill, Weymouth to Durham in the winter of 1973, used to stop, in a cafe,  every 50 miles to thaw out, all on a Honda 250, must have been mad...... ::) ::) ::)

I should add that I did this every other weekend for several months....... ::) ::) ::)
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Re: How many times have you driven in snow?
« Reply #29 on: 13 January 2013, 03:18:43 »

One journey I had was on a Honda 250 superdream, fifteen miles on fresh and compacted snow, I was really glad I had motorcross boots on as they spent more time on the road then the foot pegs and I passed my part one bike test in an inch of snow and it was still snowing while I was taking the test.

That takes me back; riding from Portland Bill, Weymouth to Durham in the winter of 1973, used to stop, in a cafe,  every 50 miles to thaw out, all on a Honda 250, must have been mad...... ::) ::) ::)http://images.omegaowners.com/forum/smf2000/Smileys/oofstd/thumbsup.gif

I should add that I did this every other weekend for several months....... ::) ::) ::)
:y :y too right mr vamps but we did it because it was our only form of transport and we would ride in all weathers not like these wimps today that only ride there bikes in the sunshine and 80 degrese in the shade :y :y :y :y
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