On Monday School was called off for me at noon because it snowed so much here in Chicago. I work Monday through Friday at and usually drive my truck that I have. I start at 1:20(Get out of school early every day at 1:15). With the extra time on my hands, I went home and parked my truck. I took out my moped and started her up. While I was waiting for it to warm up I put on my scarf, ski mask, gloves, hat, wrap around glasses for eye protection and my bright orange backpack. I started to make my way out of my garage when I ran into my neighbor. He told me "You're Fck'in Nuts!" I just smiled and went on my way. The streets were plowed a little bit, but still had some of the freshly laid snow on them. This is the first time in riding in snow w/ a motorized two wheel vehicle. I got out of my drive way ok and not even half way down the block my Tomos Targa LX slipped from me. I did about a 90 degree turn and stuck my left foot out so that I wasnt going to hurt the bike or fall on my ass. I heard a SCRAPPING sound as the bike leaned. I was hoping it wasnt the side of the bike. What it was, was the kick stand that sticks out a little bit. No biggy. I kept on riding and made it fine for about a mile, where i felt some more freshly laid snow. I started slipping again. I saw a lady who was w/ her husband snow blowing. I'll never forget her voice saying, "OH---My----GOD!---." I just smiled back at her. I started slipping a little more and as I looked back I saw a cop behind me. He started to talk to me. He told me, "Little too dangerous to ride that." I told him, "yeah, I should have brought my truck." He asked me how far I had to go and I told him less than a mile. He said, "Be careful." I thought he was going to give me more shit than that. He was probably thinking in his head, "What a Fck'in idiot." I really don't care what people think when I'm on my moped. Right where the cop talked to me, is where I had to get onto a main street. I made my right hand turn and stayed in the left lane(since my work is on the left side). The road was alot better than the previous. It still had snow on it but was a lot more slushed up. I road in the left side tire track. I went about 15-20mph on this road. There was a bunch of snow where I had to cross over train tracks. The snow was up to my nees when sitting on my 'ped. When a truck had passed over it, the tire(two back ones that are together) made enough room for me to squeeze through the passage way. My work was right past the tracks on the left and I made it in there fine. I opened up the garage to park it. When I left work, going home was not as bad as going there. Still was a struggle. I dont know if I will ever go out in that kind of snow again with my moped. We had like 8-12 inches of snow. If I plan to go out in it, I would like to take a snow mobile or even an ATV would be nice. Snow tires would have helped my Tomos alot since there is no grip w/ the stock tires in the snow. Dont let anything stop you(as long as your safe).
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