Do you normally get alot of snow? Problem with me is the dirt road. Last winter there was a lot of days that if the bike were running I would have rode it....except for the fact that our road gets a bit soupy for riding a street bike....Not to mention during the winter we have a tone of critters floating around. Not just deer but turkeys as well. Turkeys seem to congregate on the road. At times I think they are trying to play Russian Roulette with traffic.