If there is 3 inches of slush there has been salt, as I mentioned before, my riding season has ended till the next year, unless it warms up a bit and rains some to wash the roads off. Last year my season ended 2 weeks before Christmas, a 300+ mile ride. A guy I know in Mahopac, NY rides year around, he does not even own a car, just 4 Buells, a Blast, an XB12, an 1125R, and an 1125CR. They have serious Winters up there, he rides the Blast mostly in the Winter Months, lays it down quite a bit.