3 wheelers in snow

[straight pipe]

my fondest memory of snow riding was last year early winter befoer i mounted the lites on the rear, still had the stock rubber. i was riding with 2 4x4's one 500 foreman and a 500 artic cat. we were riding on a frozen stream and it froze perfectly smooth and there was 4" of fluffy snow resting on top...maaaan was that fun going in 4th, cutting the steering and whipping donuts till i slowed....meeeeeemmmoriiiies. but the lites are way better in snow than the stockers that is forsure....

[ATC crazy]

I have owned both...an '87 SX and now I have an '02 Foreman 450s.

The trike compared to a 2wd quad...the trike will go much farther any day.

The trike compared to a 4wd quad...the quad will walk all over the trike.

Now, with the stock tires on the Foreman, it was pretty much useless in the snow after the tires were wore past 50%-60%. Now that I have aftermarket tires on it, I can go almost everywhere in 2wd that my buddy can on his trike (my old SX). If not, I just flip the 4x4 switch and hang on

I havent had a chance to test it out in anything over 12", but last year we got a foot of snow, so I rode it 3 miles up the road (steep hills) to my friends house to ride around in his field. She never missed a beat.

[RedRider_AK]

The 110 was a blast to drive in the winter, back when it worked... lots of tire spin, screaming engine, sliding everywhere... awesome.

[willcamach]

after reading all of this i am so sad i lived on the eastcoast my whole life and never got into atv's till i moved 3 years ago to socal. now i have 2 trikes and will probably never ever get a chance to ride in the snow or ice.... well at least i have plenty of dunes to ride.

[69HemiGTX]

From my experience, the only thing that sucks about a three wheeler in the snow is when you turn the front tire. All the snow being kicked up lands on your feet, and I don't need to explain that any further. I have ridden an 84 200X and an 85 TRX250 in about 10" of powder, and the 200X was a lot more fun. You couldn't really get the TRX to rev because it has such low gear ratios. Couple that with an auto clutch, and you have to keep your speed up to go anywhere. The 200X was a blast! High-speed donuts are a lot of fun, especially because you are travelling backwards at one point during the rotation. I have pictures back home of me throwing snow roost while spinning around backwards. I wish I had them here to show y'all.

[250rAL]

There are way too many variables to say which is better(3 or 4) in the snow. There are many different kinds of snow, different depths, tires, machine weight, rider weight, whether the snow is fresh or a week old, whether you are on dirt or ice...

[edog]

Last winter was a blast on my 225.The ITP Mudlites i have on them are excellent in the snow.

[toyvette81]

never ridden my x in the snow but i cant waite, i hope we get some snow. sometimes we do sometimes we dont, we'll get a record 24" 1 year, and go 3 yrs. with barley any snow. we did have a ice storm 2 ys ago that knocked power out for 3 weeks though. but my 89 polaris trailboss went through that 24" like it wasn't there, it was amazing the hills i went up etc... some of em i dont think i could have gotten up with no snow, it may have helped me being that deep and soft

[toyvette81]

hey straight pipe be careful on that frozen stream lol. i fell right through 1 on my polaris quad lol, talkin about cold and stuck. and dad fell in years ago and his wheeler kept breaking the ice on the way down the stream/river, it went about 1/4 mile lol... upsidedown that ice wasnt fit to ride on (he didint check 1st) lol its funny now thou. but he almost died for real b/c he was in the water so long trying to get a hold of the bank, ice cicles on his mustach..... man it was bad but the old man rode home on his wheeler being towed