I'm in CA but rode in Nevada and Washington all year. I used a racing snowmobile suit (they're less hot that reg ones,) and slid a little sometimes, but that just develops better balance and senses. Cars go all over the place too... with a poor driver, but we live with poor drivers anyway. A switch to snowtires can be an option. Diehards were the only ones to fabricate any sort of chains. Reminds you to make all actions smoothly too.

Check out

www.ocmoto.com

It is a pretty big group of riders in the SoCAL, Mainly Orange County but I thought I would let you know about this community of riders

I wanna move to Ca if this counts