For me, snow either means a 125, cos it's light enough to ride with your feet down, or a sidecar - you cann't drop it and can steer by shifting your weight- the cb500/4 is a brilliant candidate for sidecar duties in snow and ice and actually preforms better than a fair few cars though hills can be problematical to get up. Having said that I've never missed work etc due to snow and oly ride bikes (no car licence) and live in the middle of Wales plus 20 miles fromm work.