Now i know that i should not ride in these conditions but my bike is my only form of transportantion and i dont mind the cold but i do want to make sure that i have some good tires under me ... so what tires would yall suggest im willing to do a rear kat wheel swap if i have to but i would rather not ... any advice ... GSJACK...

kinda being sarcastic,

but if you're really serious, may be something to consider

yeah i am serious im in th mountains so at times it hard to avoid the rough weather at times i am iin the center of town though so if i really had to i could walk everywhere i would need to go but in case i had to ride some where i want a little piece of mind, last year i rode all through winter with the stock tires but i only rode in slush once and i had much better tread then as well as a car...

Well if your seriously considering this then you have the wrong bike for it. You need a light weight motocross bike or super moto. I know people who ride supermoto's on the street then in the winter they have a spare set of snow/slush/ofroady tyres that they throw on. But be aware knoblies are CRAP C R A P on anything other than shitty road surface. They get very little grip on tarmac in the wet.

I mean best is the ones you see on allrounders, abit like knoblies and road tyres mixed. Not completely offroad not completely onroad but do OK for both. More for road though. And other than that riding in snow is just a skill. I road a bike with proper road tyres in the snow as it was my only transport till this year. Riding in teh wheel marks of cars. I wouldn't do it if i lived in the city though and had other options however i live in the middle of the country and getting to the towns is about a 10 miles. Therfore riding the only option.

I'd think in slush your problem is less about tread design and more about rubber compound that can stay pliable and grippy in temps below 10C (50F?). Get on the phone to a couple of the tire manufacturers' customer info lines and ask about motorcycle tires for cold weather.

Hey, if you learn anything from them, post it here for everyone!

Having done it on two wheels, I recommend 3 wheels. When you hit a little tiny patch of ice, bad things happen. Sure, the ice-racers use screws as studs, but they are never on anything but ice - on wet or dry pavement those are going to be slippery as heck. Get a trike or a sidecar rig for winter - except that you may find a car is cheaper.

hmm not that kinda of responses i was hoping for but i do try to avoid the snowly conditions the best i can (i didnt really make that clear) and i should have phrased my question as which tires do the best in the cold but ill try calling some help lines but in the mean while if any1 else rides in 20ish degree F weather let me know what tires yall use. and as far as a different bike goes there is a reason that im having to ride through the winter instead of buying another car 

Well the best to get is to like you say ring the tyre manufactures ask them what their best range is for poor weather wet and cold and they will fill you in. However i rode all winter on super sticky sport maxx tyres on my ZXR and didn't switch them for something else. And those tyres need to be up to temp for best performance. Whatever tyre you go with i think it will make very little difference in the difficult riding conditions. In snow its the way you ride more than the tyre you have because no tyre is going to provide any traction on ice or patches of snow you meet. Slush might be dealt with better on tyres designed for all-rounder bikes (on and off road) due to it having similar effects on grip as patches of mud. Best seek advise from the manufactoror for their best tyre but no tyre is going to making riding snow in any easier it just might save you if you do something wrong like ride into a patch of snow.

Three wheels yes, four wheels would be better. With that in mind how about training wheels, you'll never fall down with those 

I've ridden year round for 24 years here in NE Ohio in temps down to about 20F.  I've always used whatever tires I had on the bike for winter, never got anything different or special but always made sure they had good tread left.  I never intend to ride when streets are slippery with ice or snow but have splashed thru a zillion gallons of salt water.  Only hit black ice once and slid from the icy center of the road in a curve to the outside car tire track where my tires regripped without serious incident.  Think I had the Lasertecs on then but not sure.

Giving my tire log a quick glance to refresh my memory I see I did last winter on my current Roadrider tires, the winter before that on a Lasertec front and a AV36 rear, and the winter before that on a pair of Lasertecs.  Did one winter on my old 97 GS and before that I had an old CM400A I used for a winter bike for a few years.  It had a Dunlop touring tire on the rear and I put a new Kenda K671 on the back for the last winter I used it because the touring tire had run out of tread.  That Kenda was better than the old Dunlop but probably not much better than the OEM Excedra tires and definetly not as good as the tires I've used on my GSs in recent years.

Just don't try to make it thru the winter on bald tires.   

kk thank you very much thats what i planned on doing cuz im going to need new tires soon but i just wanted to hear from some1 that i wasnt completely crazy

  Thanks Again
       -MM

ONe of my good friends here in PA only owns motorcycles, he has 4 of em and no car  He rides year round. He does avoid the snow mostly but will ride once the roads are plowed. He has a "winter bike"    I think its a CB 400. He uses regular ole tires. In PA you are not allowed to put studs in on road bike tires 

I say go for it! I would start solw and get a feel for the different road conditions.