Well if there's one benefit to Wisconsin its that its too friggin cold to have ice storms and goes straight to snow...and sometimes its too cold to snow ;-)
I feel the same way about ohio. I was home in Ky this weekend and although its only 5 hours south..it was 67 when I left at noon and as I drove north I just watched my car's external temp drop all the way to 37 when I got to Sylvania (ohio michigan line). Why did I ever move friggin north.
I like it a lot. I personally think the tip could be a bit larger to fill the dead space but it works nicely. Its actually pretty quiet and some people complain about droning but I don't hear it with the music up. But I like loud noise lol. My old street bike had an almost straight through pipe on it. No one would ever ride behind me cause it would be so loud, even inside a helmet.
Yeah a 50 would be nicer for sure. When I move into town we should hit up some of the local meets. I think there is one at McDonald's on high street every saturday.