I also want to tell the folks riding around now in the northern climates that when you take a cold bike out of the cold garage and ride around in warm weather on roads covered in salt and calcium chloride, all those chemicals attack the metal especially aluminum and destroy paint and chrome if you don't hose the bike off after the ride. Snow may look bad, but its just water and will melt.
I've actually had that happen on a bike I owned. One reason I won't go out on roads covered with salt in good weather. I wait for the rain to rinse them off first.