Here is what someone mentioned earlier... another way of making a V-Strom into a snow machine

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'09 DL-650A with stuff
'05 Ural Tourist with stuff

Follow the Swedes, they know the way:

Husqvarna 258 in winter - YouTube

I just fitted heidenau front m back and for thick sticky mud , wet sloshy tracks and wet tar they fantastic. They the most expensive boots I ever bought for my wee but definatly the best money spent.
I chatted to fee guys who just rose up to the equator and 14,000 they looked brand new.
That my experience.