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Rain Riding....Do you dare?

Star Man

Star Man

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Greg
A friend just called me to set up a rain ride for this Sunday. He said the conditions should be just awful......perfect for a good romp in the rain. Even his wife wants to join us. Seems she's come over to the dark side since getting caught in last Sunday's rain on the way back from Middletown.

So, I'll mount the GoPro HD on the BMW single and chase these two railing around the backroads of Lake Berryessa.

I was just wondering what the collective conscious of this group thinks about putting on your waterproof riding gear and playing in the wet? Do you dare?
 
I started riding in the UK, and had no car for the first 10 years of my riding time, what do you think?

I really don't get why people make such a big deal out of it - maybe it's because they actually have to be careful? :shrug
 
Star Man said:
A friend just called me to set up a rain ride for this Sunday. He said the conditions should be just awful......perfect for a good romp in the rain. Even his wife wants to join us. Seems she's come over to the dark side since getting caught in last Sunday's rain on the way back from Middletown.

So, I'll mount the GoPro HD on the BMW single and chase these two railing around the backroads of Lake Berryessa.

I was just wondering what the collective conscious of this group thinks about putting on your waterproof riding gear and playing in the wet? Do you dare?
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I did it this morning. Its fun but you need to be really smooth and dial it back a bit. Well at lest I do. I had a nice little slip on the bridge changing lanes over one of the open joints but other than that it was fine.

As for going out for fun I say yes. Just make sure your rain gear is good and you'll stay warm and dry.
 
Depends on how I feel. Sometimes I love it and sometimes I don't feel on top of my game.
 
I did my entire motor school in the pouring rain. I've ridden in the rain plenty.

I choose not to nowadays. I simply don't have fun in it. So to answer your question: No.
 
If it's raining hard in the morning, I'll drive to work. I don't have to ride in the rain. It's like riding at night. Different game, but you adapt and go.
Dark, in the rain, with deer? Newbie pace ... :teeth
 
Riding in the rain is exactly like riding in the dry. The only difference is that you hit the limits of traction sooner.
 
I went to Infineon Raceway one weekend for a riding lesson. This was on my Yamaha SECA-II. It was also my 2nd time on the highway. The way there, empty roads, clear skies, no problem.

It started raining which lasted all day. I had to ride home, on 101, in the rain, with a bike that would occasionally stall if I downshifted.

Once I got back to the city, riding in the rain in the city seemed like a joke.
 
I like riding in the rain. Road surface is consistent albeit shitty but mostly it's the light. The light is easier on my eyes for some reason with not so much bright to shadow.
For pleasure you can not beat the wonderful delight of rain smells.
 
And indeed there will be time
To wonder, “Do I dare?” and, “Do I dare?”


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i dig it.
i have to be more vigilant than normal; in the dry i'm almost on auto-pilot, i've been riding so long.
and i'm extremely fond of hauling ass in the rain, on windy roads.

btw, my drz is parked next my buddy's gsxr right now, getting rained on at work.
 
What concerns me more is that car drivers, especially SUV's, seem to drive in an even more clueless/dangerous fashion in the rain...as if the limits of traction were identical to the dry.

Seems to me the chances for some car driver to blow the double yellow is heightened.
 
GAJ said:
What concerns me more is that car drivers, especially SUV's, seem to drive in an even more clueless/dangerous fashion in the rain...as if the limits of traction were identical to the dry.

Seems to me the chances for some car driver to blow the double yellow is heightened.
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that's one of the things that makes it exciting!
 
GAJ said:
What concerns me more is that car drivers, especially SUV's, seem to drive in an even more clueless/dangerous fashion in the rain
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One of the many reasons people drive terribly in the rain is that they are utterly clueless about how their climate controls work, and how to properly use them to de-fog the windows. The number of people you see driving in the rain with their windows completely fogged, unable to see behind them, unable to use their mirrors properly (if they had them adjusted properly and ever looked in them in the first place), is depressing.

More so because they'll continue to drive like they usually do, they just won't stand even a tiny chance of seeing you when they change lanes/turn/etc.

*cue regular rant about licensing standards*
 
I've always enjoyed riding in the rain. There's a certain tranquility to it.
 
Roadstergal said:
One of the many reasons people drive terribly in the rain is that they are utterly clueless about how their climate controls work, and how to properly use them to de-fog the windows. The number of people you see driving in the rain with their windows completely fogged, unable to see behind them, unable to use their mirrors properly (if they had them adjusted properly and ever looked in them in the first place), is depressing.

More so because they'll continue to drive like they usually do, they just won't stand even a tiny chance of seeing you when they change lanes/turn/etc.

*cue regular rant about licensing standards*
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All very true. :thumbup I was in a relationship with a woman once who had absolutely no idea. I had to argue with her to get her to stop putting the ventilation system in her car on recirc while driving in the rain ("That way the car heats up faster"). Another argument to get her to use the AC to clear the window in a hurry ("But why would I turn on the AC when I'm cold?"). When she did grudgingly make those changes, it was a total :shocker moment for her. :rolleyes
 
flying_hun said:
All very true. :thumbup I was in a relationship with a woman once who had absolutely no idea. I had to argue with her to get her to stop putting the ventilation system in her car on recirc while driving in the rain ("That way the car heats up faster"). Another argument to get her to use the AC to clear the window in a hurry ("But why would I turn on the AC when I'm cold?"). When she did grudgingly make those changes, it was a total :shocker moment for her. :rolleyes
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Why is this concept so freaking difficult for people? AC works on evaporation HELLO!!!
 
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