The Things We do to Ride...

[tommymac]

Man after the rally journey all this shits easy.

I waited out some rain going home yesterday. I got hit for about 15 minutes then it prety much stopped so it wasnt too bad. I have been riding to work a lot at the job sites and have been dodging a lot of bullets in regards to the rain. Figure my luck can only hold out for so long.

tom

[Sixxxxer]

You know what...I dont mind rain riding after our Rally Adventure...But Fuck, I like having The proper gear on...Lol

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by Sixxxxer

You know what...I dont mind rain riding after our Rally Adventure...But Fuck, I like having The proper gear on...Lol

Good point, I did grab a pair of rubber gloves to use yesterday so my hands stayed dry and I had that red raincoat I wore to the rally so it did its job. Got home and found out I had the frog toggs in my hard bags which are on the bike since we moved monday.

Tom

[Rider]

You haven't ridden in the rain until you've ridden through a hurricane or at least the remnants of a hurricane.

How did those Toggs work out for you Tommy?

[Sixxxxer]

Originally Posted by Rider

You haven't ridden in the rain until you've ridden through a hurricane or at least the remnants of a hurricane.

How did those Toggs work out for you Tommy?

I dunno...Me and Tommy had a Solid Three Hours of Straight Rain + Mist from the Semi's...It was fucking hellacious.

No Hurricane...But It'll do just fine for me.

[Rider]

Originally Posted by Sixxxxer

I dunno...Me and Tommy had a Solid Three Hours of Straight Rain + Mist from the Semi's...It was fucking hellacious.

No Hurricane...But It'll do just fine for me.

Yeah after riding home from the MotoGP race, rain riding didn't bother me at all. It was 6 hours of solid downpour. Good gear helps a lot.

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by Rider

Yeah after riding home from the MotoGP race, rain riding didn't bother me at all. It was 6 hours of solid downpour. Good gear helps a lot.

So true once yo uget wet you are completley miserable esp i fits cold out. I am a little skiddish now because my front tire is getting down to the point it needs to be replaced soon so I am prety conservative in the rain for now esp in the turns.

Tom

[unknownroad]

Originally Posted by Sixxxxer

I dunno...Me and Tommy had a Solid Three Hours of Straight Rain + Mist from the Semi's...It was fucking hellacious.

No Hurricane...But It'll do just fine for me.

Three hours of rain? That's a normal trip home from the mountains for me Just watch out for flash flooding...

[Sixxxxer]

I live in jersey...Flash Flooding is just a normal Walk in the park around me.

['73 H1 Triple]

Originally Posted by Rider

You haven't ridden in the rain until you've ridden through a hurricane or at least the remnants of a hurricane.

How did those Toggs work out for you Tommy?

I got caught in the same down pour only it was tapering off when I left work. It was raining so hard I couldn't see my cycle in the parking lot from 75 feet away.

The ride home was joy too. Riding thru water 4"-6" deep ( some places were 6"-8" deep ) only to get to the intersection and have the fire police send me the long way home because the water was too deep

This morning there was softball size rocks in the road from being washed out of the gutters. Plus all the normal tree debris and shit in the road.

As I say at work, 40 mpg isn't free

Jeff