Rain riding advice
Tourer
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RE: Rain riding advice
ORIGINAL: bikerdog134
find a motel with a good bar and wait it out
find a motel with a good bar and wait it out
Road Master
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From: New Bern, NC
RE: Rain riding advice
Rain-X and anti-fog (a cut potato and spit helps, what we use on dives), booties, reflective rain suit and carefullness. Everytime I ride on a 30% chance of rain, I find the 100% of that 30% chance. Oh, have some WD-40, just in case water gets where it's not wanted. That WD stands for Water Displament.
Have fun, makes a memorable experience.
Have fun, makes a memorable experience.
Intermediate
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RE: Rain riding advice
New H-D rider, but 10 years riding on everything else, I HATE riding in the rain. Not so much because of how it affects a bike, but because of how it affects every cage on the road. I did get caught in a stretch of 4-6 inch standing water on the road the other week, and THAT SUCKED!!!
Road Captain
Joined: Dec 2005
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From: Western Australia
RE: Rain riding advice
When you are soaking wet and your boots are full of water you know it's not going to get much worse. It will stop raining eventually, when it does take your boots off and drain them, you will dry out a bit quicker.
Road Master
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From: NZ but live in Dorset, England
RE: Rain riding advice
ORIGINAL: haksaw
if you have a efi bike i'd suggest dialectic grease in the connectors from your ecu. Those things get wet you're stuck.....ask me how I know.
if you have a efi bike i'd suggest dialectic grease in the connectors from your ecu. Those things get wet you're stuck.....ask me how I know.
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RE: Rain riding advice
ORIGINAL: JRK5892
so we are getting ready to embark on a 6 hr ride to Iowa... it is raining like no other in IL!!! so we are just going to man up and take our time... any advice?
so we are getting ready to embark on a 6 hr ride to Iowa... it is raining like no other in IL!!! so we are just going to man up and take our time... any advice?
