WG Risky In The Rain?
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Cruiser
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WG Risky In The Rain?
I have a 2007 Wide Glide. I've ridden it in light and moderate rain without incident but today I was caught in an almost blinding rain for about 10 minutes. My ego made me keep it at 60 as I wondered whether I was behaving like a fool (forget the vision impairment). How do WG's compare with other Harley's in a hard rain in view of the rake and skinny front tire?
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Rode in some pretty heavy rain 3-5 times in the past couple of weeks. I am talking terrential down pour! I was only on county roads though, but a lot of spots where water gathered. Never felt like I was going to lose control, but I also was easy on the gas and took my turns slower than normal.
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as wide glide fever stated, where i live the last few weeks we've had some serious rains. i rode my wide glide in some very heavy rains without anything to note. i adjust my speed accordingly. ive ridden my sportster, my r/k, and now my dwg and havent had any issues with any of them.
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I've ridden in heavy wind and rain on my FXDWG3 , so bad Semi's were getting blown around . The narrow front tire doesn't get a lot of contact , but I survived.
As the saying goes , don't' fly faster than your guardian angel ( and don't ride inthe rain without good tread!)
As the saying goes , don't' fly faster than your guardian angel ( and don't ride inthe rain without good tread!)
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I would think that the narrower front tire would cut through the standing water better than a fatter tire. Therefor reducing the chance of hydroplaining? The actual contact patch probably wouldn't really be all that different either.
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There's no real problem cause by the bike as such, you just need to respect whatever obstacles mother nature puts you up against.
The one and only time I thought about stopping was a downpour which hardly gave me any visibility what so ever, ended up just going reasonably slow, especially in the turns until it calmed down!
The one and only time I thought about stopping was a downpour which hardly gave me any visibility what so ever, ended up just going reasonably slow, especially in the turns until it calmed down!
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I think you need to respect the conditions regardless of what model bike you're on. I don't believe the Wide Glide is inherently more dangerous than other models in poor weather. I have about 47k on my '07 FXDWG and more than I'd prefer of that was in bad weather, but with the shorter seasons in the northern states I can't not ride just because it's wet out.
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