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Never thought I would say this but we are finally getting some rain and I am glad. Had a Gulf of Mexico thunderstorm finally form here and it is a frog strangler. Should only last for about thirty minutes. I had a Road king pass me riding on his sidewalls against the wind with big drops bouncing off of my truck windshield and lightning popping the ground around me. Hope he gets where ever he is going safely--he was hauling butt but he was also headed toward the storm. There was a bridge ahead of him about a mile and I wondered if that was where he was headed for shelter till it passed. If he had pulled over to the side of the road I would have made a u turn and parked behind his bike to shelter it from traffic and let him sit in the truck till it passed. He couldn't know that and many a time a bridge or overpass has looked very inviting. Been caught myself in thunderstorms with no bridges, buildings or structures and had to just ride them out. It makes for a miserable ride till it is over.
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Rain, great, we are drier than a popcorn fart here in San Antonio. Something like 30 days now over 100, it is getting real boring, and really too hot to ride in the afternoon. I take the motorsickle to work in the morning and just dread riding home.
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Sit under a bridge and let it pass? i have never done that.
I have stopped under a bridge to put on my rainsuit.
But then again, I have NEVER had the PLEASURE of riding in lightning! Even down here in Florida (lightning capital of the world).
i have been in a cage during lightning, and didn't like it one bit!
I have stopped under a bridge to put on my rainsuit.
But then again, I have NEVER had the PLEASURE of riding in lightning! Even down here in Florida (lightning capital of the world).
i have been in a cage during lightning, and didn't like it one bit!
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Never thought I would say this but we are finally getting some rain and I am glad. Had a Gulf of Mexico thunderstorm finally form here and it is a frog strangler. Should only last for about thirty minutes. I had a Road king pass me riding on his sidewalls against the wind with big drops bouncing off of my truck windshield and lightning popping the ground around me. Hope he gets where ever he is going safely--he was hauling butt but he was also headed toward the storm. There was a bridge ahead of him about a mile and I wondered if that was where he was headed for shelter till it passed. If he had pulled over to the side of the road I would have made a u turn and parked behind his bike to shelter it from traffic and let him sit in the truck till it passed. He couldn't know that and many a time a bridge or overpass has looked very inviting. Been caught myself in thunderstorms with no bridges, buildings or structures and had to just ride them out. It makes for a miserable ride till it is over.
You are a gentleman. And I agree, riding in the rain is not pleasant at all.
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