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Heh, bite your tongue! (And Joe, enough with the rain dance!)
Just figures though, 89 days in Phoenix with no precipitation, and just in time for Thankgiving it starts to rain...... Can't wait to see what it does for Christmas!
It's simple science. A vehicle moving at speed creates a low pressure area, a number of motorcycles travelling at the speeds we sometimes do tends to create a large low pressure area. The low pressure area is essentially a partial vacuum, which causes the moisture in the air to condense into rain. Ever notice most of the rain we run into is right after finishing a set of twisties? Not a coincidence!
We either have to slow down to lessen the vacuum effect, or go faster to outrun it.
It's simple science. A vehicle moving at speed creates a low pressure area, a number of motorcycles travelling at the speeds we sometimes do tends to create a large low pressure area. The low pressure area is essentially a partial vacuum, which causes the moisture in the air to condense into rain. Ever notice most of the rain we run into is right after finishing a set of twisties? Not a coincidence!
We either have to slow down to lessen the vacuum effect, or go faster to outrun it.
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