Ridin in the rain.
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Joined: Mar 2014
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From: Temple Terrace FL
I agree with ibfree2855 -- I actually like riding in cool weather, and the rain is tolerable for me (what Bart said is true; I haven't found any rain gear that keeps you completely dry) but the combo of wet + cold ends the ride for me. Did that one time on a night ride to Gainesville in Feb. It was not up-north cold, but cold enough to be miserable.
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Joined: Jul 2014
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From: Florida
OP, I live in Panama City, looks like one of the Panhandle's/Southeast afternoon heat showers. I enjoy them this time of year, cools you off real quick, the temperature drops momentarily, and with in a few minutes you are freshly bathed and dry! The downside, cleaning the bike!
Road Master
Joined: Apr 2014
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From: North Arkansas
Got caught in the rain for the first time on this bike. I was skeered. Only rain experiences on my honda shaft drive left me remembering a tendency to torque out from under me. Luckily in south Louisiana curves are rare. Straight wasn't an issue.
On this RK I did not know what to expect it to do. Road had a lot of sudden water on a hot road... bad combo and mucho curves, standing water. I started slow before getting the feel of it. Did not even want this thing to try to twist out from under me when I gave it some throttle.
no worries. It handled fine. Had to do about 15 miles
On this RK I did not know what to expect it to do. Road had a lot of sudden water on a hot road... bad combo and mucho curves, standing water. I started slow before getting the feel of it. Did not even want this thing to try to twist out from under me when I gave it some throttle.
no worries. It handled fine. Had to do about 15 miles
Road Warrior
Joined: Sep 2013
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From: Colorado
I bought my wife an 883 Iron and I picked it up yesterday from the dealer in Denver. Not only, was I stuck in stop and go (mostly stop) traffic, it was pissing down rain. Of course, my rain gear is sitting in my RGU. Sometimes the weather here, reminds me of a soggy depressing city in the NW.
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From: Stone Mountain, GA
Hey, just so you know, I did not plan to ride in that sh*t. I checked the weather, and knew rain was in the forecast, but down here, the weathermen say rain every day and it don't OR no rain forecast and it DOES. Worthless. I wear a 1/2 helmet and some Wilex Rx goggles, I had to but a 1/2 shield on to be able to see at all. And yeah I was sKeert, but then it became the "normal". Only think that really suck was when I got to Ufaula AL, stoped for gas and meet some guys on bikes and they said radar said worse down south where I was heading and was worse then what I left, so I kept my rain pants and face shield on and it was nice and overcast, no real rain and I was stewing in the rain gear. I just wanted to be at the beach and was not really thinking smart I guess, buit I hooked up with another rider and we just seemed to push each other on. My son who was tailing me took the pictures. Impressed with my rk handling that crap, cause all I did was hang on. Ain't nuthin like the open road in any weather I guess.
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From: Stone Mountain, GA
I'd like to know too. I heard the MoCo gear was pretty good, what was the issue with your's? I am using old hiking gear and leather.
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From: Stone Mountain, GA
OP, I live in Panama City, looks like one of the Panhandle's/Southeast afternoon heat showers. I enjoy them this time of year, cools you off real quick, the temperature drops momentarily, and with in a few minutes you are freshly bathed and dry! The downside, cleaning the bike!
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Joined: Sep 2012
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From: Wisconsin
We have the Harley brand rain gear. It keeps most of the rain out if you button up real tight, but there's always that cold trickle finding it's way in somewhere.