Rain Riding

[Englishguy]

Rain what is that! The weather forecast (Which is a joke in Phoenix. We don't have weather) Just advised that we have not had rain for 85 days. Rode the rocket to work again today. Geeeees I love this bike!!!

[Toystoretom]

I never ride in the rain... I would melt.

[vonbonds]

On 2006-01-11 19:45, Toystoretom wrote:
I never ride in the rain... I would melt.

:razz: :-D

[Aussiekeeper]

Rain? What's that?

Ron

[Aussiebikerdave]

On 2006-01-11 11:36, rick05rocket wrote:
I just won't wear a full-face helmet. . .too much fog, etc., so I always wear a bandana that I can pull up over my nose and mouth, etc., to cut down the rain needles. . .i.e., those soft raindrops turn into needles at 70 mph.
rick

Hey Rick, when I was Stateside last June, David Harvey kindly purchased a Harley-Davidson brand Jet helmet with flip down visor plus an additional tinted visor for me. This helmet is not available in Australia but I became aware of it when one of our rental clients from Florida flew in to collect a bike and brought his own helmet along.

Apart from the HD branding, she's a beauty. No fogging, no more bugs, no icicles hanging orf me eyebrows during a winter frost, no nothing except great comfort and the ability to flip the shield up if I want some wind in the face. I'd been using the ubiquitous open face lid for years, bravely struggling through the elemets to uphold the virtues of coolness and style... but hey, to hell with all that stuff, I'm gettin' too old to be worried anymore 'bout all that... just give me the comfort thankyou!!!

I used the helmet to good effect the other day when I had to return a R1200GS back from Melbourne after a one-way rental drop-off. The last day on the road, from Kempsey NSW to Noosa (about 700kms) saw a filthy storm about every 20 minutes. Let me tell ya, THATS when you need a decent helmet. Me socks were wringin' wet, I was ridin' in soggy undies all day and it was generally not one of those rides to remember, but.... ma head stayed warm and dry and best of all, I never had a fogged up visor. You can't be optimistic if you've got a misty optic! :-D

Davo

[Chippie1]

Rain...

Welcome to my world...

24 days straight. Record is 33. We might just make it. And I've ridden in just about every one of them except the weekends on my daily ride into work.

[Aussiebikerdave]

Had to bring a bike back from Cairns, FNQ (Far North Queensland) one time. Riding south through the town of Tully about 10 oclock at night, it dawned on me that I'd just passed through Australia's highest rainfall town without getting a drop on me. A quick one armed salute was no appeasement because the weather gods were not going to let me orf that night.

Just as I hit the next town, Cardwell, about an hour later, I got hit by a vertical tsunami right out of the sky. Only problem was every motel in the town was now shut or either the manager's were not able to hear me banging due to the deluge on their roof... or maybe the buggars were bein' just plain lazy that night.

Taking shelter under a motel carport I noticed a light on in one of the rooms. Further investigation revealed a permanent resident dero engaged in a drinking binge with a mate from down the road. The mate, a younger guy, told me his missus and kids where away for a week visiting her parents so I could sleep in the kids room back at his place.

You beauty I said, so helmetless, he piled on the back of the bike and we splashed our way up the main street of Cardwell back to his unit where a cup of coffee and a nice warm and dry bed was awaitin'. Thank God for angels! Davo

[ This message was edited by: Aussiebikerdave on 2006-01-12 18:21 ]