I avoid riding in rainstorms as a rule, but last night I got caught under a cloudburst less than a mile from home. Darkened twilight stormy sky. No chance for raingear. I was soaked instantly, and worst of all, my visor, while not at all fogged (scorpion exo-700) was splattered with rain so badly visibility was tough (about like driving the car in a storm with no wipers). Wiping with my glove did pretty much nothing. And the Sprints stock windscreen drives even more rain towards my helmet...
At the last left turn into my neighborhood, I'm waiting in traffic to turn and spot a gap in the oncoming headlights and make my move....but it's not a gap, there's a little red car with no headlights that I spot just as I start crossing the oncoming lane. GAH! Goose the throttle and got through with some room to spare but that was a hell of a lesson. Not every cage has the sense to run headlights in rain and I should have checked better somehow.
Gonna try Rain-X, but I could use some advice here, otherwise I'm gonna do my best to sit out future storms.
At the last left turn into my neighborhood, I'm waiting in traffic to turn and spot a gap in the oncoming headlights and make my move....but it's not a gap, there's a little red car with no headlights that I spot just as I start crossing the oncoming lane. GAH! Goose the throttle and got through with some room to spare but that was a hell of a lesson. Not every cage has the sense to run headlights in rain and I should have checked better somehow.
Gonna try Rain-X, but I could use some advice here, otherwise I'm gonna do my best to sit out future storms.