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Pinhy · 01-28-2005, 04:51 PM

OK...so i went to pick up my license yesterday after passing the MSF course this weekend. I see that the weather is a little "iffy" for rain, but figure i will take the chance and ride the bike to work from lunch at home. Of course, it is just starting to rain NOW at 450pm.

I knew i should have stayed in the cage, but i just wanted to ride so badly....arghhh....I dont have rain gear yet so i guess i am sitting here till it stops. Dont want my leather jacket to get soaked. It is only 15 minutes, so maybe i could leave the jacket and just get wet?

I am so dumb sometimes.

themeatmanlandry · 01-28-2005, 04:59 PM

Can you borrow rain gear at work?

Can you fabricate something acceptable (don't laugh now

) out of garbage bags or visqueen plastic?

Can you leave the jacket there over the weekend?

Va bene · 01-28-2005, 05:05 PM

Garbage bags with duct tape always work in a pinch...

Nexus242 · 01-28-2005, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Pinhy

OK...so i went to pick up my license yesterday after passing the MSF course this weekend. I see that the weather is a little "iffy" for rain, but figure i will take the chance and ride the bike to work from lunch at home. Of course, it is just starting to rain NOW at 450pm.

I knew i should have stayed in the cage, but i just wanted to ride so badly....arghhh....I dont have rain gear yet so i guess i am sitting here till it stops. Dont want my leather jacket to get soaked. It is only 15 minutes, so maybe i could leave the jacket and just get wet?

I am so dumb sometimes.

Don't worry the weather is looking up this weekend and the rain should be clearing out by tomorrow afternoon and Sunday, yes Sunday is looking like mid to high 70s with partly cloudy skies!!!! WooooHoooooo!!!!!!

SDSUsnowboards · 01-28-2005, 08:44 PM

I thought riding leather can be worn in rain?

Gixxerdale · 01-28-2005, 10:01 PM

It can, and once the water works its way in and saturates it, it feels like your wearing wet cardboard! Rather cold too.

Pinhy · 01-28-2005, 10:54 PM

everything worked out ok...it only drizzled all the way home...wasnt really that wet. the leather jacket (as in aviator style, not riding leather) was darker from water, but it (and I) survived.

I learned one thing: i dont want to ride in rain ever! roads are slick when it rains!

**inspiron** · 01-29-2005, 01:57 AM

Hey Pinhy,

Get some rain gear, and learn to ride in the rain. You can't always pick your weather. Wait until summer ... you go out for a Gilligan (

a three hour tour) and before you know it, a thunderstorm forms over your head ...

Pinhy · 01-29-2005, 08:42 AM

should i name my bike the Minnow too?? haha

yeah i will get some gear soon. i am getting gear a litle at a time. got the gloves a couple weeks ago, the helmet wed night, the license thursday (hahaha)....

need to get some actual black boots rather than my high tops or my construction boots, some rain gear, a riding jacket...etc. it will all come together.

Nexus242 · 01-29-2005, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Pinhy

everything worked out ok...it only drizzled all the way home...wasnt really that wet. the leather jacket (as in aviator style, not riding leather) was darker from water, but it (and I) survived.

I learned one thing: i dont want to ride in rain ever! roads are slick when it rains!

Pinhy we live in Florida, it always rains in Florida. Damn near every summer day at 4pm it rains in Florida. Florida is one big swamp with buildings on it cause it rains so much. Florida actually means rain in Seminol. You WILL need to learn how to ride in the rain or you'll be stuck in odd places for hours till it clears.

So just increase your following distance, really slow down for corners and curves, keep the bike as upright as possible and use both brakes gingerly as you can to slow or stop. And the roads aren't nearly as slick 20-30 mins into the rain as when it first hits the ground and lifts all those sitting patches of oil, antifreeze and greese (ie Florida Ice).

Cheers!!

themeatmanlandry · 01-29-2005, 09:19 AM

. . . and definitely watch the stripes on the road, they're slick enough when they're dry, and when it rains they get even slicker.

SVZuki · 01-29-2005, 06:33 PM

i got a question about rain riding, how do the tar snakes affect the ride in the rain?

**Trapper** · 01-29-2005, 07:00 PM

Just as bad as the paint...or worse.

Nexus242 · 01-29-2005, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by themeatmanlandry

. . . and definitely watch the stripes on the road, they're slick enough when they're dry, and when it rains they get even slicker.

yeah intersections are the worst with the cross walks and huge turn arrows on the ground. always try to turn and ride between the lines.

**inspiron** · 01-30-2005, 02:32 PM

Tar snakes are bad news when it rains, and even worse when it's really hot ... I was going up a hill last summer, and hit a tar snake in the middle of a curve. As Dale would say, I had to extract the seat from between my cheeks after that ride ... definitely a higher "pucker factor" on that one ...

Nexus242 · 01-30-2005, 03:36 PM

Mr Pinhy i'm sure hoping that you took advantage of today!!!! OMG F'in god!!! What a beautiful day to be out riding, partly cloudy and mid 70s!!! I just came back from a group morning ride and I'm gonna go back out cause it's soooooooooooo dammmmmnnnnnnnnn nice!!

Pinhy · 01-31-2005, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Nexus242

Mr Pinhy i'm sure hoping that you took advantage of today!!!! OMG F'in god!!! What a beautiful day to be out riding, partly cloudy and mid 70s!!! I just came back from a group morning ride and I'm gonna go back out cause it's soooooooooooo dammmmmnnnnnnnnn nice!!

YUP!!!! four of us left Riverview at about 1030 am and headed down 301 to Sarasota, then back up and out to Wimauma and FOrt Lonesome, then up into plant city. had some lunch. back out (this time me getting to ride my friends VTX instead of my old '81 650, and did another 30 miles around lake Thonotosassa area.

as for how to ride in rain, trust me i was taking turns as slow and wide as you ahve ever seen that night on the way home. just did the "a$$-pucker" thing a lot!!

prekarious1 · 01-31-2005, 08:32 PM

Most tires will do decent in the rain, just don't even try to find the limit. Bad juju there.

Riding leathers may be worn in the rain as long as you take proper care of them as soon as you get home (stay away from blowdryers, seen that happen too many times).

Nexus242 · 01-31-2005, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Pinhy

YUP!!!! four of us left Riverview at about 1030 am and headed down 301 to Sarasota, then back up and out to Wimauma and FOrt Lonesome, then up into plant city. had some lunch. back out (this time me getting to ride my friends VTX instead of my old '81 650, and did another 30 miles around lake Thonotosassa area.

Well good I'm glad you got out; next weekend also is looking beauty.

Remember you've got just 2 months till Bike Week too look like you know what you’re doing out there. And as a veteran of the area and scene a huge tip would be to work on your slow speed maneuvering and turning, and I do mean work on it alot!!

Pinhy · 02-01-2005, 08:29 AM

yeah man...i agree. thats one of the hardest parts of riding for me.

we are going out riding again saturday afternoon. there is a bike show in plant city at 5pm, so we are going to time it so that we wind up there at that point. come on down from O'Town!

01-28-2005, 04:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
Pinhy Doesn't think you're funny Joined: Dec 2004 Bike: 05 Boulevard M50 Black Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 5,210	Weather problems OK...so i went to pick up my license yesterday after passing the MSF course this weekend. I see that the weather is a little "iffy" for rain, but figure i will take the chance and ride the bike to work from lunch at home. Of course, it is just starting to rain NOW at 450pm. I knew i should have stayed in the cage, but i just wanted to ride so badly....arghhh....I dont have rain gear yet so i guess i am sitting here till it stops. Dont want my leather jacket to get soaked. It is only 15 minutes, so maybe i could leave the jacket and just get wet? I am so dumb sometimes.

01-28-2005, 04:59 PM	#2 (permalink)
themeatmanlandry Happy-ass Lunatic Joined: Dec 2003 Bike: 2002 Bandit 600S (Black); 2006 GSXR750 (Black) Location: Memphis Posts: 11,423	Can you borrow rain gear at work? Can you fabricate something acceptable (don't laugh now ) out of garbage bags or visqueen plastic? Can you leave the jacket there over the weekend? __________________ Go to hell

01-28-2005, 08:44 PM	#5 (permalink)
SDSUsnowboards Tin Foil Inspector Joined: Jul 2004 Bike: 2000 CBR600f4 Location: Southern California Posts: 764	I thought riding leather can be worn in rain? __________________ The notion should be deleted from your noggin. -FIVEINCH

01-28-2005, 10:01 PM	#6 (permalink)
Gixxerdale Forensic Bug Splatter Analyst. Joined: Mar 2004 Bike: 02 GSXR 1k Location: The warm and twisty roads of SoCal Posts: 3,028	It can, and once the water works its way in and saturates it, it feels like your wearing wet cardboard! Rather cold too. __________________ Proud Father of a U S Army Soldier... The key to life is to die young...at a very old age... Ride like you own the road...and...someday the road will own you.. My Favorite Ride? Tomorrows!

01-29-2005, 01:57 AM	#8 (permalink)
inspiron Muscle Biker Joined: Jul 2004 Bike: Blue Suzuki GSX 1400 (2003) Location: Canton Basel-Land, Switzerland (47.4493, 7.76536) Posts: 12,073	Hey Pinhy, Get some rain gear, and learn to ride in the rain. You can't always pick your weather. Wait until summer ... you go out for a Gilligan ( a three hour tour) and before you know it, a thunderstorm forms over your head ... __________________ There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe blog: gsx1400

01-28-2005, 05:05 PM	#3 (permalink)
Va bene Savage Riders Rock Joined: Sep 2004 Bike: Suzuki Savage LS 650 Location: Dandelion Alley Posts: 255	Garbage bags with duct tape always work in a pinch...

01-28-2005, 10:54 PM	#7 (permalink)
Pinhy Doesn't think you're funny Joined: Dec 2004 Bike: 05 Boulevard M50 Black Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 5,210	everything worked out ok...it only drizzled all the way home...wasnt really that wet. the leather jacket (as in aviator style, not riding leather) was darker from water, but it (and I) survived. I learned one thing: i dont want to ride in rain ever! roads are slick when it rains!

01-29-2005, 08:42 AM	#9 (permalink)
Pinhy Doesn't think you're funny Joined: Dec 2004 Bike: 05 Boulevard M50 Black Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 5,210	should i name my bike the Minnow too?? haha yeah i will get some gear soon. i am getting gear a litle at a time. got the gloves a couple weeks ago, the helmet wed night, the license thursday (hahaha).... need to get some actual black boots rather than my high tops or my construction boots, some rain gear, a riding jacket...etc. it will all come together.

01-29-2005, 09:19 AM	#11 (permalink)
themeatmanlandry Happy-ass Lunatic Joined: Dec 2003 Bike: 2002 Bandit 600S (Black); 2006 GSXR750 (Black) Location: Memphis Posts: 11,423	. . . and definitely watch the stripes on the road, they're slick enough when they're dry, and when it rains they get even slicker. __________________ Go to hell

01-29-2005, 06:33 PM	#12 (permalink)
SVZuki Dastardly villain Joined: Sep 2004 Bike: '08 M109R w/LE mods Location: Royal Oak, MI Posts: 1,652	i got a question about rain riding, how do the tar snakes affect the ride in the rain?

01-29-2005, 07:00 PM	#13 (permalink)
Trapper Dogs Best Friend(admin) Joined: Jul 2004 Bike: SOLD Location: Moncton NB Canada Posts: 9,192	Just as bad as the paint...or worse. __________________ PointFlushRetrieve.com - Bird Dog Blog Motorcycle-Journal.com Blog

01-30-2005, 02:32 PM	#15 (permalink)
inspiron Muscle Biker Joined: Jul 2004 Bike: Blue Suzuki GSX 1400 (2003) Location: Canton Basel-Land, Switzerland (47.4493, 7.76536) Posts: 12,073	Tar snakes are bad news when it rains, and even worse when it's really hot ... I was going up a hill last summer, and hit a tar snake in the middle of a curve. As Dale would say, I had to extract the seat from between my cheeks after that ride ... definitely a higher "pucker factor" on that one ... __________________ There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe blog: gsx1400

01-30-2005, 03:36 PM	#16 (permalink)
Nexus242 Can Ride And Chew Gum Joined: Aug 2004 Bike: yellow and black Location: Wide awake in dreamland... Posts: 1,935	Mr Pinhy i'm sure hoping that you took advantage of today!!!! OMG F'in god!!! What a beautiful day to be out riding, partly cloudy and mid 70s!!! I just came back from a group morning ride and I'm gonna go back out cause it's soooooooooooo dammmmmnnnnnnnnn nice!! __________________ The killer in me is the killer in you My love I send this smile over to you...Smashing Pumpkins

01-31-2005, 08:32 PM	#18 (permalink)
prekarious1 Sprocket Pilot Joined: May 2004 Bike: 02 busa LE Location: Pensacola Fl Posts: 879	Most tires will do decent in the rain, just don't even try to find the limit. Bad juju there. Riding leathers may be worn in the rain as long as you take proper care of them as soon as you get home (stay away from blowdryers, seen that happen too many times). __________________ If my busa is so slow in the twisties, why can't you keep up?

02-01-2005, 08:29 AM	#20 (permalink)
Pinhy Doesn't think you're funny Joined: Dec 2004 Bike: 05 Boulevard M50 Black Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 5,210	yeah man...i agree. thats one of the hardest parts of riding for me. we are going out riding again saturday afternoon. there is a bike show in plant city at 5pm, so we are going to time it so that we wind up there at that point. come on down from O'Town!

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