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dodges

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I'm sad i have not been able to ride for three days as it has been raining in Barrie Ontario but i can still watch nascar if it keeps up LOL :mad:
 
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JSP

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dodges said:
I'm sad i have not been able to ride for three days as it has been raining in Barrie Ontario but i can still watch nascar if it keeps up LOL :mad:
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Rain gear = Go ride ;). Your bike is made to get wet. So are you :D
 
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travisH3

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I'd prefer to stay out of the rain too, but I drive my bike everyday it doesn't rain and we never get rain so it doesnt effect me much.
 
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BKP

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I'm not crazy about the rain either, but I ride in it...

It's not a matter of getting wet (I always carry rain gear), but it just gets that much more dangerous out there in the rain (and it's not my riding I'm concerned about -- rather the newly licensed teens I see, that don't seem to understand the concept of hydroplaning)...
 
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DavidB455

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Come live in Scotland, if you don't like riding in the rain, cold, ice or snow, your riding season is about 4-6 weeks
 
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MNGreg

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+1 on everything above... I try to avoid riding in the rain whenever possible.. Helps safety wise and makes it more pleasurable. But if there is a chance of rain I just have my raingear packed into my tailbag (different gloves and liner for my riding pants.)
 
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Scott_Thomas

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DavidB455 said:
Come live in Scotland, if you don't like riding in the rain, cold, ice or snow, your riding season is about 4-6 weeks
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Lived there for two years and have to agree. Actually I thought it was 2-4 weeks? LOL
 
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GrapeApe

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I dont like riding in the rain either, but dont have to worry about rain to much here in AZ. The only to worry about in the rain is the other drivers because not very many people here know how to drive in rain.
 
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travisH3

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Yeah, the grass here in Ohio is so dead when you step on it, it breaks the blades and you can see foot prints in the yard it's so dry. So i haven't had to worry about the rain
 
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buzzbomb

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I got crazy wet on the way home from work the other day. Underwear was soaked type of wet. I had all my gear in front of a fan, or placed on the AC vents in the house, so I could ride the next day. It works pretty good, the ventilated stuff dries fast.

If it's raining when I'm getting ready to leave for work, I take the cage. It just won't fly if I get to work and leave puddles as I walk. I just take the chance on the return home. If I left the bike home every time there was a chance of rain, I'd just never get to ride.

I ride pretty sedate when the roads are wet. Wet roads scare the hell out of me. I don't let the possibility of rain keep me home, though.

It's funny to me when my coworkers, who saw we walk through the store in my gear, ask me incredulously if I rode my bike in. "Didn't you watch the weather report??!!" No, actually I didn't. It wasn't raining when I left, LOL.
 
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Skidro

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I guess I'm one of the few that enjoys riding in the rain, heat and cold. The only days i don't ride is when there is a chance of snow or ice.

I'm 51 and I average around 12,000 miles a year on a bike, so I've had my share of so called bad weather riding days.
 
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blkbrd

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dodges said:
I'm sad i have not been able to ride for three days as it has been raining in Barrie Ontario but i can still watch nascar if it keeps up LOL :mad:
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You need to get down to Royal Distributing to pick up a Frogg Toggs rain suit. This rain the last couple of days has not stopped me. I think my suit was only like 70 bux. :)
 
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will415

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Hot hot hot

Its been 109 out here the weather is just way to hot out here i rather some color weather feel like im going to pass out riding everyday while i commute to work. :zombie:
 
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BKP

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When I originally took my MSF class it poured down rain both days... I wore this... stayed bone dry:



$60 for the both of 'em at Cycle Gear (Tornado rain jacket and rain pants).

And, they fold up tight enough to fit into a small tank bag (just in case)...
 
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Scott_Thomas

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DavidB455 said:
I have the El Nino rainsuit, stops all problems :)
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It's beautiful and fun there regardless of the rain. Had a ball there and would go back in a heartbeat. Cheers!
 
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BKP

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Skidro said:
I guess I'm one of the few that enjoys riding in the rain, heat and cold. The only days i don't ride is when there is a chance of snow or ice.

I'm 51 and I average around 12,000 miles a year on a bike, so I've had my share of so called bad weather riding days.
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Where in Georgia?

I'm in metro Atlanta... Alpharetta/Suwanee area. Perhaps we can ride one day...
...or night... in the rain, heat, or cold...
 

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gilkeyb

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dodges said:
I'm sad i have not been able to ride for three days as it has been raining in Barrie Ontario but i can still watch nascar if it keeps up LOL :mad:
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I just got back from a trip up to Huntsville with my gf on my 6R. I spent all summer ranting and raving about how beautiful the scenery is and how nice the roads are. We got there last wednesday and it rained, as you know, until we went home sunday. We got absolutely dumped on just south of Barrie stuck in traffic.

Those roads up north of Orillia get really nice. I would have loved to enjoy them more. You are lucky to have them at your disposal all the time.

Sorry to bring the weather with us. I hope we took it away on our trip back as well.

Brian
 
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