What do you do?

[SANDMAN5]

Just a simple rain..more than a drizzle...less than a downpour.
No lightning....no wind gusts....I get wet!!

[Jess Tolbirt]

as hot as its been, i chase the rain....

[art]

go fast .The faster you go the less rain hit's you an you dry off faster.just joking . If you lived in Az. like I used to you would welcome the rain

[Big IV]

Getting wet is a part of the ride sometimes. Not the best part, but it comes with riding the bike.

The other day I stopped and let my riding buddies put on their rain gear. Then we rode on.

On a more recent solo ride I whipped into a drive in burger joint. I pulled up beside of a couple on a HD. He commented that I didn't get very wet. I said nope, not yet. I had pulled in to get my camera off of my belt. It is better off in the saddle bag when it is raining. When I cranked the bike to pull out, with it still raining, he was shocked. He asked where I was flying off to. Anywhere. Off I went.

I do try to stay dry before work. I don't like working wet in the morning. Otherwise I ride when I get the chance.

[SANDMAN5]

I do try to stay dry before work. I don't like working wet in the morning. Otherwise I ride when I get the chance.

Yeah, I don't mind getting wet going HOME from work...just don't
like getting wet going TO work.

[houstone]

Well, I was born wet, and dried off, so I guess a little rain is OK!
;-)

[RoadKill]

              I was wet before I was ever dry! 

[Valkflyer]

Oh cr.p... I think I wet myself.   

[Jack]

Summertime showers are scattered so it usually is best to keep going until you get out away from the raincloud.

[Cliff]

As a youngster I loved to play in the warm summer rains,  seeing as how I am still just a big kid, riding in the warm rain is just like playing in the rain. After all I do love to ride so how different is riding from playing?  Just stow the things that don't handle getting wet and ride!

[Daniel Meyer]

If it's not cold out...or even if it is due to the storm but will be warm after...I just twist the throttle and fly.

Occasional screaming involved.

[..]

Stop. Camera, phone, wallet into zip loc bag. Ride.

However if it's cooled down a lot I will put on a rain jacket to keep warm.

[cutter]

It's just liquid sunshine.....

[R J]

It's just liquid sunshine.....

Almost true.

It is God taking a shower.....

 

[the inspector]

Bitch bout my Fat Lady getting dirty from the rain.....

[Ice]

Riding is like the Indian Weather rock.

the rock is tied to a piece of Leather and a stick, which is on a small piece of wood and you set it outside. When you look out the window and see that the rock is casting shadows, ist sunny, when you look outside and the rock is wet, its raining, when you look outside and you can barely see the rock, its foggy, when you look outside and do not see the rock, its dark, and as for temperatures, grab rock, if warm ist warm, if cold its cold.
Thats the way I ride, if I get wet its raining, Oh well, RIDE  ON!

Yuri

[..]

Riding is like the Indian Weather rock.

the rock is tied to a piece of Leather and a stick, which is on a small piece of wood and you set it outside. When you look out the window and see that the rock is casting shadows, ist sunny, when you look outside and the rock is wet, its raining, when you look outside and you can barely see the rock, its foggy, when you look outside and do not see the rock, its dark, and as for temperatures, grab rock, if warm ist warm, if cold its cold.
Thats the way I reide, if I get wet its raining, Oh well, RIDE  ON!

Yuri

If the rock has gone there's been an earthquake.

[SlowRoad]

Riding is like the Indian Weather rock.

the rock is tied to a piece of Leather and a stick, which is on a small piece of wood and you set it outside. When you look out the window and see that the rock is casting shadows, ist sunny, when you look outside and the rock is wet, its raining, when you look outside and you can barely see the rock, its foggy, when you look outside and do not see the rock, its dark, and as for temperatures, grab rock, if warm ist warm, if cold its cold.
Thats the way I reide, if I get wet its raining, Oh well, RIDE  ON!

Yuri

If the rock has gone there's been an earthquake.

Or in the south, more likely a tornado!! 

[T-Bird]

I've rode many of times in some hard downpours that I should of pulled over and put raingear on.
I've pulled over many of times and by the time I put raingear on, I didn't need it.
If it's a drizzle I ride on and enjoy it.
It doesn't bother me to get wet or my bike gets dirty.

[JimL]

It depends on how hard it is raining.  Most of the time it is keep riding and get wet, however on the way to last year's Inzane, I spent 3 hours out in the middle of nowhere Arkansas huddled under the roof of an abandoned gasoline station because it was raining so hard I couldn't see.  That prompted me to look for something to disperse the water droplets on my helmet visor.

This year on the way back from Inzane, I got caught in a cloud burst in Indianapolis.  The water repellent work perfectly...however this time I couldn't see a damn thing because of the fog on the inside of my visor...had to pull over and wait it out.  Next to-do is to find something to prevent fogging of my visor.  Hopefully by next year's Inzane I will have it all together!!

[PhredValk]

Agreed. I get off the road if I can't see well enough for safety, or water pools so much I start to worry about hydroplaning. If it's just a recreational ride I may look for shelter to wait it out; but if I have to be somewhere I have to be somewhere.
Fred.

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

It depends on how hard it is raining.  Most of the time it is keep riding and get wet, however on the way to last year's Inzane, I spent 3 hours out in the middle of nowhere Arkansas huddled under the roof of an abandoned gasoline station because it was raining so hard I couldn't see.  That prompted me to look for something to disperse the water droplets on my helmet visor.

This year on the way back from Inzane, I got caught in a cloud burst in Indianapolis.  The water repellent work perfectly...however this time I couldn't see a damn thing because of the fog on the inside of my visor...had to pull over and wait it out.  Next to-do is to find something to prevent fogging of my visor.  Hopefully by next year's Inzane I will have it all together!!

I bought a couple of these at a flea-market and they work great ...Somewhat of a bitch to smooth out and make a clear shield but once you do they will not fog up.
http://www.kleargo.com/products/anti_fog_stick/

I don't know anyone who hates rain gear more than me....I have rain gear and it's always in my saddlebag sometimes I put it on sometimes I don't 

[Oss]

Been close to lightning strikes at least twice and dont care for it

when it rains so hard I cant see the lines on the highway or the car ahead or if bolts are coming down, then I find a safe place to wait till the lightning is past.


otherwise I think rain feels good when its hot out, car tire or mc tire

Joe sometimes the best way to get the rain to stop is to put on the rain pants  I never put on the rain jacket yet

[1fastbob]

I don't ride if ....it looks like rain, rain is in the forecast, it's under 50 degrees, it's over 95 degrees or if it's real windy.  Come to think of it I sold my Valk and traded my Yamaha for a 2007 BMW Z4 ....I don't ride at all anymore. I drive around with the top down!

[Big Rig]

One thing I have learned in all my years of riding, if you run from a rain cloud it'll catch you and if you run to the sun, you won't catch it.  
 Everyone loves liquid sunshine...especially when they ride with me...I can find rain in a drought!  

[musclehead]

I'm not sweet enough to melt, so ride on!

[houstone]

Lightning is FRIGHTENING!  That's when I find cover...
 

[Daniel Meyer]

I've been close enough to lightning to be hit by pieces of hot asphault from it striking the road...and showered witth water when it hit the ocean.

Interesting stuff, that.

This pic is from on the way to Inzane this year...



About 2 minutes after I shot this I was riding in a horrendous downpour.

Take the bike off cruise to be safe...right? Running 75 with the cruise...need to take it off so I can feel the hydroplane and vary speed depending on conditions.

Dodging trucks...staying out of their spray...riding as fast as I could see. Watch the rear...you are NOT visible until they are right on you...do NOT go too slow...

Miles and miles of it...intense concentrations...tapping those skills.

Busted out of the rainstorm...looked at the speedometer for the first time in an hour...Yikes! 90mph!

I DO like riding in those things...it's a sickness I suppose

[john]

oh yeah ...
love the rain ...   
can't see sh#t ...     
like get'in shot in the face with a bb gun ...     

[bigdog99]

i just convince the wife that it will stop soon.

It depends on how hard it is raining.  Most of the time it is keep riding and get wet, however on the way to last year's Inzane, I spent 3 hours out in the middle of nowhere Arkansas huddled under the roof of an abandoned gasoline station because it was raining so hard I couldn't see.  That prompted me to look for something to disperse the water droplets on my helmet visor.

This year on the way back from Inzane, I got caught in a cloud burst in Indianapolis.  The water repellent work perfectly...however this time I couldn't see a damn thing because of the fog on the inside of my visor...had to pull over and wait it out.  Next to-do is to find something to prevent fogging of my visor.  Hopefully by next year's Inzane I will have it all together!!

also i used to use bar soap at the mill to keep glasses from fogging up in steamy areas. you just rub the bar soap on and then wipe off with dry towel.

[roboto65]

Has anyone Hydroplaned a bike ? I have ridden in alot of rain even drove my Magna thru about a foot of water at about 35 mph  I did not see it when I hit it it pushed my feet off the pegs but the bike cut right thru.
I have never done it and I have even rode a rear flat to the median after i passed a truck LOL in the pouring rain. IMHO if you hydroplane a bike the next thing you will see is ground just saying .

[bogator]

  In 96 I was coming back towards home.I was in New mexico,Az.&Texas-the temp was 107, people looked at me kinda funny when ,I took the hose at gas stops and got wet all over,to ride cool in the heat...some even asked,watcha doin, so I told em, just like rideing with a air cond. turned on full blast.................

[alph]

Last year, about the last week of October, I was coming home from the airport in Minneapolis MN after visiting my father before he passed away.  My flight out of Phoenix was delayed two hours because of storms in MSP, and then we were held up in MSP for one hour because of excess air traffic landing.  As we circled the airport I looked out the window and saw snow, I wasn’t looking forward to that ride home, but the lower we got it turned into rain.  Finally got on the ground at 8:00pm, in a cold 43* rain.  Put on my rain gear and started driving home to Eau Claire, a 90 mile trip.  It rained the whole way!!  I was about 20 miles from home when I passed a rest area, I considered stopping but thought, I’m so close, just another 15 minutes!!  I’m glad I didn’t stop ‘cause when I got home I realized how cold my hands and feet were!!  That was the worst I had ever ridden in, if I didn’t have to work the next morning I would have stayed in a hotel till the next day. 

[fudgie]

i just convince the wife that it will stop soon.

It depends on how hard it is raining.  Most of the time it is keep riding and get wet, however on the way to last year's Inzane, I spent 3 hours out in the middle of nowhere Arkansas huddled under the roof of an abandoned gasoline station because it was raining so hard I couldn't see.  That prompted me to look for something to disperse the water droplets on my helmet visor.

This year on the way back from Inzane, I got caught in a cloud burst in Indianapolis.  The water repellent work perfectly...however this time I couldn't see a damn thing because of the fog on the inside of my visor...had to pull over and wait it out.  Next to-do is to find something to prevent fogging of my visor.  Hopefully by next year's Inzane I will have it all together!!

also i used to use bar soap at the mill to keep glasses from fogging up in steamy areas. you just rub the bar soap on and then wipe off with dry towel.

You need them fancy goggles like I have. 

[fudgie]

Depends. If we are road tripping then we ride thru it. Pants get wet but dry within a hour on the road. By the time we stop and put it on its usually over, unless we are in Ind where it rains for hours. Last night we tried to get out of town before it rained, I had just washed the bike. Down poured but we still shopped. Even ate outside as another one came. Finished it out in the Dungeon.

[ETC]

Like Forest Gump - I just ride

[bigdog99]

i just convince the wife that it will stop soon.

It depends on how hard it is raining.  Most of the time it is keep riding and get wet, however on the way to last year's Inzane, I spent 3 hours out in the middle of nowhere Arkansas huddled under the roof of an abandoned gasoline station because it was raining so hard I couldn't see.  That prompted me to look for something to disperse the water droplets on my helmet visor.

This year on the way back from Inzane, I got caught in a cloud burst in Indianapolis.  The water repellent work perfectly...however this time I couldn't see a damn thing because of the fog on the inside of my visor...had to pull over and wait it out.  Next to-do is to find something to prevent fogging of my visor.  Hopefully by next year's Inzane I will have it all together!!

also i used to use bar soap at the mill to keep glasses from fogging up in steamy areas. you just rub the bar soap on and then wipe off with dry towel.

You need them fancy goggles like I have. 

dont you just spit in those Fudgie?

[f-Stop]

I voted "get wet" because that's what I did once I hit the really hot weather south of Kansas City riding home from Inzane.  As a matter of fact, at that point it was so hot that I was praying for a little rain shower and only hit one...it was great!  And typically around Central Texas in the summer I'll just ride through a rain shower just to cool off...if one ever comes up!

I will say that when I see that I'm going to be in the rain for a while I'll stop and put on the rain gear.  Luckily I had it on when I hit a severe storm near Fairfield, Iowa recently.

The storm came up fast out of nowhere and lightning was everywhere.  Moments before it was sunny and the country roads I was riding that day where just great.  I was about 45min. from the Best Western I had booked that morning from Manitowoc, WI when I looked up and saw the clouds gathering.  So, I figured I had better get the rain gear on and make some time.  About 15 miles from town the bottom drops and I'm in it big time.

Now I've ridden through some pretty good gully washers here in Texas with cars wrecking in front of me and stuff, but this storm was serious.  My biggest concern was the lightening which was scary close and all around me.  By the time I was near to town it was completely dark and my GPS died - apparently, I had unplugged it from the 12V power supply somehow.  And now the roads were flooding!  Oh, boy! 

After forging through some streets that looked more like small rivers, I found a gas station that was sitting on high ground.  I pulled in under the awning between some cars that had also sought refuge from the flooding streets.  The sound of the rain was deafening as I got off the bike to collect my thoughts and figure out where the hotel was...only about a mile and a half away...woo hoo! 

I carefully made my way to the hotel and sighed a big breath of relief.  Rain gear had held up reasonably well and me and the Valkyrie were still in one piece!


This photo was taken moments before the bottom dropped out in Iowa.  You can see the sky darkening in the right side of the picture beyond the little funeral chapel.

[hotglue #43]

Depends. If we are road tripping then we ride thru it. Pants get wet but dry within a hour on the road. By the time we stop and put it on its usually over, unless we are in Ind where it rains for hours. Last night we tried to get out of town before it rained, I had just washed the bike. Down poured but we still shopped. Even ate outside as another one came. Finished it out in the Dungeon.
Soooo do the Depends keep ya dry????

[Valkernaut]

I keep a pair of safety glasses hanging at the gooseneck area. If I can keep raindrops off my seein' glasses, I can usuall see enough to ride....