Here’s the deal. I’m getting pretty fucking sick of these gas prices http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif and it doesn’t look like it’s gonna get better anytime soon! I hate the thought of using my bike as every day transportation but I feel like somebody is sticking it right in my ass!!! I take very well care of my bike to the point that my wife has made the comment that i'm going to rub the paint off!! I see other people at at work who have very nice sportbikes ranging anywhere from kaw 636, gixxers, R1 you name it. When it rains I see there bikes out there and I cant help but think there is no fucking way I would do that to her http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gifbut I’m starting to think that I could save quit a bit of money besides as much has I clean it what’s the difference anyway? Does anybody else feel the same way I do?

Rain or shine.

the only reason i dont like riding in the rain is the fact of getting wet (i dont ahve the proper rain gear) other than that i would http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/thumb.gif

don't let the rain stop you, they clean up just like a car. i rode for years in the rain, now i'm more of a fair weather rider. try it for a while, if you don't like it, go back to using the cage

Get gear, do it.

I feel the same as you, I dont like to put my toys in the rain/ bad weather. I have my truck for my daily driving, even if it does only get 19-20mpg http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/cussing.gif

Rain or shine.


+1

And in Washington State, many times I get caught without gear, you learn to enjoy it...REFRESHING!!! http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/banana.gif http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/banana.gif http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/banana.gif

I do when i am caught in it.

<~~~~~ Thinks the weather man is full of shit!!! http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/bounce.gif

A buddy of mine is studying to be a weather man, I give him shit all the time about a weather man is the only job where you can be wrong a majority of the time and not lose your job.
It depends on how much rain, a nice rain i can ride in, but i've been caught in hail storms with out a helment and that shit hurts!!!!!!!!!

yeah do it. Lifes too short to let rain stop you riding unless it's absolutely pissing down and hazardous.

I like to ride in it occasionally, helps keep you on your toes. I don't ride my bike to work as much as I should cause my thing is that I always feel like there is something in the truck I need. Like the other guy said, if you don't like it, just stop riding in the rain after you try it a time or two and clean it back up.

I ride in any type of weather, (except snow) Doesnt bother me one bit

I dont mind if it starts raining while I am riding, but I would start to ride if it is raining.

I ride in any type of weather, (except snow) Doesnt bother me one bit


Your in florida, have you ever seen snow. Hell the only wet weather you guys see is the dozen or so hurricans and i wouldn't even ride in that

I dont do it because my bike is not my main form of transportation. My bike is my pleasure trasnportation. Riding in the rain sucks. So I drive the Benzo when it rains.

The wet roads freak me out so I wouldnt ride if it was raining (been stuck in it a few times in a tank top and no bra and it F'IN HURTS!), it just makes me feel like I'm gonna bust my ass

i love riding in the rain unless its flood level or something but alaska really has none of that. and snow really sucks to ride in i had that happen earlier this year. sun came out got up to about 60 for a week and then it promptly went away and the temp dropped to about 40 and that night driving home from work low and behold it snowed. you think the paint stripes are slippery in rain? yeah never going to do that again.

Costs less than a hundred bucks (and that's Cdn. prices) for a decent one piece rainsuit. Hell, I just saw one the other day at the dealer that looked cooler than my leathers. I want it, but I already own two now. They fold up small enough to put in the bottom of a tank bag, or wherever you stash stuff. Buy it big enough to wear over your gear.

As for the original poster's question, my car gets almost as good gas mileage as my bike, so it wouldn't save me any money. But I don't mind riding in the rain. I've spent hours chasing a sliver of clear sky on the horizon.

Rain or shine.


+1 I fit's not raining/lightning when I get the bike out I'll go out and ride...if I get whet....then I get wet.

10 months a year here in Seattle, WA. I enjoy a nice ride in the rain. Plus it keeps the roads nice and clean.

We get some pretty nasty thunderstorms here in Houston, and I try to avoid that, but I actually enjoy a light rain during the summer. Keeps you nice and cool, and if you're tucked in right with a helmet, you don't get really that wet.

Rain or shine here. My bike is my main transportation now, and the S. Florida summer dosen't leave me much choice. I bought a 2 piece rain suit this week, I think it's already paid for itself. You have to be extra careful with all the assholes slipping and sliding around in their SUVs with bald tires. But the worst thing by far is the heat. Rain suits keep you dry, but you have zero ventilation.

I do it alot. I had to for 6 years, didnt own a car, only the bike. Just put dry clothes in a plastic bag in a backpack so you wont be wet all day. It isnt so bad 'cause it only rains for a few weeks a year in San diego, but it makes the bike a mess. Not to mention that its like riding on ice. I remember getting on the freeway sideways at 80 many times. Very slick, but not a problem in the rest of the country.

Hell, I got rained on this morning...Did not bother me; other than I guess I missed a button on my rain suit or something cause my work shirt was a little wet.... http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

Oh well, it's not like anyone really see's me at work. I have a cube in the back to hide in. That way nobody bothers me! http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/banana.gif

A buddy of mine is studying to be a weather man, I give him shit all the time about a weather man is the only job where you can be wrong a majority of the time and not lose your job.




That is why you go with the opposite of what they say. My dad thought he was a weatherman; which I hated.

Rain or shine.


+1 I fit's not raining/lightning when I get the bike out I'll go out and ride...if I get whet....then I get wet.



I'm gonna keep my mouth shut on this one. http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

I'm not afraid to ride in the rain. Here in FL we have 2-3 months of the summer where it rains every fricken day. It's like clockwork. I know I can get to work dry but I'll probably end up wet on the way home.

I do not ride in the rain and if it looks like it's gonna rain I wont ride. I've been caught in the rain quite a few times and hate it. On another note I don't know what your situation is but you gotta be pretty hard up for cash to start using your bike for main transportation when you own a car. I never take mine to work to much shit on the ground to get a flat and they wet the road down for dust control so that muddy water would splash up all over it.

If it's pouring rain when I open the garage, I might puss out.
Otherwise, there is no such thing as bad weather, only bad gear (and sometimes a dash of sissy tossed in).
Rain riding is one of the best environments for learning how to smooth out your actions.

not hard up!!just sick of paying the price of 3 dollars a gallon!next thing you know you will be paying 5 dollars for a roll of toilet paper just 2 wipe ur ass!!! But it sounds like u have money to burn or maybe u still live with Mommy and daddy and don’t need to worry about little things such as money!!

yet rain brings up all that crap that cars drop. plus your stopping ability goes down. i'll stick to non wet days.

I heard that some stunters practice in the rain because they say it makes them better when its dry. I cant remember with group it was, but I saw them race in the rain. Totally freeked me out. I myself couldnt imagine racing in the rain. And to CHRISNJ, I just wish my dodge got 19-20 a gallon. After intake and exhaust my D is lucky to get 14...and thats driving like a old grandma.

yeah i use my bike as my main transportation too. i just dont see the point of spending over 70 a week to feed my 6-7 mpg truck when i can spend 10 on my bike. rain isnt that bad you can always dry off and clean the bike.

gotta learn to live with it up here...i'll ride rain or shine just as long it ain't FREEZING like below 50 degrees.

I'm willing to ride in the rain. I don't like to, but I'll do it if I have to.

i have no problem riding in the rain, the only thing that sucks is not having good gear on and going highway speeds the rain drops feel like needles or some shit

not hard up!!just sick of paying the price of 3 dollars a gallon!next thing you know you will be paying 5 dollars for a roll of toilet paper just 2 wipe ur ass!!! But it sounds like u have money to burn or maybe u still live with Mommy and daddy and don’t need to worry about little things such as money!!


No dickhead I'm a grown man and pay for all my own expenses and I'm not going to stop driving my car because gas is too expensive if you can't afford to fill up your car maybe you should start selling your ass you fuckin crybaby. http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/cry.gif http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/flipa.gif or sell your bike.

Eh, I'm with Blaise. If it's pouring when I'm getting ready to leave, screw it.

If I'm already out and it starts to rain, I won't rush home. It hardly ever rains here though. http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Grown man? I don’t think so!! Ur the one that acted like an ass with ur little comment about “but you gotta be pretty hard up for cash to start using your bike for main transportation when you own a car.” I was simply looking for an opion about riding my bike in the rain and for some reason you feel like you have to insult a people ! by the way LICK MY BALLS! HOWS THAT 4 GROWN UP!!!

I have ridden in the rain but I am with the author of the thread. I rode 50 miles on I95 during a S. Fla squall with no problems on my '99 R6 the Dlop 207's were great!! I don't ride my 750 in the rain partly because of the type of tires on it and also because I hate cleaning it after riding in incliment weather. Sure they might clean up like a car but there are WAY more nooks and crannies especially up around the "dash".

Grown man? I don’t think so!! Ur the one that acted like an ass with ur little comment about “but you gotta be pretty hard up for cash to start using your bike for main transportation when you own a car.” I was simply looking for an opion about riding my bike in the rain and for some reason you feel like you have to insult a people ! by the way LICK MY BALLS! HOWS THAT 4 GROWN UP!!!


I wasn't trying to insult you that's why I said I don't know what your situation is meaning if you where going through a hard time. Your the one who had to say some dumb ass shit like what do mommy and daddy still pay your way so fuck off ya dirty dick lover.

I ride in the rain all the time. I just don't like having to clean it afterwards.

So today I went to school, there was one dark cloud, I'm about a half mile from class it starts to rain a little...just a drop or two, so I flip off the cloud. About a block away from the parking lot I'm aiming for, it starts POURING. I manage to get inside without having a completely et shirt which I might mention is a WHITE TANK TOP (with one of those built in bra deals so I wasn't wearing a real bra). So I messed up, didn't have class today after all, go back to the door...it's pouring twice as hard as it was when I pulled up. I wait a little bit, it dies down.

I get on the bike to put it up and get home (like a 1 mile trip) and it starts pouring again. I can't even get off campus before my shirt is completely see-thru meanwhile $200 of books are starting to get wet http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif And everybody and there mother got a great view of the twins too http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/ott.gif That sucked.

So today I went to school, there was one dark cloud, I'm about a half mile from class it starts to rain a little...just a drop or two, so I flip off the cloud. About a block away from the parking lot I'm aiming for, it starts POURING. I manage to get inside without having a completely et shirt which I might mention is a WHITE TANK TOP (with one of those built in bra deals so I wasn't wearing a real bra). So I messed up, didn't have class today after all, go back to the door...it's pouring twice as hard as it was when I pulled up. I wait a little bit, it dies down.

I get on the bike to put it up and get home (like a 1 mile trip) and it starts pouring again. I can't even get off campus before my shirt is completely see-thru meanwhile $200 of books are starting to get wet http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif And everybody and there mother got a great view of the twins too http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/ott.gif That sucked.



Wear some gear then ya fucking squid!!!

i wouldnt intenionally go ride in heavy rain but if i get stuck in it then ill ride in it.

I didn't think it was gonna rain todau and LOL at Blaise... I knew it was coming lol. I had my gloves on and real shoes (not flip flops) http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

I didn't think it was gonna rain todau and LOL at Blaise... I knew it was coming lol. I had my gloves on and real shoes (not flip flops) http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif



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I enjoy riding in the rain, rode once when it was hailing a little. that smarts lol.

Hail http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/wtf.gif ?? You're crazy.

didnt mean to, got done teaching a class and it started as I was heading home. no underpasses and just open road, it wasnt by choice lol.

If it's sunny it's sunny. If it rains, it rains. Either way I'm riding.

If it does rain, I just make sure I clean her off when I get home and relube the chain.

Riding in the rain.....well yes of course I live in the UK. If I didn't the bike would be an expensive ornament, plus I commute.

On gas prices, quit yer whinging. Having lived in NC for three years you guys even with a few rises have it cheap as chips. Costs about $26-27 a pop to fill up the bike here in UK. How do you like them apples.

I wouldnt like them apples!

i like apples..........apple juice not so much.

If it's pouring when I leave the house I'll take the cage, otherwise I ride. I have a Fieldsheer Mach 4 jacket (comes with a rain liner in a pouch). I'm currently in the market for some Gore-tex boots and one of these days I'll do something about pants.

Not willing, but shit happens.

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I didn't think it was gonna rain todau and LOL at Blaise... I knew it was coming lol. I had my gloves on and real shoes (not flip flops) http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif



Why, was that part of "the look" or something?
You might as well have not worn anything. You won't need hands and feet to move your hamburger carcass around, you'll have nurses for that.

Ride safe.

Leather gloves make great face sheild wipers! I need to get some rideing pants to match my jacket. I have a killamaharra by First Gear and it has a removeable liner that keeps me warm and dry. Rain drops do sting at freeway speeds!

my bike didnt live long enough to see rain damint

I ride in the rain all the time. I just don't like having to clean it afterwards.


+1
Oh and hot story about the white tank top 750devil.

my bike didnt live long enough to see rain damint



Sure it has, you just weren't on it. http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/spit.gif

I didn't think it was gonna rain todau and LOL at Blaise... I knew it was coming lol. I had my gloves on and real shoes (not flip flops) http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif



Why, was that part of "the look" or something?
You might as well have not worn anything. You won't need hands and feet to move your hamburger carcass around, you'll have nurses for that.

Ride safe.



Ok fine be that way, I'm a big non-gear wearing squid OK?!?! http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

And I got rained on again today too...went into work, it was sunny and clear...left work..it's raining.

I didn't think it was gonna rain todau and LOL at Blaise... I knew it was coming lol. I had my gloves on and real shoes (not flip flops) http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif



Why, was that part of "the look" or something?
You might as well have not worn anything. You won't need hands and feet to move your hamburger carcass around, you'll have nurses for that.

Ride safe.



Ok fine be that way, I'm a big non-gear wearing squid OK?!?! http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

And I got rained on again today too...went into work, it was sunny and clear...left work..it's raining.



Oh go get your panties in a wad and take pics. I'm not trying to piss you off. Just making it clear that wearing gloves and boots only is like wearing the tip of a condom during sex.
Sure the first thing to hit may be protected but you're naked everywhere else so what's the point?

Yeah, I'm sure you looked hot though, I can imagine.

For the record though, you're not big, just a non-gear wearing squid.

I've got a rainsuit that folds up into a small bag, it fits in my backpack with my other stuff with no problem, and it fits fine over my gear. The only thing that sucks is that it's hot as hell to wear.

Has anybody tried the Frog Toggs suits? I was talking about raingear with an old guy that rides a Goldwing trike (yes, we do make fun of him.) He says the Frog Toggs are the way to go.

Oh it's cool Blaise, I am trying not to take anything too much to heart and the only person I really have to justify my actions to are myself because I am the one who will experience the consequences.

Oh it's cool Blaise, I am trying not to take anything too much to heart and the only person I really have to justify my actions to are myself because I am the one who will experience the consequences.



Good, the only thing worth taking to heart are your own concerns. I'd just like for you to think of me if you crash in that attire, and I hope you never do, cringing at the pain thinking "Damn you Blaise, why didn't I heed your warnings? I just wanted to be cool.".

Please, don't crash.

If I get the bike back out I will wear all my gear. But damnit don't jinx me, I've never crashed (yet). *knocks on wood* <literally, I really just knocked on wood.

If I get the bike back out I will wear all my gear. But damnit don't jinx me, I've never crashed (yet). *knocks on wood* <literally, I really just knocked on wood.



Superstitions won't work or help you, only precaution and safe riding/gear.

You'll be fine, just think about how little it would hurt to fall in your gear.
Trust me, it's not that bad.

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The wet roads freak me out so I wouldnt ride if it was raining (been stuck in it a few times in a tank top and no bra and it F'IN HURTS!), it just makes me feel like I'm gonna bust my ass



Any chance I could see some pics of that??? http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/ott.gif

my bike didnt live long enough to see rain damint



Sure it has, you just weren't on it. http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/spit.gif



not funny at all smart ass http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/flipa.gif

I didn't bother reading through all the posts, but I'm sure it has been said and deems repeating.

I don't mind riding in the rain at all, in fact I love it. It allows me to focus on breaking, cornering, accelerating, and up/down shifting which gives me a chance to practice all the basics to be a better rider http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Besides it's nice to be out in the rain http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

i ride mine daily.its my only ride.ill ride in the rain not a problem,unless i cant see a decent distance in front of me.or before i leave the house if its raining,if i cant out,ill get a ride to work.it just sucks getting TO wet.but it does feel pretty good cuz its a lil cooler. haha