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blue12 wrote:

Lainie wrote: Paul, Jen and I gave your bike a good wash down while you was in Syd this week

What it saw water, no way..

Well we had to after we went riding on it, I rode she had her feet down when we stopped
Poor Ol' Gos It was funny though

i remeber few weeks back it was a bloody hot morning so went out in the light summer riding gear, anyway was about 50 or so k's from home. Then it starts to spit very lighting, while i am thinking oh this isn;t too bad.. should get home just in time to cover the bike over....give it 2 or 3 minutes and litterly 100mm of rain fell!

I was stunned by how much rain there was as 1 minute its hot, clear sky and sunny next minute its flash floods!

636 was having a fun time wheel spinning then when a car would pass me if i had of grabbed the surf board out i could have ridden the tidal waves that where washing over me!

it was quite an experience... when i got home tho it was out with the grease to stop the lovely rust from eating the bit to death!! all sorted now!

I rode in the rain today...it has never phased me; I ride my bike because I love it and won't let weather get in the way

My bike has never been ridden in the rain = You should pay more for my bike because I am afraid to ride it

Neka79 wrote:yea its just another way of declaring to all and sundry that ur either

a. a softcock
b. gay


or in mina's case...

c.both

i think i've done my fair share of riding in the rain.

do people actually enjoy riding in the rain?

do people actually enjoy riding in the rain?

Yeap I used to pull Kermit out when it started to rain ....I loved it

I never minded the rain really - apart from ended up at work wet on the odd occasion.
Requires a different set of skills, makes you a more rounded rider in my opinion.
ty

Gosling1 wrote:..... is only ridden on bright sunny days with a humidity of no less than 1015 millibars,

If you were riding at no less than 1015 millibars, rain would be the least of your worries; you'd be below sea level!!

I love riding in the rain. Teaches you to be smooth and fluent and also heightens your anticipation skills.

Lainie wrote:

do people actually enjoy riding in the rain?

Yeap I used to pull Kermit out when it started to rain ....I loved it

We call him something else in our house Lanie! And it doesn't usually rain till after I pull him out!

Strika wrote:

Lainie wrote:

do people actually enjoy riding in the rain?

Yeap I used to pull Kermit out when it started to rain ....I loved it

We call him something else in our house Lanie! And it doesn't usually rain till after I pull him out!

ohhhhh I will go back to my corner now Your norty

Lainie wrote:.... It was funny though

I was *so* freakin' out !! Glad its OK

Randy Mamola wrote:....do people actually enjoy riding in the rain?...

Back in 1998, when it actually used to rain up here, we copped 3 weeks of constant, steady rain. Every day, For 3 weeks solid. It was during autumn I think. All day and all night. Non-stop.

I was riding the Pearl to/from work, as per normal. (No other transport.)By the end of the first week, I could get it sideways when coming out of the big roundabouts along the lake.

By the end of the 2nd week, it was sideways going in to the roundabouts, and sideways coming out. I had never ridden in the rain as constantly as this, and even though it was a pain with wearing all the wet weather gear, as ridiculous as this sounds, I *loved* riding in the rain over this period.

By the end of the 3rd week it was just one long slide into and out of the roundabout, with cars bipping horns and madly on the brakes, they all thought I was about to spoon it, of course I am laughing my head off inside the lid !!

This has never happened since. It was the only time I have *ever* felt safe and comfortable doing crazy things in the wet. It was just a result of becoming very familiar and confident in the road conditions and the ability of the bike to cope with low-speed slides, day in and day out........

Now, we are lucky to get 3 hours of rain, let alone 3 days and 3 weeks in a row ?? Not in my children's lifetime.........

Gosling1 wrote:[

Now, we are lucky to get 3 hours of rain, let alone 3 days and 3 weeks in a row ?? Not in my children's lifetime.........

Well that certainly explains some of your tardiness last Monday in the wet then!!!!

Gosling1 wrote:

Randy Mamola wrote:....do people actually enjoy riding in the rain?...

Back in 1998, when it actually used to rain up here, we copped 3 weeks of constant, steady rain. Every day, For 3 weeks solid. It was during autumn I think. All day and all night. Non-stop.

I was riding the Pearl to/from work, as per normal. (No other transport.)By the end of the first week, I could get it sideways when coming out of the big roundabouts along the lake.

By the end of the 2nd week, it was sideways going in to the roundabouts, and sideways coming out. I had never ridden in the rain as constantly as this, and even though it was a pain with wearing all the wet weather gear, as ridiculous as this sounds, I *loved* riding in the rain over this period.

By the end of the 3rd week it was just one long slide into and out of the roundabout, with cars bipping horns and madly on the brakes, they all thought I was about to spoon it, of course I am laughing my head off inside the lid !!

This has never happened since. It was the only time I have *ever* felt safe and comfortable doing crazy things in the wet. It was just a result of becoming very familiar and confident in the road conditions and the ability of the bike to cope with low-speed slides, day in and day out........

Now, we are lucky to get 3 hours of rain, let alone 3 days and 3 weeks in a row ?? Not in my children's lifetime.........

i'm glad i asked.

Gosling1 wrote:
Now, we are lucky to get 3 hours of rain, let alone 3 days and 3 weeks in a row ?? Not in my children's lifetime.........

I think we have had three dryish days over the last two weeks. If I didnt need to be reasonably dry and tidy at work... though I'd want a pos for this kind of weather.

James wrote: If you were riding at no less than 1015 millibars, rain would be the least of your worries; you'd be below sea level!!

That's completely untrue. The earth does not have a standard atmosphere. That's the reason airports provide QNH, so you can compensate for the pressure difference.
Have a look, 1025 mb in the high pressure region: http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/nmoc/late ... E=IDY00050