| Author | Message | ||
     Goozyman |
how brutal would this be? i experienced the cheese grater fender splashing water directly on my butt. | ||
| Bake |
xbr9 shoots a roostertail that lands on your back and dribbles down your butt! | ||
| Doon |
I don't know about the SS, but I rode a couple hundred miles in the rain on my 12S, and it was pretty wet, both coming from the front and the back. I still have the stock cheese grater on mine and it did kick some water up, not as bad as Yeags with his R though. There isn't a lot of protection up front, so road spray can be a bit of an issue. Although once it started hailing I didn't mind the rain so much  -Patrick | ||
| Fullpower |
I rode the XB12S 400 miles in a continuous rain, during a 1350 mile weekend ride. (Cortech saddlebags turned out to be great water reservoirs) Rain gear is nice to have along. | ||
| Jaimec |
Guess I'll find out tomorrow when I do the 250 mile ride to Lake George (and the 250 mile ride back home tomorrow night)... | ||
| Doon |
jaimec. I live about 100 miles from lake george and have been contemplating going up. Been trying to make it for the last 2 days, but the weather has been less then cooperative. Probably going to make a run at it tomorrow, unless doppler shows a BAS (Big A** Storm) sitting over Americade. | ||
| Jaimec |
Let's keep our fingers crossed, then! | ||
| Kccyclone |
We rode 16 straight hours in the rain out of our 28 hour 1600 mile iron butt run last summer ...Good rain gear makes a huge difference.. | ||
| Soggycal |
I rode my 12ss in the rain for about 300 miles in March and I got soaked, I had crappy rain gear though. My feet also got really wet and I was wearing boots. Make sure you have good gear and bring any extra that you can and you should be fine. I did notice there seemed to be more spray off the road and less protection than other bikes I have been on in the rain. Otherwise she was great! The only thing I was nervous about (other than the idiots in the cars around me) was all the power at the wheel in those low speed corners. Stay off the painted lines!!! | ||
| Eat_a_duc |
Amen to that Soggycal! My brother just put his bike down in the rain whilst going over a painted cross walk. I always thought those lines were suppose to be grippy but noooo. I have good (ok) rain gear but still get wet.. gotta ride though. | ||
| Corporatemonkey |
Riding in the rain sucks, only because of how hard it is to clean the bike after. Road grim in the cooling fan/oil cooler is enough to make you nuts. |
