Andrew Shadow
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Unusual for a biker I would think. Why so?I like riding in the rain
Unusual for a biker I would think. Why so?I like riding in the rain
Maybe for a biker but not for this enthusiast. It's another flavor of riding to enjoy. With the right gear it's fun and keeps skills honed. If you ride any distance touring you will ride in rain eventually and it makes sense to me to be well experienced with it both in skills and gear. No need for white knuckles or holing up in an hotel until the weather is perfect again.Unusual for a biker I would think. Why so?
I also like the rain, with the caveat being that I'm actually warm/dry... even if wet, being warm makes all the difference. For me, it's more about the technical challenge, in the dry, you don't care so much about metalwork/paint... nor do you in the wet in a straight line.Unusual for a biker I would think. Why so?
We should have gone together Jim. I rode to St. Augustine for coffee and got back home at 9:30.Glad you are OK Dave. This thread has inspired me to take a rain ride today on the Africa Twin.
I can appreciate that, it makes sense.Maybe for a biker but not for this enthusiast. It's another flavor of riding to enjoy. With the right gear it's fun and keeps skills honed. If you ride any distance touring you will ride in rain eventually and it makes sense to me to be well experienced with it both in skills and gear. No need for white knuckles or holing up in an hotel until the weather is perfect again.
Racing slicks aside, look at any tire. There's more siping on the sides than the center of the tread.As said before, you'll be amazed how far you can lean your ST with good tires on board in the rain.
I always use a tire with duel compound.
Thats a great shot of you two, Dave ....
The beauty of riding a bike with highly sensitive Automatic Stability Control, Dynamic Traction Control and ABS Pro is that you'll learn the limits of your traction,,,,,,the......soft.......way, 90 % of the time, if you listen to what the bike is telling you. The last 10% is just ignorance.The problem with rain riding is that you learn the limits of traction the hard way.