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  • Vendzilla
    Biker Gnome
    • Mar 2004
    • 23200
    #1

    Rode my bike in the rain for the first time

    Spent the thanksgiving weekend with family in Fresno Area, then afterwards, rode on highway 41, which is the intersection with highway 46 where James Dean died.

    Rode to Pismo then jumped on PCH to Lompoc and stayed at the Embassy Suites. They had a Happy Hour with free hard liquor!!!

    Next day, Sunday, the rain was just a drizzle, but needed to head home. It rained on us from Camarillo to Van Nuys and it got pretty cold on the legs.

    Bike did great, didn't feel safe to drive over about 65, got home and had a cup of water in both boots.

    What I learned, get better riding boots and better gloves, My summer gloves suck when it rains.
    Carbon is not the problem, it makes up 0.041% of our atmosphere , 95% of that is from Volcanos and decomposing plants and stuff. So people in the US are responsible for 13% of the carbon in the atmosphere which 95% is not from Humans, like cars and trucks and stuff and they want to spend trillions to fix it while Solar Panel plants are powered by coal plants
    think about that
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    • CDSmith
      Too lazy to set a custom title
      • May 2001
      • 51460
      #2
      LOL, there truly is a first time for everything. :D

      I recall back in my biking days wishing I had a little windshield wiper on the front of my helmet.
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        • seeric
          ..........
          • Aug 2004
          • 41917
          #3

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            • candyflip
              Carpe Visio
              • Jul 2002
              • 43069
              #4
              Living in Florida and riding a bike meant staying late at work during the rainy season or making the 1 mile trip in the rain.

              I got over the rain pretty quickly.

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                • baddog
                  So Fucking Banned
                  • Apr 2001
                  • 107089
                  #5
                  Originally posted by candyflip
                  Living in Florida and riding a bike meant staying late at work during the rainy season or making the 1 mile trip in the rain.

                  I got over the rain pretty quickly.
                  Wait, one whole mile in the rain? How did you survive?

                  I rode in the rain from LA to Daytona, a week in Daytona and back to Phoenix before I had a rain free day. All without a windshield or full face helmet

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                    • arock10
                      Confirmed User
                      • Jan 2006
                      • 6217
                      #6
                      Cool Facebook update bro
                      Sup

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                        • dyna mo
                          just a fucking jerk
                          • Dec 2008
                          • 68184
                          #7
                          Originally posted by baddog
                          Wait, one whole mile in the rain? How did you survive?

                          I rode in the rain from LA to Daytona, a week in Daytona and back to Phoenix before I had a rain free day. All without a windshield or full face helmet
                          ouch. rain hurts at 60+mph.

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                            • dyna mo
                              just a fucking jerk
                              • Dec 2008
                              • 68184
                              #8
                              Originally posted by Vendzilla
                              Spent the thanksgiving weekend with family in Fresno Area, then afterwards, rode on highway 41, which is the intersection with highway 46 where James Dean died.

                              Rode to Pismo then jumped on PCH to Lompoc and stayed at the Embassy Suites. They had a Happy Hour with free hard liquor!!!

                              Next day, Sunday, the rain was just a drizzle, but needed to head home. It rained on us from Camarillo to Van Nuys and it got pretty cold on the legs.

                              Bike did great, didn't feel safe to drive over about 65, got home and had a cup of water in both boots.

                              What I learned, get better riding boots and better gloves, My summer gloves suck when it rains.

                              git back out there in that rain today mofo!

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                                • MaDalton
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                                  • Feb 2004
                                  • 39861
                                  #9
                                  I used to ride my Yamaha XT in the snow... no windshield.
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                                    • Vendzilla
                                      Biker Gnome
                                      • Mar 2004
                                      • 23200
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by CDSmith
                                      LOL, there truly is a first time for everything. :D

                                      I recall back in my biking days wishing I had a little windshield wiper on the front of my helmet.
                                      Yeah, I had goggles on and I have a windshield, but my face is above it

                                      Originally posted by candyflip
                                      Living in Florida and riding a bike meant staying late at work during the rainy season or making the 1 mile trip in the rain.

                                      I got over the rain pretty quickly.
                                      Really, a mile you say?

                                      Originally posted by baddog
                                      Wait, one whole mile in the rain? How did you survive?

                                      I rode in the rain from LA to Daytona, a week in Daytona and back to Phoenix before I had a rain free day. All without a windshield or full face helmet
                                      I think I could do that now, just would get better rain gear. I had a half helmet on with goggles, but I had a windshield

                                      Originally posted by arock10
                                      Cool Facebook update bro
                                      Nice to know you are following me

                                      Originally posted by dyna mo
                                      ouch. rain hurts at 60+mph.
                                      Yes it stings a little

                                      Originally posted by dyna mo
                                      git back out there in that rain today mofo!
                                      Working on my truck this morning, girl has a cold and I take her to work every day

                                      Originally posted by MaDalton
                                      I used to ride my Yamaha XT in the snow... no windshield.
                                      Do snowflakes hurt?
                                      Carbon is not the problem, it makes up 0.041% of our atmosphere , 95% of that is from Volcanos and decomposing plants and stuff. So people in the US are responsible for 13% of the carbon in the atmosphere which 95% is not from Humans, like cars and trucks and stuff and they want to spend trillions to fix it while Solar Panel plants are powered by coal plants
                                      think about that

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                                        • Vendzilla
                                          Biker Gnome
                                          • Mar 2004
                                          • 23200
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by seeric
                                          Haters be hating!
                                          Carbon is not the problem, it makes up 0.041% of our atmosphere , 95% of that is from Volcanos and decomposing plants and stuff. So people in the US are responsible for 13% of the carbon in the atmosphere which 95% is not from Humans, like cars and trucks and stuff and they want to spend trillions to fix it while Solar Panel plants are powered by coal plants
                                          think about that

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                                            • baddog
                                              So Fucking Banned
                                              • Apr 2001
                                              • 107089
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by dyna mo
                                              ouch. rain hurts at 60+mph.
                                              And it was the dead of winter so it was fucking cold too. Being a California native my "rain gear" was limited to my chaps, leather jacket and gloves. Some places were so damned cold I would buy a newspaper and stuff it under my jacket and bought cayenne pepper to put in my boots for warmth.

                                              It was raining when we left, rained every day on the way there, every day we were there (camping at the Cabbage Patch), and every day on the way back except my last day in AZ which was beautiful.


                                              My typical rain/cold weather gear

                                              Just remembered the hail storm in New Mexico with no windshield; that really sucked hard

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                                                • Vendzilla
                                                  Biker Gnome
                                                  • Mar 2004
                                                  • 23200
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by baddog
                                                  And it was the dead of winter so it was fucking cold too. Being a California native my "rain gear" was limited to my chaps, leather jacket and gloves. Some places were so damned cold I would buy a newspaper and stuff it under my jacket and bought cayenne pepper to put in my boots for warmth.

                                                  It was raining when we left, rained every day on the way there, every day we were there (camping at the Cabbage Patch), and every day on the way back except my last day in AZ which was beautiful.


                                                  My typical rain/cold weather gear

                                                  Just remembered the hail storm in New Mexico with no windshield; that really sucked hard
                                                  Hail? damn, that would suck!

                                                  My windshield clips on, I keep it on most of the time. My Dyna has no windshield and never will. Still haven't bought chaps, don't know that I will ever need them. But I do have to get better boots.
                                                  Carbon is not the problem, it makes up 0.041% of our atmosphere , 95% of that is from Volcanos and decomposing plants and stuff. So people in the US are responsible for 13% of the carbon in the atmosphere which 95% is not from Humans, like cars and trucks and stuff and they want to spend trillions to fix it while Solar Panel plants are powered by coal plants
                                                  think about that

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                                                    • PR_Glen
                                                      Confirmed User
                                                      • Oct 2006
                                                      • 9058
                                                      #14
                                                      any tips for riding in wet weather? don't think i'll be doing much other than the office and back but figure its good to know.

                                                      (no my course didn't cover this or a lot of other things!)
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                                                        • MK Ultra
                                                          Confirmed User
                                                          • Jun 2007
                                                          • 879
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by Vendzilla
                                                          Spent the thanksgiving weekend with family in Fresno Area, then afterwards, rode on highway 41, which is the intersection with highway 46 where James Dean died.

                                                          Rode to Pismo then jumped on PCH to Lompoc and stayed at the Embassy Suites. They had a Happy Hour with free hard liquor!!!

                                                          Next day, Sunday, the rain was just a drizzle, but needed to head home. It rained on us from Camarillo to Van Nuys and it got pretty cold on the legs.

                                                          Bike did great, didn't feel safe to drive over about 65, got home and had a cup of water in both boots.

                                                          What I learned, get better riding boots and better gloves, My summer gloves suck when it rains.
                                                          You rode right past my place, I probably heard you but so many Harleys go by on PCH I don't pay attention to all of them.

                                                          Years ago in Florida a bike was my only transportation for a bit and riding to work in a Florida thunderstorm was no fun, especially when it's a cloudburst and there is six inches of water on the road, every car going by the other way is like getting god's own bucket dumped on you.

                                                          I'm a pussy now in my old age, if there's even a hint of rain the bike stays home

                                                          I went through that Highway 41-46 interchange probably 100 times in my life, I only found out maybe 15 years ago that that's where Dean was killed, there's a little road going north from the interchange called Cholame Valley Road, it takes you to Parkfield CA, (population 15)
                                                          https://goo.gl/maps/5SDbB

                                                          A favorite of riders and well worth the 15 mile side trip to get a bite to eat, check it out next time.

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