Riding in the wet.

**750Y** · 30th May 2004, 13:46

How many of You people DONT ride in the wet?
what's your excuse?

**Posh Tourer :P** · 30th May 2004, 13:51

I ride anytime. There is no excuse

**FROSTY:Me** · 30th May 2004, 14:26

personally Ill ride anytime any weather -but I wont take baby bikie on the bike in wet weather

Yamahamaman · 30th May 2004, 14:28

Originally Posted by 750Y

How many of You people DONT ride in the wet?
what's your excuse?

It's either ride in the wet or go by bus

**Big Dog** · 30th May 2004, 14:31

Originally Posted by Posh Tourer :P

I ride anytime. There is no excuse

when I was first learning it was dry only because I felt the fewer complications the better.

A little more experience (Approx 180,000kms), and a setup that works well (will do downhill stoppies in the wet without threatening to washout), no excuse given none needed. Sure I ride differently but I still ride.

I find it more exciting in the wet, nothing like getting her sidways without worrying about a sudden hookup leading to a high side. Besides if you do your drills etc in the wet there will be nothing occurs in the dry you cannot handle.

**Motoracer** · 30th May 2004, 14:33

I ride in the wet and love it! Even got a few knee downs on my fav roads yesterday. Not when it was pissing down but just when it was nice and wet. Although, in the past I have binned it twice in the wet and written the bikes off, so I better start to calm down before I start getting too cocky/over confident again...

Supercorsas have such good rubber eh, basically it just keeps on gripping and gripping even when the treads were this bad by the time I got home today (look at the attached pic). I highly recommend them to anybody who likes to go a little fast.

**bane** · 30th May 2004, 15:27

Hey Motoracer

when is the WOF due???

**Big Dog** · 30th May 2004, 15:29

Originally Posted by Motoracer

even when the treads were this bad .

Looks a lot like a burnout practice tyre to me.

**Motoracer** · 30th May 2004, 15:57

Originally Posted by Big Dog

Looks a lot like a burnout practice tyre to me.

Na, don't like to do burnouts cause I am too poor to waste good rubber while at a standstill (or sometimes when rolling at slow speeds). Great fun to watch though!

**Indiana_Jones** · 30th May 2004, 16:01

lol Nothing like riding in the rain, crappy stock FXR tyres, limited experince, no riding gear save some gooves and bloody freezing going at 70kph.

Tis fun, god I love bikes

-Indy

**fpsware** · 30th May 2004, 16:24

I don't like riding in the wet. But its either ride in the wet or don't go to work.

LB · 30th May 2004, 16:31

I prefer to ride in the dry, it's more enjoyable for me.

I will ride in the wet if I'm touring or away somewhere and have to get home - once I get into the groove it's fine. You just have to concentrate a little more. I'm very impressed with my Pirelli Diablos in the wet - last trip down through the Awakino Gorge/Mt Messenger it was wet for about 300kms and it wasn't too bad.

**Big Dog** · 30th May 2004, 16:33

Originally Posted by Motoracer

Na, don't like to do burnouts cause I am too poor to waste good rubber while at a standstill (or sometimes when rolling at slow speeds). Great fun to watch though!

Kinda my point. Not a lot of tread left on the strips or in the middle.

About all it is good for is burnouts or a tyre swing.

**DebK** · 30th May 2004, 16:59

Yep, will always ride in the wet. As already mentioned it's that or take a bus... I hate public trans. However if wind gusts are predicted at more than 100 I don't take the scoot.

A little dodgy on the scoot in the wet though. Dropped the scoot into Richards Motorcycles (Johnsonville) yesterday as he's starting to overheat (head gasket?) and Richard pointed out that my rear tyre is a cheapo nasty one that's not even rubber. I told him to fit the best he could find so will either be a Michellin or Continental. Should stop the rear washing out in the wet.