Wet weather riding gear

[shafty]

As well as Cordura, I fit a subtle adjustment of the lectrik screen button works, - stops the ashtray fluttering and keeps the drink tray steady on the Orient Express.......

[Zapf]

also depends on the trip, if its a long trip then it'll leathers with water proofs. If its just around town then Cordura it is.

[dogsnbikes]

As I believe no day is too wet for a ride..I wear cordura but have a two piece wet weather suit also and use snowboarding glove outers which fit well over my leather gloves and none of the outer shell is restricting

So I am always bone dry and warm

[Hitcher]

The magic word isn't "Cordura". The magic word is "GoreTex". Cordura itself is as waterproof as denim. No waterproof/breathable liner, no stay dry in the rain.

[Brett]

I wear my leather jacket with a back pack below a camo green heavy duty rain coat, and some identical pants that I wear over my Barker office black pants...and the jacket has a hood which goes under my helmet. I stay 100% dry no matter how hard it rains. It is bloody good, I will post the brand of the rain gear tomorrow.
However, just because I could, I commuted like a soft arse with the wife in the car today...

[Pumba]

Ive been using a Warehouse Light jackets and pants over my leathers since I got them. They have worked well so far but it is still a little bit of a pain in the arse getting them on and off.

I am thinking of getting a cordara jacket for comuting in. Never got wet in my old one.

[BUNGY]

Im just gald i get a free bus to school

Thats just sad Mike. Buses are the scum of the earth, just one big, giant cage.

[danchop]

i think it all depends on brand and where its made,chinese made stuff will always leak i reckon but stuff like spidi,bmw doesnt so much,its all a case of you get what you pay for,although ive been out all day in this rain with a cheap pair of very light overpants and got home at 6pm and my crutch was still dry and this amazed me

[shafty]

plastic bags over socks under socks for dry feet

** ******Shafty reminisces dripping BIG puddles in McDonalds, Taupo, putting supermarket bags in his boots, with fresh socks enroute to collecting the Mighty ST** ****

[shafty]

Thats just sad Mike. Buses are the scum of the earth, just one big, giant cage.

.................unless it's Ernie, Tauranga's resident Party Bus, www.funbus.co.nz - where there's been more tit flashes than a nudist camp!

[kiwifruit]

.................unless it's Ernie, Tauranga's resident Party Bus, www.funbus.co.nz - where there's been more tit flashes than a nudist camp!

whoa!
go Ernie = )

could be a goer for a tauranga thursday night xmas do

[shafty]

(laughs out lowd) - so long as ya lean on the corners, but then again, most punters do, lol

[Trudes]

How about, "None of the options listed"?

I have to ask Jim, is this because there's no option for "when it rains, I ride in the nude"?

I prefer to ride with my leather jacket with Warehouse water proof coat over top (which sweats like a pig, and yes I know pigs don't sweat), and my Belstaff cordura pants, which I've ridden in some pretty good downpours and have stayed completely dry, even in the crouch!! I've also discovered that my Sidi Rose boots are pretty damn water 'resistant' too, haven't had wet feet in those either, yet!!

[ManDownUnder]

This is an interestingly close poll!

Guess it means that there isn't really a right answer to the question and what works for some doesn't work for others!

Looks that way. I don't know if you've ever tried the rainproof suit option (over leather, corduras - whatever) PM me - you're welcome to borrow one for a day or two over the w/e

[ManDownUnder]

I have to ask Jim, is this because there's no option for "when it rains, I ride in the nude"?

Don't do it. Come off like that and you'll be fucked. Seriously fucked if you've got a number of riders behind you (numbers obviously influence things here).