At least the tailgater didn't steam roll over you as well buddy...
Rain riding is mostly about experience and practice, you've got to be ultra-smooth and plan ahead. Your attention is like a $20 note - you can only spend so much of it at any one time, so if you're paying $19 worth of attention to your mirrors...
There's a good article in the Superbike mag on the shelves about riding in the rain. Basically it says, ride smooth, practice. Old school racers and SoCal drag racers practice their launches in the wet - I got talking to a guy in LA who had a turbo'd and nitrous'd Hayabusa and he looks for rain...
Plan ahead, look ahead, squeeze the brake lever progressively, don't just grab it, use the back brake wisely, don't jam it. Steer smoothly, don't brake and steer to start with.
And, Daniel San, always look eye.
It’s diametrically opposed to the sanitised existence of the Lemmings around me in the Dilbert Cartoon hell I live in; it’s life at full volume, perfect colour with high resolution and 10,000 watts of amplification.
gets behind me and sits right up my ass all the way down. As you kno wen your learnin this shit weighs on your mind and when i get to a round about and some insolent prick in a skyline dosnt indicate and i grab a handfull of front brake the front washes out and
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Originally Posted by jaymzw
Meesa solly! 
Blame Renegade_master fer that as well! 
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