Wet weather riding gear

[festus]

Real bikers wear leather!!.............

[inlinefour]

Real bikers wear leather!!.............

and wise bikers put on a one piece wet weather suit over top...

[Rhino]

and wise bikers put on a one piece wet weather suit over top...

I would totally agree. I normally ride with a leather jacket and Cordura pants, while ScorpyGirl has leather jacket and pants. We both have one piece rain siuits and they are brilliant. We have ridden in total downpours and been absolutely dry.

Spend the money on good gear and it is worth it.

[inlinefour]

I would totally agree. I normally ride with a leather jacket and Cordura pants, while ScorpyGirl has leather jacket and pants. We both have one piece rain siuits and they are brilliant. We have ridden in total downpours and been absolutely dry.

Spend the money on good gear and it is worth it.

They are not that expensive from memory either...

[pevs]

Spend the money on good gear and it is worth it.

The more I spent on wet weather gear the more upset I got when that first bit of rain got to me nether regions! The only real answer i found was to buy a barn door style fairing and hide behind it. Oh.. make sure whatever stuff you buy is breathe-able otherwise you'll just get clammy and sweaty.

[FlyingDutchMan]

Leather and snoseal is the way to go. I've used cordura in the past with waterproofing spray but the water still soaks though in 10 mins in heavy rain.

Just before Xmas I purchased some brand new gloves specifically requesting water proof ones. They were cordura ones. When I was coming back from my NI holiday, I encounted a a pre-dawn southerly storming its ways up the east coast of the SI. I was quite a heavy deluge and even had the excitement of encountering hail. My hands got soaked through in less than a minute, but the leathers (two piece) which I had spent a few hours snosealing stayed drier than I thought possible. The only places they leaked was where the stretchy fabric was in the inside of the arms and legs. That and the fact the boots go outside the leathers meaning the rain can run in. Surprisingly though, my feet did stay quite dry.

End the end I ended up stopping for an 1/2 hour because riding in pre-dawn light with random 2 inch thick hail patches on the road with freezing cold hands and getting pelted in the neck with hail stones wasn't really fun. Standing around in full kit I managed to stay really dry until there more light and the hail had lessened off.

I have since un-retried my leather gloves and snosealed them, and they too have worked really well in the rain. It is almost enjoyable riding the rain now. I just need a visor wiper so I can see better.

Leathers and snoseal work really well!

[scumdog]

Bread bag glove covers - can't beat the functionality, price or availability - (but the looks are, shall we say, cheap?)

[surfer]

Bread bag glove covers - can't beat the functionality, price or availability - (but the looks are, shall we say, cheap?)

Especially if you haven't eaten the bread yet

[pritch]

Leathers and snoseal work really well!

Aaaah sort of! My Snosealed and water proof lined boots still leak if the ride is wet enough for long enough.

I note that following my southern sojourn my Spidi touring trou have developed a 100mm split of the inner lining in the crutch area There goes any pretensions they had at being waterproof.

Duct tape perhaps? :-(

[scumdog]

I note that following my southern sojourn my Spidi touring trou have developed a 100mm split of the inner lining in the crutch area There goes any pretensions they had at being waterproof.

Duct tape perhaps? :-(

One of the hazards of being over-endowed eh?