Are you confident riding in the wet?

**sunhuntin** · 14th August 2007, 13:52

cant remember if ive posted already, lol. must say, i am happy riding in the wet and the dry. what pisses me off, however, is riding in the wet, through road works, and hugging the gutter to avoid the group of 5 potholes in the middle of the lane. only to go chain deep in water by the grand-daddy of all potholes. i swear that hole wasnt there the day before! and now theyve gone and filled them with shellrock stuff, so theres no hole, but a lane filled with fist sized rocks. fucktards. [and the corner is marked at 50, between 2 sets of 30k roadworks. even at 30k its dangerous.]

**jrandom** · 14th August 2007, 14:24

Riding in the wet is awesome.

There is a difference between wet and dry, of course. Being lazy with your precision on the throttle can fuck you up real good in the wet. You do have a smaller traction pie to play with. Highsides look way cool, but do tend to cramp your style for a while afterwards.

Just remember - smoothness, smoothness, and more smoothness. It's amazing how fast you can go with nary a wiggle.

Gravel and diesel are your true enemies. A bit of good old liquid Kiwi sunshine on the road never did anyone any harm.

**Animal** · 14th August 2007, 16:26

Originally Posted by jrandom

Just remember - smoothness, smoothness, and more smoothness. It's amazing how fast you can go with nary a wiggle.

... very much like the chick I took home last night.

Okay, as you were! Back on topic!

**janno** · 14th August 2007, 16:30

Originally Posted by CADanimal

... very much like the chick I took home last night.

Okay, as you were! Back on topic!

With nary a wiggle - was she a starfish then??

**Animal** · 14th August 2007, 16:34

Yeah, I didn't want to wake her!

**007XX** · 14th August 2007, 16:48

Originally Posted by CADanimal

... very much like the chick I took home last night.

Okay, as you were! Back on topic!

Damn...Beat me to it!!!

but yes, I'd tend to agree with JR...It's all about smooth throttle control...Make it purr instead of bark, stroke it featherlite and move gently across the seat...be one with your mount and it'll be a very pleasurable indeed!

**babyblade250rr** · 14th August 2007, 16:51

Personally the rain scares the living bergeezez out of me i'm a new rider and when i get caught in the rain it's a feeling of indefinate binning. I feel that as soon as i slightly lean the bike into a corner it's gonna fall over or i feel as soon as i touch the brake front or rear they will lock up. Then obviously as a jaffa living in the CBD you get the asshole cage drivers that push you to speed up which generally tends to frustrate me even more.

So as a summary,

I will avoid rain and never purposely bike in it, I'd rather take the cage. However i much prefer riding than driving so i will have to take some steps to build confidence in regards to this matter

DAMN RAIN

**babyblade250rr** · 14th August 2007, 16:57

And i must add that my fear of the rain is not for that fact i may come off and injure myself i just don't wanna injure my bike!! sounds silly i know

**terbang** · 14th August 2007, 17:04

Don't like getting wet but I do enjoy a bit of slipping and sliding in the wet too. My Navvy is in a configuration somewhere between a trail bike and a Motard with 100 HP. Quite manageable in the Gravel and fine with the back spun up on the wet sealed roads too. Quite a lot of fun indeed (well its farken awesome, to tell the truth) and I agree the trick is to be smooth with the throttle when breaking the rear out. Mind you I had the same sensations on the busa as well, without even trying.. But that seemed less manageable. Keep an eye on anything that appears shiney on the road surface and keep it smooth.