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Mom's Birthday so needed to head to Seascape, CA to meet for lunch. Weather report says 0% chance of precipitation... Good excuse for a 100 mile round trip over the mountain (17) and south on hwy 1
Half way up 17 it started to prove that the weather reports really are never right. Luckily I am wearing my leather so I stay relatively dry, the road is wet but we had a fair amount of rain last week so the road is not slippery. If you are not familiar with the area you will have to try to understand hwy 17, two lanes (in both direction) concrete divider mix of asphalt and concrete road surface. Lots of long sweeping corners, totally off camber and chunky. When you look at the divider you understand why its there, its beat to hell by weekend drivers that think they can negotiate these corners at 2X the speed limit in the wet. The road is a piece of cake on the CB, wet or not but always have to looking for the one idiot that has lost traction. that all being said got to Seascape with out any problems, stopped on the way home and took a couple shots of the sea.
any stories of riding in the wet or advice? I usually take the car when its wet (N Cal is usually dry) so other than slowing down don't have much experience in it.

I hate riding in the rain, but I just try and slow down and remain as vertical as possible, anticipating longer braking times and avoiding the center of the lane where cars drop oil.

oops...

When I was young ... don't you hate stories that start like this?

When I was young and a motorcycle was my only form of transport and I lived in Tasmania way down in the Roaring 40s where it blows hard and there's lots of rainy days but not a lot of rain by volume, I used to have to ride in the rain a lot. I didn't like it much and I still don't, but I've some suggestions:
[li]Good wet weather gear to stay as dry as possible. Include something to keep your gloves dry. Hands get cold really fast.[/li] [li]What Ferret says—slow down, take longer to brake, try to keep the bike as upright as possible.[/li] [li]Stay away from road paint—it's nasty slippery stuff. So are metal things like manhole covers and tram rails.[/li] [li]Allow an even bigger space from cars if you can. I don't know what it is about the rain, but morons who otherwise never drive feel the urge to get their cars out and give hands-on demonstrations of why they should never get their cars out.
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If you can and you have one, take the car.

Nice pictures Stackman. The bike looks good.

(04-28-2014, 10:37 AM)Cormanus_imp Wrote: [ -> ]When I was young ... don't you hate stories that start like this?

When I was young and a motorcycle was my only form of transport and I lived in Tasmania way down in the Roaring 40s where it blows hard and there's lots of rainy days but not a lot of rain by volume, I used to have to ride in the rain a lot. I didn't like it much and I still don't, but I've some suggestions:
[li]Good wet weather gear to stay as dry as possible. Include something to keep your gloves dry. Hands get cold really fast.[/li] [li]What Ferret says—slow down, take longer to brake, try to keep the bike as upright as possible.[/li] [li]Stay away from road paint—it's nasty slippery stuff. So are metal things like manhole covers and tram rails.[/li] [li]Allow an even bigger space from cars if you can. I don't know what it is about the rain, but morons who otherwise never drive feel the urge to get their cars out and give hands-on demonstrations of why they should never get their cars out.
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If you can and you have one, take the car.

Nice pictures Stackman. The bike looks good.

thanks, good advice, basically use your head...

(04-28-2014, 12:05 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: [ -> ]I hate riding in the rain, but I just try and slow down and remain as vertical as possible, anticipating longer braking times and avoiding the center of the lane where cars drop oil.

thanks, i'll try to avoid it but keep it slow and vertical if I have to

...nevermind