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To help you understand and come to terms with why you’ll always get wet riding in the rain … https://borismihailovic.com/the-tao-of-w...ther-gear/

must have been written by an Australian lol

(11-05-2023, 03:37 PM)Cormanus_imp Wrote: [ -> ]To help you understand and come to terms with why you’ll always get wet riding in the rain … https://borismihailovic.com/the-tao-of-w...ther-gear/

Clever writing. Really enjoyed that. Probably a good number of riders can relate to much of what the author says.

My wet weather (and hot weather) gear is my Honda Accord V6 Coupe. It's always warm/cool inside, the stereo is great, it has cup holders, AC, great heater, windshield wipers, leather seats and an automatic trans. If I know it's going to rain, why would I ride to a destination if I didn't want to? I have ridden in the rain, but it was a choice, not an unforeseen circumstance. I ride for fun, not transportation, and I kept telling myself that water in my boots is fun, right?

Very nice article, Corm !!
Does it rain in down-under too ?

Sure does, Gecko. Of course the nature and extent of the rainfall varies considerably depending on where you are.

Like Cooper Pedy (not sure of the spelling) compared to Sydney ?

Yes. Good comparison.

Cooper Pedy is close; actually Coober Pedy.

For many reasons, I do not like to ride in the rain, but, sometimes, it happens. The first time I rode in the rain, it was not by choice. I had ridden my '76 KZ750 some 30 miles to work one beautiful Spring day in San Antonio, Texas. I was wearing the summer Air Force uniform with short sleeve shirt and low-quarter shoes. Helmet, but no gloves. About 1530 or so, I noticed the sky in the direction I lived had gone very dark and I closed up shop and got the bike fired up and on the road. It wasn't long before the rain hit and, of course, everyone else had the same idea and I was stuck in stop-and-go "freeway" (using the term loosely here) traffic, and heavy rain, until only a few miles from home. I was not so much worried about getting wet as I was about someone else skidding into me or doing something stupid on the slick roads. I got home safely and poured the water out of my shoes and took off my soaking clothes in the garage.
Sometimes you don't get to chose if you will ride in the rain. On those times that I have worn some kind of protection from the rain, I get as wet from sweat as I would have from the rain, so what's the difference?
Speaking of rain, it is raining here in the Phoenix, Arizona, USA, area for a change. I hadn't planned to go riding today anyway.

And, speaking of Coober Pedy, I've often wondered why Americans haven't started building more underground houses in the desert Southwest.

... congratulations on the Phoenix rain, Nach.

I remember how important for some residents to assume water just magically comes out of a tap when you turn it on.

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Yeah, as riders it comes with the territory to not be surprised when caught in rain (and heck, sometimes hail!). Otherwise, some of us would not be riding anymore.