07-02-2015, 08:28 PM
I rode my Harley from Atlanta to Milwaukee a few summers ago... I left in the rain, and rode all day to just north of St Louis in the rain. And going over the mountain south of Nashville was awful... highway speeds, a bunch of high speed sweepers, lots of heavy rain, all while surrounded by semi's. Just awful. Another time I was in Florida on a trip back from Atlanta, I was in rain so hard that the bike started running rough. At one point just off the interstate, at a light, I thought it would stall because of the rain. I hate riding in the rain. and will not venture out if I KNOW rain is coming. Besides, unless I'm on the KLR, I'd have to clean the bike again. That's not fun either.