01-01-2019, 11:48 AM
Happened *many* years ago -- riding from Cleveland to Long Island on a CB450. It had started raining shortly after leaving Cleveland, and I had *no* rain gear. I got completely drenched from the fast-moving (west to east) storm but finally got ahead of it and managed to dry. Stopped for gas and the storm caught up to me. Well, I got drenched again, managed to get ahead of it, and dried again. Stopped for gas, storm caught up, got drenched, got ahead, got dry, stopped for gas, etc...
Actually got drenched and then dried five times before hitting New Jersey. Storm was so bad in Jersey -- they had eleven inches of rain that day -- that I never did dry from my *sixth* drenching of the day...
Some good did come from the trip, however. I got bronchitis from the repeated drenchings and even breathing was *extremely* painful. As I reached for a cigarette I suddenly realized what it was like when your lungs don't work! Never did light that cigarette, and haven't lit one since that day -- over forty years ago...
Actually got drenched and then dried five times before hitting New Jersey. Storm was so bad in Jersey -- they had eleven inches of rain that day -- that I never did dry from my *sixth* drenching of the day...
Some good did come from the trip, however. I got bronchitis from the repeated drenchings and even breathing was *extremely* painful. As I reached for a cigarette I suddenly realized what it was like when your lungs don't work! Never did light that cigarette, and haven't lit one since that day -- over forty years ago...