07-22-2016, 12:44 PM
Last Sunday when I took Fran's Street Twin to Savannah I was caught in one of those southeast showers that only last 3 minutes but causes flash flooding. As the plan was to ride for just 2 hours, I left the house most unprepared for those kind of weather conditions. Although ATGATT, nothing I was wearing was waterproof.
My kit tail bag was dry and comfy attached to my CB, which was back in my garage and in the tail bag were my mesh jacket's waterproof liner and my Frogg Toggs pants. Not that any of those would've done me much good as the downpour, although pretty violent, was very brief. In a couple of minutes my Draggin jeans were soaked and triple their weight. As I rode on in search of an exit off of I-95, I was thinking that maybe for those trips into the unknown I should get a pair of waterproof riding pants.
That was a lot of typing to ask a couple questions about pants...
What's your experience with waterproof riding pants? Have you found the magical combination of waterproof and not oven hot? What do you have? Do tell...
My kit tail bag was dry and comfy attached to my CB, which was back in my garage and in the tail bag were my mesh jacket's waterproof liner and my Frogg Toggs pants. Not that any of those would've done me much good as the downpour, although pretty violent, was very brief. In a couple of minutes my Draggin jeans were soaked and triple their weight. As I rode on in search of an exit off of I-95, I was thinking that maybe for those trips into the unknown I should get a pair of waterproof riding pants.
That was a lot of typing to ask a couple questions about pants...
What's your experience with waterproof riding pants? Have you found the magical combination of waterproof and not oven hot? What do you have? Do tell...