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(01-01-2015, 04:22 PM)gossman_imp Wrote: In my younger days living in the Seattle area, I rode a '81 CB650 w/ a big plexiglass windshield, year round, no other transportation other than a car and the Contessa drove that. Since it rained buckets on a daily basis and sometimes snowed, I bought a JC Penny snowmobile suit. That suit, though a pita to put on, was a life saver. Add to that an old Bell Star bucket and I never missed a day riding.
Now that is old school heavy duty.
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Road Gear riding gear. Pants and jacket are water proof. Good stuff and yards better than the old gold standard (for me) Dri Rider gear (which never seemed to be all that dry).
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Bump.
Don't know if this topic is still of interest, but I just read [url=http://motorbikewriter.com/harley-davidson-roadway-rainsuit-review/]this very positive piece about Harley's waterproof gear.
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Pay attention to the sort of ride you will be on and how the turbulence affects your rain gear. A bloke I know melted his Frogg Toggs on the first ride to the exhaust system.
It was sad to look at.
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I use Scott, a 2 piece yellow rain gear and rain boot covers + Klim rain gloves. Rode during he** water fall = dry & good enough for me.
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If you have the budget, the top end goretex pro stuff really will work as an all in one. I have a Spidi Globetracker suit for touring on my big ADV bike, and that thing just ignores rain, but still has tremendous venting.
Otherwise I always recommend buying goretex paclite hiking gear as an oversuit. It’s made to be super lightweight and packable for hikers, pants are made to slip on over boots, and you can get it with pit-zips and other venting options to avoid some of that “wearing a plastic bag” feeling in warmer climes. I picked up a pair of marmot packlite pants from REI on sale for ~$100. It shrugged off a massive VA summer downpour, and fits nicely over riding jeans without flapping around. Plus you can zip the side entry double zipper down some and get pretty good airflow.
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GoreTex Paclite: Useful tip.
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I got a FLY brand rain suit from Revzilla a couple of years ago. They have saved me a soaking several times and stood up for 10 hours of rain returning from the Kentucky rally. Comes in three or four color combos (I got flo. orange) and is lined with a polyester layer that keeps heat in nicely.
https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/fly-rain-suit
I didn't see anyone mention gloves... they are pretty critical for rain riding. I got these and am very pleased.
https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/klim...ast-gloves
My $.02
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Cool - thanks!
