Ruined...

[ThomWill_imp]

Rode Katie to work today and got caught in a summer rain squall on the way home. I guess, based on what I have seen in other bike adverts, that she is fully depreciated now and I will never be able to sell her. S'ok by me.

 

[Firstfour_imp]

Lol. OMG. And I suppose my first soaking is inevitable. :-/

 

[Lord Popgun]

Dang, I guess mine hasn't been worth anything since right after I got it last year...

 

[Ridem32_imp]

Lol popgun! None of my bikes have ever been wet by rain nor water. I use the green rag. Which most laugh at me but my bikes stay pretty clean

 

[the Ferret]

How does one own a motorcycle and take trips and stuff without EVER getting caught in the rain? I have taken hundreds of trips over the years and pretty sure I got caught in the rain in every one of them.

 

[ThomWill_imp]

How does one own a motorcycle and take trips and stuff without EVER getting caught in the rain? I have taken hundreds of trips over the years and pretty sure I got caught in the rain in every one of them.

Agreed, in Georgia and the south in general it is hard to imagine how one could avoid it. I am rarely without rain gear from spring to fall.

 

[rboe]

Yup. Ruined. Oh well. It was only a Honda. :angel:

 

[the Ferret]

LOL I don't have the best riding jacket..but I have the best rain gear available. What's that tell you?

I could relate tales of epic rides in the rain.

Bar Harbor, Maine



Pennsylvania

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Lost in Georgia with my son looking for Deals Gap (we were in the wrong state even)

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[PowderToastMan_imp]

A little water never hurt anyone (says the guy who has not ridden in anything more than a little sprinkle for the whole year of ownership... hah!).

When I saw the thread title I cringed at the thought of something much worse.

 

[rboe]

I've spent all day in the rain. Cheap plug wires were shorting out so the bike was loosing power. Luckily I made it home OK. I'm geared for rain. Don't want to do it though.

 

[Ridem32_imp]

Rboe. U got a 13 model cb1100 with factory plug wires? Honda plug wires don't short out that often u must have a bad set

 

[kevbroce_imp]

Best part about the rain is when you get home and dry her off in the garage, it's almost like free bike wash.

 

[shdwghst457_imp]

With much softer water, compared to what's in my house's pipes

 

[kevbroce_imp]

With much softer water, compared to what's in my house's pipes

Yup. It's like they dissolve chalk in our water over here.

 

[Cormanus]

That's it, Thom. She's practically worthless now. Unless ....

You dry her off really fast, sell her to someone not on this forum and buy a 2014.

 

[12cb96vfr_imp]

LOL all my bikes have been rained on within 4 weeks of me owning them. Oh well

 

[Lord Popgun]

Didn't Guth have to ride his home in the rain? Or was that ferret?

 

[the Ferret]

It was Guth. Ferret had to ride his home in the cold lol

 

[emptysea]

It rained the first four times my wife and I rode together. Nothing quite as chilling as the visor-down, slow head turn I'd get from her at stop lights.

 

[ride4now_imp]

I got rained on, and lost, in the mountains of NC yesterday between Robbinsville and Franklin after riding the Cherahola Skyway. At least I had a good rain suit!!