How Wet have you ever been on your Spyder??

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

Hi, two days ago I was feeling pretty good, so I decided to take a short ride and check on whether a local farmer had any corn yet... (I love early sweet corn) :clap: :clap: ..... Well, my side of the mountain was perfect weather. His side was Black once I got to the TOP (over in the distance). No corn yet, so I headed for home... and the Skies opened up and I got caught! How WET is WET? After I got home, I stripped down (in the shower!) It was like I had gone into the ocean to take a swim - WITH ALL MY CLOTHES ON!! Weather report said we got 3 inches in one hour! :yikes: Even tho I have great rain tires, 35 MPH was the max, because of the depth on the standing water on the road - I was surprised I could even go that fast! Stay safe... Mike :thumbup:

 

[ARtraveler]

Glad you made it back safe. Been in the hydroplane situation two times. Speeds lower than 50 are the key. :yes:

 

[pegasus1300]

Riding back from San Diego to Paradise AZ one year, we hit rain just out of San Diego, and it didn't stop until just before Paradise. Hard rain, the kind that causes bad flash floods in the desert and mountains. My Can Am rain suit kept me dry, but it shorted out my Sena SMH10. I was looking for an excuse to upgrade anyway. A few years before, pre Spyder, my wife and I were riding Boulder Mountain going on UT12. It started raining about Bryce Canyon and by the time we got to Calf Creek Falls we couldn't get any wetter. I had left all the rain gear at home, so all we had was our Joe Rocket mesh jackets, no liners in those days. At Boulder, I found 2 space blankets in a saddlebag and made ponchos out of them shinny side in. That kept us from getting any wetter and warm until we got into Torry.

 

[RideOn]

I suppose you can only get so wet, then it's just soaked. COLD and wet is another story... that's a particularly miserable situation.

That said, I find the Spyder leaves me far less soaked through than any other motorcycle I've owned. The weather protection is pretty good.

 

[canamjhb]

At one time or another, I think we've all been there. Coming into Flagstaff from the north looking for our motel for the night. I was on my Spyder with my wife (at that time) following me on her Goldwing. We were going dead slow in a frog choker with a couple inches of water running down the road. Big-ass trucks passing us on the left spraying walls of water. Like you, we couldn't have been wetter... head to toe and to the bone. Got to the motel a little early and the kid at the desk said we were too early for check in and we should come back later! Then his dad came out from the back, took one look at us and said our room is ready and checked us in. We took advantage of a hot shower and their dryer in the laundry room.

Ps: Glad to hear you're getting some wind therapy, Mike

 

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

At one time or another, I think we've all been there. Coming into Flagstaff from the north looking for our motel for the night. I was on my Spyder with my wife (at that time) following me on her Goldwing. We were going dead slow in a frog choker with a couple inches of water running down the road. Big-ass trucks passing us on the left spraying walls of water. Like you, we couldn't have been wetter... head to toe and to the bone. Got to the motel a little early and the kid at the desk said we were too early for check in and we should come back later! Then his dad came out from the back, took one look at us and said our room is ready and checked us in. We took advantage of a hot shower and their dryer in the laundry room.

Ps: Glad to hear you're getting some wind therapy, Mike

Wind therapy I need ...... not soaked to the bone therapy ......:roflblack::roflblack:........Mike

 

[hut1]

The day before this past Memorial Day, coming from DC back home to Delaware, I could see the storm clouds ahead of me, but thinking I could make it to a safe place to gear up, I misjudged how close they were. I got caught by a major downpour in an area where it was no use pulling over. I did about 4 miles in the hardest rain I've ever been in, with most cars pulling over. Finally made it to the gas station where I met up with other bikers returning from the Ride to the Wall. The rain stopped, but I waited an hour because it was moving in the same direction I was. I put on my rain jacket over my soaked mesh jacket and headed out. Unfortunately, I didn't wait long enough. A few miles down the road I caught up with the storm and rode through it the last ten miles, right into my garage.

 

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

The day before this past Memorial Day, coming from DC back home to Delaware, I could see the storm clouds ahead of me, but thinking I could make it to a safe place to gear up, I misjudged how close they were. I got caught by a major downpour in an area where it was no use pulling over. I did about 4 miles in the hardest rain I've ever been in, with most cars pulling over. Finally made it to the gas station where I met up with other bikers returning from the Ride to the Wall. The rain stopped, but I waited an hour because it was moving in the same direction I was. I put on my rain jacket over my soaked mesh jacket and headed out. Unfortunately, I didn't wait long enough. A few miles down the road I caught up with the storm and rode through it the last ten miles, right into my garage.

WE are survivors :clap::clap::clap:

 

[troop]

Last year on our ride back home from Sturgis, my buddies and I rode 265 miles in non stop steady rain. No torrential downpours but a solid steady rain for over 4 hours straight. Ughhh..

 

[Navydad]

Looks like you got caught in the remnants of the latest hurricane to hit us. We got a few showers and some wind here in southern Ohio, but I see where Vermont got drowned from it. I too have been wet to the point where my whole body looked like a big prune and it isn't fun. I'm glad you made it home safe and managed to stay well hydrated

 

[BajaRon]

 

[Knizar]

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Hydroplaning at its best!:yes:hyea::roflblack:

 

[rjinaz86323]

Worst was outside of Tulsa heading home from Arkansas. My friend Jerry was in front of me on his Goldwing. It was raining so hard I stayed less than 20ft behind him so I could see his taillights.. It he would have run off the road I would have followed. Wife and I were headed to Sturgis one year, and spent the night in Cortez, CO. Got up the next morning to heavy rain. We spend the whole day never get out of it. We almost turned around and headed back home.

 

[djh3]

On my Spyder pretty wet, but its because its been 105+ heat index and shop I work in is even hotter. So only sweat. But on a bike bunches of times. I had a co-worker with me on back and pulling a trailer. WE were returning from a USAF school in Charleston SC. WE camped in Ala and next morning was raining so we headed west to Oklahoma. OMG parts of that 300+ mile trip to Mississippi where we stayed next night were beyond wet. When we stopped we took line I had in trailer and strung it around the room from light fixtures to curtains etc and hung wet gear up. Swear we poured water out of our boots after that ride.

 

[BajaRon]

Last year Daniel and I rode to Milo's (Straight Drop Audio) event in Atlanta. He on an F3 and me on our Riker.

We ran through a thunderstorm about 1/2 way into the trip and got fairly wet. But it was hot and at freeway speeds we dried out, for the most part, fairly quickly. But further down we ran into a monsoon. It was raining so hard that cars were stopping on the freeway. I don't mind getting wet, so much. But playing bumper-cars on a 3 lane highway? Homie don't play dat game! So we got off and parked under a gas station cover. Daniel was using his cell phone and water was running out of his jacket sleeve. Me standing next to him with water just flowing off of me. We started our own little river in what was otherwise dry pavement.

People walking by were very impressed.

 

[C. Lee]

In 2021 right after I purchased my current RT we rode from Cleveland to Wilmington for my Aunt's funeral. As we headed down I77 there was Hurricane Elsa coming up the coast. We thought we would pass each other but there was no such luck. We rode in heavy rains all day with decent winds but slow & steady wins the race. We rode about 40mph and kept going. Sounds stupid and it probably was but the Spyder didn't miss a beat, never felt unstable or dangerous. We were wet to our core. Water filled fingers of our gloves and our boots, communicator speakers were wet, gps shorted, we were wet under our helmets. We were cold and generally miserable but we made it to the funeral then rained on our way home too. Chris

 

[djh3]

We were wet to our core. Water filled fingers of our gloves and our boots, Chris

Yup, when you can pour rain out of your boots you know you're wet. Been there, unfortunately more than once.

 

[johnsdenm]

Wow, that sounds like quite the adventure! Getting caught in a downpour like that can be intense, especially when you weren't expecting it. It's impressive you managed to make it home safely with all that standing water on the road. Glad to hear your Spyder and rain tires held up! Stay safe out there, and hopefully, you'll get that sweet corn soon!

 

[Raven]

Haven't been caught in the rain on the Ryker "YET"
The first year I had my Buell I got caught so many times I thought I had bought a "Sea-Doo"

 

[JKMSPYDER]

Last year a friend and I were riding our Spyders from Lebanon, KS to Rugby, ND for the Smackdab center to center run. As we entered ND we ran into an inland hurricane. Steady rain and 35 to 40 mph winds. We had on rain gear but got soaked to the bone since we had to ride 3.5 hours in that weather. By the time we got to Rugby we were soaking wet and cold. We found a local Mexican restaurant where I must have had six cups of coffee and my friend who doesn’t drink coffee had many cups of hot chocolate. When we arrived at our hotel we immediately took hot showers and put on dry clothes. Before this experience I had been in heavy rain and fierce winds but never at the same time!