Riding in the Rain

[RLH]

Hello fellow SPYDER lovers. Not new to the site but new to posting. . .

I have a 2013 RT Limited (without the windshield coutouts). When riding in the rain, I have a problem with the rain covering the INSIDE of the windshield and ultimately the outside and INSIDE of my visor.

I've been told that if I cut out the windshield like the 2015's, the problem will go away.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

 

[OverHillAndDale]

Can't speak to what would happen on your specific bike, but on my '14 I can ride in the rain with the windshield all the way up, and I barely get damp as long as I keep it at 60 or better.

 

[RLH]

Thanks; does your windshield have the plexiglass cutouts that mirror the windshield frame cutouts?

 

[cuznjohn]

i can't help you because i hate and don't ride in the rain

 

[Dragonrider]

Me too CJ. Nasty weather is why we have to have cages....

 

[lwrydr]

Rain riding

Today I am going on a "Brothers Lost Ride". It is raining pretty good an I just texted my daughter and ask "3 wheels or 4". The anwer "4". I try to only ride in the rain when I am caught in it.

 

[Dragonrider]

I think it's amazing that here in the Great Northwet, we tend to be adverse to wet weather riding (I certainly am) - out East, it's just a fact of life. Last week it was sunny, 68+F, humidity at 45%. and I rode everyday, with only one bug splat... This week, it's already raining, and the Spyder is parked & covered, and we head into the season of Portland's famous rust festival..

I think the difference is that the Eastern storms come in bands - nice, wet, nice - all in an hour or so. Out here, it can rain for a week (or more) straight - non-stop - 24 hours a day, and only yield .5 to 1.0 inches of rain a day. Out East, they'd see that 1" in 10 minutes....

Conversely, where we ride, summer heat can top 100F, but the humidity rarely tops 40%, and 15% or less is not unusual - even along the coast.

 

[Chupaca]

Don't know..!!

Not ryding an RT I don't know if the cut outs will help that much. It does seem your ryding with the shield to low if your visor is also suffering the same fate. I use a modular helmet and with rain just close it and all is well. I have a flip up adjuster on the RS that helps as well. Try different positions then (if handy) the cut outs or a different shield...:thumbup:

 

[garb55]

I have a 2014 RTL with the windshield cut outs
I do not get my visor or the inside of my windshield very wet in normal rain when moving[maybe a few drops]
BY the way I love ridding in the rain I keep hoping that I will shrink some of the fat away around the middle :roflblack:
Don

 

[Grandpa Pete]

I have a 14 RTL with the cutouts. It's not that I don't get wet, but its the rain bouncing off the dash that comes thru the cutouts that gets my face shield on my helmet, lets say moistish.....I raise and lower the windshield to effect the amount I'll deal with on any certain ride. Hope this helps some....

 

[Bob Denman]

I've ridden my old 2010 RT (With a 2013 Windscreen that DID have the cutouts in it) though some real "Toad-Stranglers"! :shocked:
Keep the bike's windscreen low, and look over it. Use the airflow from it to keep the rain from getting too "thick" on your visor... :thumbup:
Twist your head from side to side to blow your visor completely drop-free! :clap:

 

[ARtraveler]

I've ridden my old 2010 RT (With a 2013 Windscreen that DID have the cutouts in it) though some real "Toad-Stranglers! :shocked:
Keep the bike's windscreen low, and look over it. Use the airflow from it to keep the rain from getting too "thick" on your visor... :thumbup:
Twist your head from side to side to blow your visor completely drop-free! :clap:

The above advice is right on. I have been using the peek over the windshield to let the rain get blown off the visor method. Bob's method sounds easier. I will give it a try the next time I am riding in the rain.

 

[DC1]

No authority yet on the subject.....BUT

I have found also that dropping the shield to about half staff and looking over it seems to help on my new 2014..So far I have put about 200 miles on in steady rain...could "almost"get away with just a jacket with all the protection the lower body offers but water runs right down that hatch below the handlebar and just soaks ya crotch....LOL....so full rain gear still needed if anything over a heavy sprinkle.....

The best setting so far is looking over the shield and letting the wind blow most of the water off the visor......for me anyway.....

PS...It handles good on a wet road but not so well in water pockets......seems to want to hydroplane pretty easy.....none the less it does better overall than I anticipated so far!!

 

[Dragonrider]

Bob - that's for rider's who have visors... I wear corrective goggles - setting the windshield right below eye level keeps my goggles clear. I also have a set of lightweight rain gloves, with a squeegee built into the thumb. Just in case.

 

[OverHillAndDale]

does your windshield have the plexiglass cutouts that mirror the windshield frame cutouts?

Yes, I have the cutouts