Tips for ryding in the rain?

[nealperkins]

Well, Peter was just kind enough to tell me something I did not know: If I put text in the title field, after the first post, no one else sees it. Thank you, Peter!

So, here it is again...new and improved!

"Any tips to manage the raindrops in the inside of the windshield? Those seem to hang around for far too long!"

 

[Peter Aawen]

It's not quite 'no-one' Neal, just many of us who don't get to see what you put in the title field... I think it's something to do with the devices we use to view the Forum, but it is quite annoying at times, cos we can see that you tried to say something else, but we can't actually see what that was, so hafta guess! :gaah:

As for the inside of your windshield, I don't get much in the way of raindrops there, I have a Safe-T-Cam recorder suctioned onto the screen! Buuut, I have used Rain-X (appropriate for the w/shield) there as well as on the other side, & if I still get any raindrops that become annoying on there (or inside my visor) I have a small microfibre cloth that lives in the 'pie warmer' glovebox or if it's mounted on my Spyder at the time, in the tank bag that sits on the pie warmer - & it's easy enough to pull it out & give the screen or visor a quick wipe. Altho I do hafta try & keep it protected & dry inside my gloved hand until it gets to the screen, especially if it's pouring rain - it doesn't work anywhere near as well once it's soaked! It's there, & I have used it often enough over the last 4 or so years that I know to keep it there, but it really doesn't get much use at all, there just isn't a great call for it! :thumbup:

 

[cognaccruiser]

Klim badlands gortex will keep you dry

Yeah......and your wallet empty .......you have to pay for the best:thumbup:

Pete

I hate stopping to put on my waterproof over jacket so of course by the time I do it's often too late. Thought perhaps I should finally retire my leather jacket and get a replacement motorcycle jacket that's actually waterproof. Decided that a Gortex inner liner wasn't a good idea as it would be just as much faff as an over jacket. Looked at the Klim Badlands and Rev-it Poseidon jackets. Both were around NZ$1700 (US$1250) here so decided I'd continue to put up with my old jacket and getting wet after all

My wife and I bought Klim Latitude Gortex jackets and pants last year. Yes they are expensive but we are so impressed and happy with them. We thought long and hard over spending that much and we got them at a great price but they have been worth every penny to us.

On our most recent trip using them across Canada and back we couldn't have been happier. They absolutely kept us dry in heavy rain and were extremely comfortable. They have lots of venting if desired. We wear them in all weather and just wear either very little or some smart wool type layer and our electric vests underneath as required. No longer take rain gear with us. We used to take our leather jackets and our mesh jackets and their liners and all that took up extra space which we no longer need to do.

For wet weather we bought Alpinstar Drystar gloves. They worked well and weren't too expensive. In heavy rain they were soaked on the outside but dry on the inside.

Unfortunately our 15 year old boots need to be replaced as they are now letting water in but they don't owe us much after lots of use.

Gary

 

[UtahPete]

Just a little tip------ In a really hard rain put the hood of the rain gear jacket UNDER your helmet. Zero water down your neck. The :spyder2: does a surprisingly good job of keep the rain off you at speed. We came though a Utah downpour with just the jackets on and our jeans never got wet and boots stayed dry.

Kaos

We don't bother with rain gear in Utah. Ours is a dry rain :joke:

 

[UtahPete]

Can you see this text in the title bar?

Well, Peter was just kind enough to tell me something I did not know: If I put text in the title field, after the first post, no one else sees it. Thank you, Peter!

So, here it is again...new and improved!

"Any tips to manage the raindrops in the inside of the windshield? Those seem to hang around for far too long!"

I could see the title in your post. Can you see the title in mine?

 

[Bob Denman]

We don't bother with rain gear in Utah. Ours is a dry rain :joke:

Please send me some of that: I'd like to try it out! :thumbup: