rain

[chaz]

rain at last

[mr self destruct]

Question is, will it stop you riding in it? 

[chaz]

I wouldn't like to ride in a thunder storm? that lightning made jump, think it was pretty close as sound travels at around 340 m/s and there was less than a second between the flash and the bang.

[cfoley]

Thunder storms here all week. Anyone know where I can get a lightning rod for my Fazer?

[simonm]

I keep telling myself that I need more practise in the rain but fear and the threat of stinky gear puts me off.

[JZS 600]

Well, you've got rubber tyres, should be OK as long as you don't put your foot down!
 

[Fazerider]

Well, you've got rubber tyres, should be OK as long as you don't put your foot down!

If a spark is big enough to jump through a mile of air it's not going to be put off by 3" of rubber.

[cfoley]

Well, you've got rubber tyres, should be OK as long as you don't put your foot down!

Because it never rains when there is lightning.

[mr self destruct]

I keep telling myself that I need more practise in the rain but fear and the threat of stinky gear puts me off.

Did my CBT in the rain, did my DA in the rain (one handed cornering round Mallory Park in the rain on my first day), it's nothing to worry about as long as you think smooth.


However, my gloves now smell like a landfill. 

[simonm]

After a heatwave that's lasted a month in some places in the UK, the roads are dryer and grippier than they've been for a long time at the moment. However plenty of people don't realise a lot of that grip comes from the enormous amount of rubber laid down onto the tarmac from vehicles, combined with the fact that any oil, diesel or other spills soak into the warm tarmac almost instantly so don't prove a problem.
 
 As soon as your local roads get that first sprinkling of rain after being hot and dry for so long all the rubber, oil and crap is washed out of nooks and crannies and lifted to the surface. The first few rainy days after a long hot spell can turn roundabouts into ice rinks and make the roads slippery as hell, so don't just treat them as the 'normal' wet road last time you rode it.
 
 Be safe out there guys!

Oh and gloves in the freezer overnight will kill off some of the odor causing bacteria, no more smelly gloves for a few days.

I'd say that's almost worth a topic of its own.

[Grahamm]

As soon as your local roads get that first sprinkling of rain after being hot and dry for so long all the rubber, oil and crap is washed out of nooks and crannies and lifted to the surface. The first few rainy days after a long hot spell can turn roundabouts into ice rinks and make the roads slippery as hell, so don't just treat them as the 'normal' wet road last time you rode it.
 
 Be safe out there guys!

Well said!