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Soooooo, while I am waiting on my Alternator to get here for the Legend, I have been riding the Katana to work 40 miles one way. The first day I rode it was about 2:30pm and the clouds started rolling in. By 2:45pm it just looks dark. I leave work at 3:30pm and it had already started to rain.I come out of the building and it is coming down. I mentally get into rain mode in my mind thinking back to all the information the MSF instructors taught us about riding in the rain. I take a deep breath and pull out the parking deck. Fortunately, it only rain for about 10 miles or so and the rest cloudy, but clear.
Today, it is cloudy but looks like the rain will hold off. I get to the bike and gear up. By the time I hit the expressway,mile or so, it is sprinkling and then within minutes raining. But I'm thinking it will probably do like before and stop. Well, it keeps coming down and actually gets worse. At one point it even stopped raining, at which time I unzipped the jacket. I go a mile up the highway and it starts coming down again. At this point I pull over on the side under the bridge and zip the jacket. The drive home today was 1hr and 30min in the rain. I was slow, but can't say steady. At one point I was changing lanes and for some reason go on the throttle just a lil more than I should for the conditions. Fortunately, nothing happened and I think that was due to a pratically new Conti on the back. I realize that when riding in wet conditions and a pretty saturared expressway that slow and steady is the way to go. It's only been my second time riding in the rain but it was cool. I just need to get my a rain suit, some wax on the visor and I think I would be good.
Today, it is cloudy but looks like the rain will hold off. I get to the bike and gear up. By the time I hit the expressway,mile or so, it is sprinkling and then within minutes raining. But I'm thinking it will probably do like before and stop. Well, it keeps coming down and actually gets worse. At one point it even stopped raining, at which time I unzipped the jacket. I go a mile up the highway and it starts coming down again. At this point I pull over on the side under the bridge and zip the jacket. The drive home today was 1hr and 30min in the rain. I was slow, but can't say steady. At one point I was changing lanes and for some reason go on the throttle just a lil more than I should for the conditions. Fortunately, nothing happened and I think that was due to a pratically new Conti on the back. I realize that when riding in wet conditions and a pretty saturared expressway that slow and steady is the way to go. It's only been my second time riding in the rain but it was cool. I just need to get my a rain suit, some wax on the visor and I think I would be good.
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