Never seen rain.

[Tom85]

I passed my test in july, i then spent the next 5/6 weeks searching for the perfect bike. I'd say 80% + of the adds stated their bikes had never seen rain. I'd just like to know how the f$£k do these people manage it? I've now had my bike only a few weeks and got absolutely piss wet through a couple of times. So i'd just like to know the secret is there a weather forecast that is 100% accurate that i don't know about, do these people only drive around their garages or are they simply full of shit?

[P.addy]

Take it out on sunny days for a quick blast? Mainly summer... which we lack

My bikes never seen dry.. think I might sell it with that in the ad

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My current bike has only seen rain once, and that was only because I was 70 odd miles from home when the clouds formed. Generally speaking I don't bother with it when it looks like rain.
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[Tenko]

I wouldn't take it too seriously - possibly never seen rain but loads of fog, hail, sleet & snow... People often put that in an advert if the bike hasn't rusted to bits!

[leonski]

i got so wet yesterday my fancy phone is now water damaged now trying to make a claim OMG what a fucking carry on and i had water proofs on but i still love to ride in the wet
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[Snodvan]

There is a SUPERB website for a short term weather prediction

https://www.raintoday.co.uk/

Paste in your home post code for an enlarged map of your general area.

Basically the site shows the radar cloud pattern over the last 3 hours. No yellow splodges = no rain. Yellow = light/ normal rain. Orange = heavy rain.

From the cloud pattern and the progress over the last 3 hours any normal person will be able to make a good judgement of what is coming next.

In my area with prevailing wind from the south west a load of yellow/ orange over the Irish Sea and into North Wales would mean "beware" even if seemingly the weather at my house was still good & dry

Snod
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[kawakid]

My Z750s has hardly ever seen rain. Perhaps only once.

The bike is a toy and it only gets ridden April - September and then only on nice days. What you have to remember is that a lot of bikers only ride when it's a nice day as their bike is not their main method of travel.

Obviously when your younger, your bike is your only form of transport.

I'm lucky in that I have 2 bikes and a car.

You should see the difference between my nearly 5 year old Z and my 3 year old ER6. The Z is in a mint perfect condition, even though it has done many more miles than the ER6. Whereas the ER6 is ridden in all weathers.

Before I go out for a ride, I check the weather forecast for where I live and where I am going.
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[Tom85]

I also have a turbo (albeit diesel ) powered car as my main means of transport, so my bike is only for the nicer days or at least dry. What i was trying to say is surely to never get caught out once or twice is damn lucky when living in this country. I've seen adds for 5/6 year old bikes with 15k miles and 3/4 owners which state "never seen rain" , how is it possible the present owner can know this? I'd find it far more believable if it was said only been caught out in rain a few times or something similar. I think if they can tell a little lie about something like never been out in the rain what else could they be hiding? I'm starting to think i'm looking far to in to this, especially when ive recently bought a bike and the word rain wasn't even mentioned in the add.

[Slacker24seve...]

Go to your local bike meet.

How many Ducatis (or if you prefer, insert your favourite exotic bike model Here) do you see that are absolutely immaculate, with a few K on the clock and 2 inch wide chicken strips?

Exactly. Loads. Some people use their bike for posing and polish it the rest of the time. I bet most of them haven't seen rain
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