Confession from The Cage...

[dolly3900]

On Friday evening, I dropped the CBF off to have a few bits doing to it, hopefully to be picked up midweek.

Thing is, this morning it was absolutely lashing it down and whilst I firstly forgot that bikey was on hols and went to put my waterproofs on ready for the trip to work, eventually got into the car and set off.

Saw a couple of guys out on 2 wheels and thought to myself, thank Bob I am in the warm and dry today.

I am sorry, I am new to all this, so know no better, I promise to get wet as soon as I get the old girl back.

Confession over

Mike
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2002 Rieju RS2-50 (Sold, spares or repair), 2010 Suzuki DR-125SM (Traded for ->), 2007 Honda CBF 600 (Sold), 2010 Suzuki V-Strom 1000 (Briefly, now returned), 2007 Suzuki Intruder 1800m (Even More Briefly, traded in for ->), 2014 Suzuki V-Strom 650

[DrDonnyBrago]

Awaits the usual fair weather rider crap.


Very bad weather is unpleasant, if I had an alternative I wouldn't ride in it either.

[map]

Who is this Bob you speak of?
Is he a builder, can he do it?
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[noobRider]

I'm still drying my boots out from attempting my weekly commute from Somerset to Oxford last Wednesday. I got as far as Stonehenge in the pre-dawn dark and pissing rain before the bike started complaining too. I'm going to be doing that trip in the car until spring now. Just local and fun rides now.
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[P.]

Car till May yo

[temeluchus]

I was riding my bike on the m6 in a torrential downpour last night. I watched a man spin out and go over the verge in his car. Thank bob I was in a bike, the narrow tyres cut through the standing water!
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[Nick 50]

To be honest, if you have decent waterproof gear and a good pinlock in your helmet, riding in heavy rain isn't that bad.

Being a numpty and not taking waterproofs out from under pillion seat and putting on to do 50 miles in torrential rain is a very bad thing to do!!
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Previous Bikes: Aprilia Tuono 03 (The Beast), CBR600f (97)
First bike: A GZ125 Lemon.......

[noobRider]

[Nobby the Bastard]

Meh, I was toasty warm in my textiles, boots and with the heated hand-grips.

Plus doing the 20 miles from Bath to North Bristol in less than 40 minutes in rush-hour is also a bonus.
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[lihp]

General bike chat, but is car chat
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[1cyl]

Boots and trainers just finished banging round in my tumble dryer. Dog can finally relax now
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The SMC | The Pit | Stable

[MC]

Hate all the oil on the roads when it rains, you can basically follow the trail & find the f**ker who dropped it. They should be shot on the spot.
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[instigator]

I actually prefer riding in the rain compared to the dry... makes it seem a bit more like a challenge to stay upright. Without the full rainsuit it would be thoroughly miserable though.

[UrbanRacer]

f**k riding through winter, i did it for 5 years when i didn't have a car at the time. now I get a shivver and my balls draw up into my stomach at the thought of going to work on the bike when its -7c in the morning, not to mention how shit the roads are with ice and grit.

[Cheeseybeaner]

[dolly3900]

Just found cans of waterproofing spray in Aldi.

Got 4 to do the outer gear and a good deal on a tin of dubbing for the boots.

Lid got pinlock, funny thing is the bike is in the shop having the faulty heated grips sorted, so sorted for the winter.

(BTW, Van today, so quicker than anything on the road )
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2002 Rieju RS2-50 (Sold, spares or repair), 2010 Suzuki DR-125SM (Traded for ->), 2007 Honda CBF 600 (Sold), 2010 Suzuki V-Strom 1000 (Briefly, now returned), 2007 Suzuki Intruder 1800m (Even More Briefly, traded in for ->), 2014 Suzuki V-Strom 650