Best Motorcycle for commuting in wet weather

[Deadonkey]

The fastest possible bike would be the best choice in this situation.

Reducing the duration of the journey, therefore reducing the risk of coming off and reducing the amount of time your miserable for.

That only leaves the one risk left, which is obviously coming off due to excessive speed. But we can just forget about that one.

So S1000RR, or R1, or GSXR 1000 (but not with that massive can)

[jazzinspace]

[Davemc37]

Drives.

I'd quite like to know this myself.
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[samuel1223]

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[grr666]

Another vote for a Transit here. Albeit a lowly Connect. Bollocks to getting wet. Or cold. Or chucking my bike down
the street while I slide to my sudden impact doom on a slippery wet road. I ride for fun, none of those are fun.
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[M.C]

I agree, but the sad thing's Transits are more 'fun' than a lot of cars

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[Nobby the Bastard]

[The Shaggy D.A.]

We've just replaced our VW Caddy fleet with Transit Couriers. That are restricted to 65mph. These are no fun.
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[Baffler186]

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

For me the best bike for riding in wet weather would be one that's easy to clean and, similarly, one that I can apply the relevant corrosion-inhibiting unguents to without a major faff. For this reason, I personally would prefer something with no farings. I appreciate this might seem a bit odd - e.g. won't a faring serve to protect both bike and rider from the worst of the weather? Well, it will probably provide some measure of protection for the rider, definitely. But my worry is that plastics make it more difficult to monitor what's going on beneath them - particularly to exhaust header pipes and parts of the casings. For this reason I'd prefer a naked bike, where I can easily keep an eye on *all* the bike's fasteners and finish. Or, if I had to have a fared bike, I'd want a model that facilitated easy removal of panels - and perhaps also the addition of Dzus style fasteners, to make access even easier. I might also consider a belt or shaft final drive because rain and salt from winter roads can quickly shorten the life of a chain, in the absence of relatively fastidious care. Personally, I think I could live with cleaning and caring for a chain (at least if the bike was garaged - where such chores can be done in comparative comfort) - but I totally get why others couldn't.

I'd also probably want cast wheels, as it seems (mild steel) spokes can prove difficult to care for - I've had four bikes with spokes, none of which saw much in the way of rain, but which had pitted (and even slightly rusting spokes). I suppose re-lacing with stainless steel ones could help - but this will probably cost two hundred quid or more (?).

Similarly, I'd want a bike with as few nooks and crannies as possible - so probably not something with "retro" styling, where faux cooling fins, and other details, might prove difficult to get to.

Having said ALL that, it may well be that any bike is almost as good as another if owned by someone who's prepared to get busy with products like ACF50 on a semi-regular basis. Fared or naked probably won't make much difference to the bike itself, if corrosion-inhibitors are made good use of. It's just a matter of mustering the requisite levels of mechanical (and cosmetic!) sympathy. My own solution is to fuck riding in the rain if it can be avoided, and either take the car or scrounge a lift.
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[M.C]