Yaaaaayy!

[azekeil]

It's raining, it's raining! It's got cooler! It's.. oh bugger. It's raining. Riding around is going to be a chore. Bugger.

Comments

[ev1ldonut.livejournal.com]

yes... it is...

would have preferred rain all last night, then stop while I go to work, in fact... just stop whenever I'm not inside a building :)

sort it out for me would you? there's a good chap :)

Some People

[whotheheckami.livejournal.com]

You just can't please some people ;@)

[sciamachy.livejournal.com]

But riding in the rain is fun!

(But then I learnt on a DT125R, which let's face it isn't that grippy on asphalt at the best of times - you learn to enjoy skidding or stop riding)

[azekeil.livejournal.com]

Hm yes well. Slipping and sliding around on my bike is somewhat more scary. It's so heavy that I would have huge difficulty controlling it if it went into a skid. I've had some close calls before now..

It's a good thing I have the Dragon GTS tyres on there. I'm used to them and they're very good in the wet as well as the dry.

[azekeil.livejournal.com]

Right away masssssster..!

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[ev1ldonut.livejournal.com]

good boy :)

*throws chocolate drop*

[stuartl.livejournal.com]

When it started raining yesterday I took the bike home at lunch time. I was nervous as buggery and drove to the office yesterday afternoon and today...

I'm hoping that I haven't turned into a dry weather rider but I'm still a bit nervous about all that power...

:S

[sciamachy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I can see what you mean. Maybe time to consider having a bad-weather bike?

[azekeil.livejournal.com]

I don't have so much of a problem with power in the wet - as long as I'm going in a straight line. If I'm cornering I take it very easy and if I'm going slowly enough I use the clutch to lessen the impact of any bad throttle control.

[azekeil.livejournal.com]

Naah, like I said to stuartl I don't have a problem with riding in the wet.

[gerald_duck]

I'm not a biker, but bikers have sometimes told me I drive like one. I think this was meant to be a compliment. (-8

Rain is worse after a long dry spell, of course - it lifts lots of slippery oils out of the tarmac. And with a 4-litre V8 driving the rear wheels without traction control, there's plenty of opportunity for "excitement"...