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Old 07-01-2009, 01:34 PM   #1
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I left my house yesterday with Blue Skies and Puffy white clouds...and it was GORGEOUS out...Rode to work and had an ok day...Rained at work but cleared up and was nice again on my ride home...

Halfway home the fucking skies opened up and Jesus himself came down upon me in a torrential downpour...No Rain gear with me and it got Colder from the Rain...I was shivering so bad I almost had to stop...but I figured stopping would mean I'd take me another Hour or more to get home and it'd be best to just take it easy on the bike and creep home...

And in the back of my mind..."We'll...At Least Im racking up Miles for the Eclipse Luggage Contest"...Im Fucked in the head
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Old 07-01-2009, 01:39 PM   #2
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Man after the rally journey all this shits easy.

I waited out some rain going home yesterday. I got hit for about 15 minutes then it prety much stopped so it wasnt too bad. I have been riding to work a lot at the job sites and have been dodging a lot of bullets in regards to the rain. Figure my luck can only hold out for so long.

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You know what...I dont mind rain riding after our Rally Adventure...But Fuck, I like having The proper gear on...Lol
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You haven't ridden in the rain until you've ridden through a hurricane or at least the remnants of a hurricane.

How did those Toggs work out for you Tommy?
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You know what...I dont mind rain riding after our Rally Adventure...But Fuck, I like having The proper gear on...Lol
Good point, I did grab a pair of rubber gloves to use yesterday so my hands stayed dry and I had that red raincoat I wore to the rally so it did its job. Got home and found out I had the frog toggs in my hard bags which are on the bike since we moved monday.

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Old 07-01-2009, 01:42 PM   #6
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You haven't ridden in the rain until you've ridden through a hurricane or at least the remnants of a hurricane.

How did those Toggs work out for you Tommy?
I dunno...Me and Tommy had a Solid Three Hours of Straight Rain + Mist from the Semi's...It was fucking hellacious.

No Hurricane...But It'll do just fine for me.
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You haven't ridden in the rain until you've ridden through a hurricane or at least the remnants of a hurricane.

How did those Toggs work out for you Tommy?
See my post above, I didn tknow they were with me till I got home yesterday would have been perfect to use them and was the reason I wanted them. Now I know I have them with me so it wont rain.

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I dunno...Me and Tommy had a Solid Three Hours of Straight Rain + Mist from the Semi's...It was fucking hellacious.

No Hurricane...But It'll do just fine for me.
Dont forget all the lightning too.

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I dunno...Me and Tommy had a Solid Three Hours of Straight Rain + Mist from the Semi's...It was fucking hellacious.

No Hurricane...But It'll do just fine for me.
Yeah after riding home from the MotoGP race, rain riding didn't bother me at all. It was 6 hours of solid downpour. Good gear helps a lot.
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Hell yeah...That shit was Intense.
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Yeah after riding home from the MotoGP race, rain riding didn't bother me at all. It was 6 hours of solid downpour. Good gear helps a lot.
So true once yo uget wet you are completley miserable esp i fits cold out. I am a little skiddish now because my front tire is getting down to the point it needs to be replaced soon so I am prety conservative in the rain for now esp in the turns.

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