partly cloudy this afternoon .....
 

So I rode the ZR1100 to work ( 40 mpg beats the 15 mpg of the suburban ) . After lunch the wind picked up and I thought "ut oh" :tremble:

Sure enough the rain that they were calling for tonight arrived about 3pm.

I literally had a nice ride home in the rain. Pant legs got wet but other than that, a very enjoyable ride. We've had enough rain earlier that the roads were clean of oil and other slippery debris.

Jeff

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windshield made a big difference in the wet.

I'm not a fan of the windshield, but that's a GOOD looking bike!

Thanks. The windshield extends my riding farther into the fall/early winter and allows it to start earlier in the spring. Plus electric Gebrings gloves ( G3 )

'93 Kawasaki ZR 1100 without the fairing
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(it's a huge pic )

[shmike]I'm not a fan of the speed boat, but that's a GOOD looking bike![/shmike]

JC

Well, not all of us can walk on water. :lol:

Nice! At least it was only rain coming home... not soo bad

So long as its not raining going to work I will take my chances riding. Dont care if I get soaked going home since I can change out of my wet gear as soon as I get home.

matter of fact I took my chances today, so theres a 60% shot of rain fo rme going home tonight.

Right exactly...

Exactly. If I'm dry when I get to work, all is good. ( although I do keep a complete change of clothes in my locker )

Wet on the way home I don't care but I will admit, lightning scares me. :tremble:

Sixxer and I had a lightning bolt hit right next to us on 95 down in deleware or MD when we went to the twf rally a few years back. Just one of our many adventures on a rather crazy journey.

It might have been back on twf or maybe a link but somebody was riding in CO and was struck by lightning right in his head. Burn marks on the helmet, 2nd or 3rd degree burns on his neck from his religious medal/chain and it knocked him out so he crashed and broke his collar bone.

This is my general thought, but as there is construction for about 10 miles and crappy pavement after that for another 5 from building up the road around Devils Lake, I tend to stick to the nice days to ride for now.

Thats fair, if they have areas of road torn up AND its going to rain AND its at night I may either take the car or a different route home. Its getting to that time where they are rippin gup sections of road and repaving, fortunatley the winter wasnt bad so the roads didnt get beat up as much as past years.

I had fun yesterday. Severe thunderstorm warnings all day, but it was sunny. Then when I got to class it all started.

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What you can see:

My bike
Light rain
Mostly empty summer class parking lot

What you can't see:

My gloves that I forgot on the seat (doh)
The storm that was raging when I was in class
The flooded roads
The pretty flashes of light, or lightning, in the background
The girl that just walked past me smirking
My dog cowering in the hall back at home

It was actually a fun ride considering that just a few weeks ago I was stuck in a torrential down pour, and it wasn't hot! (I really do hate southern summers) It also helps that I finally took the time to rip the damn chin skirt thing off my helmet. That thing never worked very well; it just fogged up my visor all the time.

Awesome!!

Yeah, 50% chance of rain today by noon. With the road construction going on, that road SUCKS when wet (even just the water trucks make it slick) so yeah, in the truck today.