Just moved from the rain capital, Cairns, and the best thing is not to ride in it if you can help it...but if you do, just get  clear safety glasses and wear them. I still wear an open face with a face mask and i have made it home. You get used to the big rain drops that fell like needles. You can see the cage drivers looking at you and laughing at you, but WTF at least i am riding a Harley and they are not, stick you head up and ride on, and enjoy....just try not to think about all that chrome you just spent cleaning for the last 3 hours.

Thats the fuked thing, cleaning.  I'm heading to Canberra on Friday with a few mates, rain hail or shine  Watching the weather daily.

Did 1000km trip from Gosford to the Sunshine Coast in April 2003 and it was pissin down when we left, stopped raining near Tamworth for about 80 k's and then pissed down all the way to the Sunshine Coast. I don't mind riding in the rain, just gotta relax and get on with it.  Riding in the rain is still way better then going to work.....

And another thing.........

You can buy a product called RainX which is a product you put on car windscreens and the aircraft industy uses.

It is wiped onto the glass and when rain hits it the rain beads and rolls off.

Word of warning.... don't know how it goes on plastic lenses but it's OK on glass as long as it does not have a anti fog coating

i was expecting you to ask whether fingerless gloves offer the same protection as full gloves . Chaps .... havent you watched police academy and the Blue Oyster ?

dont be too hard on RR , i understand that fingerless gloves are a mandatory piece of equipment for rockstar riders ...

hmmmmmmm carefull what ya say about vesper's ...... some here get very offended

and i dunno what ya all whining about rideing in rain .......

fuck i used to have to walk to school through 10 ft high snow drifts in home made shoe's and news paper for socks.... and the only way to warm our selves was to wait for dear old dad to fart and to huddle round his arse ...........

you all need to harden the fuck up ......

hey and whats wrong with fingerless gloves ????

dunno i feel safe in my full collins race suit and full face ......... but just dont look kool on the harley

as much as i am beginning to enjoy your banal questions i dont think you have ever owned a bike . but keep on posting

awe .. dont be like that ..... lol !

dont worry , i just visited the HD site and saw yours on the showroom floor .. nice !

I really love this fuggin thread keep going .

gidday roka , at the risk of having the piss taken out of me , i'll give you a straight answer , open faced helmut , pull down shield , pair of gloves with a squeegee on the pointer finger does the trick for me . cheers lucky .

She told me that I was the only one that did that for her ?????

One level spoon of concrete and harden up, rain has never hurt anyone except the wicket witch of the west.

Tilt the head forward, twist the right hand and get home before someone sees you :-)

ohh poor old men. lol RR you are seriously sad, who actually asks about tricks for riding in the rain!!! good post though, i have had lots of laughs leading about people takin the piss out of you lol
some more is well deserved :-)

RR well deserved, you wouldnt know the meaning :-)

isnt it bout time you took some advice

I'm not friggin posting anymore if that's the title you get after 200............

lol but it seems to suit so well

Ahhh the good old days