Lightening, high winds and hail get me off the road during a storm. Rain alone does not.
Do you guys typically just keep on riding when you hit rain or pull under a bridge and wait it out?
I knew the day would eventually come when I would get caught in the rain and it happened in the twisties in Arkansas during a camping trip. I stopped and put my rain gear on and continued being far from camp. I finally realized that the bike was not going to slip out from under me in the turns I really enjoyed a nice steady rain. Was cool to wave at the other riders I passed as they sought refuge under canopies. On that same trip I was on my way back home and rode part of I-40 and encountered a deluge. I got close enough to an 18 wheeler that all I could see was a dark shadow of the rig and could ride far enough behind him to be safe. I enjoyed it. Few wet spots and was not far from giving up and seeking shelter when I hit the end of the rain. I think we were running about 50-55 mph.
Couple years later a friend and I are heading home from the Texas hill country. We are in a light mist all day long and in the upper 40s. We think we have it beat as we get within an hour of home when it starts hammering us. Both of us are in rain gear with me leading when I give up as I start passing semi's that have pulled over waiting it out. I pass a convenience store and hit the brakes as the ABS takes me right past it and my friend pulls into it. We sit there for an hour waiting for it to pass but its all coming from where we need to go. It does lighten up enough for us to get back on the road and make it home.
It all depends on the roads, weather, traffic, outlook and most of all, mindset. Sometimes you want that challenge and sometimes your brain tells you to wait it out. No rush. I will ride all day in the rain if I encounter it on the road but hate leaving the house in the rain.
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On the Autobahn I keep under 110 when it rains, ...