Motorcycles BS Thread 2.0

Take a look at the Harley Lowrider it has mid controls for a more "normal" seating position.

 

haha i gotcha




waiting for the post when you are struggling to put it back in the bag after riding

 

Not gonna lie, I had to watch a YT vid to see how to get it stashed It basically just turns inside out and slides down into the pocket.

 

I have a Rev It rain jacket similar to that and it's surprisingly easy to stuff them back in the bags they come with. Mine packs down to about the size of a 12 oz. can and the Rev It rain pants I just got last year about the size of a Pringles can maybe a touch shorter.

 

haha now that would have been fun to watch you do after a rainy ride haha

dang thats pretty small when packed down!

 

Dang Chuck has me looking at the rev'it stuff

 

Refreshed the forks on the Africa Twin before the weather gets too good that I won't want to do it lol. Was pleased to see no excess wear on the uppers (so far at 27k miles) since there was a number of people reporting issues with coating etc on advrider. I rotated the uppers 90 degrees anyway just in case. Still need to decide on what rear shock to go with to replace the OEM. Excited for the trails to dry up.

 

haha well time to buy that! ill just ya know drive my truck when it rains lmao

 

Those rain pants have been on sale lately, that's when I grabbed mine.

https://www.motorcyclegear.com/street/raingear/jackets_and_pants/rev'it!/acid_3_h2o_rain_pants.html

pants are only $29.00

 

I have no intentions of riding in the rain. I just got them for "oh shit" scenarios

 

Wuss.

 

I rode to work this morning in a light rain and 50 degrees. Sunny and 60's when I leave though.

 

haha i just go oh shit welp im already soaked!

not really lol i find it honestly dumb unless you are out and get caught in it. i have no reason to go out for a ride that i wont even enjoy while getting pelted with rain. so ill take my truck lol

 

I rarely intentionally set out in the rain to be honest. I've ridden in it quite a bit when traveling and once I got into long distance rallying it became more of a necessity. I've been on rallies where it was just absolutely gorgeous weather leaving PA, sunny, temps in the 60's or higher and as we moved along following our route just simply ran into crap weather with no way to avoid it but to ride through it. For hours.....Finally got to our rest bonus hotel in WV, still in the rain. Stripped off all of our gear, which even with rain gear over it was still soaked, got hot showers then slept about 5 hours hoping it would pass over us. Got up in the morning, still about 200 miles from the finish and it was still raining. Turned out it was Hurricane Matthew making landfall and every rider on the rally showed up at the finish just sopping wet and dripping water everywhere.

Sadly, I've likely done more miles in the rain that some riders cover in 10 years. I've even done Tail of the Dragon in the rain more than once. It's way more fun when it's dry.

 

Yeah see I would have just stuffed it into it's own pocket and hoped for the best lol

 

I couldn't find the pocket

 

fully get it if you start out and its nice or if you are on a rally but for riding around town or going to work ya nope lol

 

this would be me lmao or id just roll it up and throw it in the bag haha

oh also you know that girl we were talking about awhile back and talking about a bike for her? ya welll we started dating last week so hopefully all goes well haha

 

sounds about right

 

nice going man! that's exciting

and i'm over here just doubling down on motos lol