Longest distance in the rain?

[MAXIMAN]

This is kind of a spin off planedick's question:

What is the farthest you've ridden in the rain? I have not had the misfortune of being forced into the rain often. Last year I rode 150-200 miles from eastern Utah to Durango, CO.

Not very far in the rain really but certainly enough to make me realize riding in the rain (with a good rain suit) is no big deal. I actually kind of enjoyed it except when I would meet or pass a big 18 wheeler.

I used to dread rain. I usually would stop when it starting raining to see if it would pass and now I just keep on rolling unless it is so heavy I can't see.

[MartyA]

Does being dressed for it but not actually getting wet on the outside count? We did ~800 to Myrtle Beach one day last year threatening skies all the way down, but only a couple of hours a couple of times of actual rain.

I have done about 250 miles on several occasions on different bikes in steady rain.

[wingnut]

Soaked to the skin

Radford Va to Balitimore Md in hard rain the whole way on a XS650. Open face helmet with sun glasses and no gloves. Took about 4.5 hours. I could not have been any wetter. Took my boots a week to dry out, 650 didn't miss a beat, great bike!

DJ

[fly]

Sidney,Neb. to N.Ogden,Ut. solid rain all day. was not a fun day.
fly

[prometheus578]

RE: My ride report from last sept."

Rain... you want to talk about rain?
All of Wyoming, Utah, Idaho and part of Oregon before I stopped for the night.
Eighteen or nineteen hours worth of rain, all for an "Iron Butt" that I never submitted anyway!

[xswilly]

i was 110 miles from home
dressed for 75 degree weather
no rain suit with me
the sky opened up, a freek storm
the kind cages pull over and wait it out
naked bike no fairing
nothing on me was dry
so much rain it puddled into the sparkplug area on the motor
and the bike started to skip

[Dragonrider]

From West Virginia, down the Blue Ridge parkway, across Tennesee and North Carolina (we ran US 129...tail of the dragon...while it was raining 4" per hour)...we finally got out of the rain at Little Rock...more than a 1000 miles...

I've done several stretches of hundreds of miles...a good rainsuit and a sense of humor are a must.

[planedick]

Every day

While going across country I would go through the rain storm and that night while I slept, it would pass again and then I would get up and go through it again. At one time in Nebraska, I stood in a gas station and the bike was about ten feet away outside and it was raining so hard I couldn't see it.

[TopCatGr58]

During my return trip from an XSEast, Brent and I were in northern Va., a very nice angry summer thunderstorm came up, and I had no rain suit....Brent had one. We stopped at a covered little convenient store, and I acquired a few plastic trash bags. It's amazing what you can do with a roll of DUCT tape!

The next year to XS East in Penn. I was prepared! Rain Suit, rubber boots, gloves, etc.! It was raining when I left home, and didn't hit dry weather till I got into Penn.!
Fortunately, it was dry for the weekend rides.

I built my trailer that summer!
T.C.

[ZXDavid]

Man I know way over 500 miles . It was a nightmare! I even had to replace the blades on the car once during the trip.

[Jerry]

Don't know how many miles, but last year, returning from Revelstoke, it rained from Revelstoke to way down in Montanna. It rained on the way up as well. As Dragonrider says, a good suit and a sense of humor...

Riding in the rain isn't all that bad. I've yet to take a long trip without getting into some rain, comes with the territory.

[MAXIMAN]

Originally posted by Dragonrider
I've done several stretches of hundreds of miles...a good rainsuit and a sense of humor are a must.

That's what I'm talkin' about! Spoken by a real rider.

A little water never hurt anyone.

[trbig]

I have a full fairing and full face mask on my helmet. This summer, while riding with 3 others on Harleys that were naked, a pretty heavy storm rolled through.... those big heavy rain drops. They were all griping and moaning... saying how bad it was hurting... I just ducked in a bit behind my windshield and kept pointing and laughing at them. We ended up pulling over and discovered a pretty cool bar to wait it out in. The wettest I really get with the fairing and all is from the shins down.

On a side note.. this was an extremely heavy rain... and for those that think you can't ride in the rain with pod filters on.. Pfffft. Didn't miss a lick.. Actually felt stronger... the air was more dense. I'm sure it sucked some mist in, but by the time it gets through the carbs and valves and into those hot cylinders.. it seemed to like it! lol.

So... so far, a total of about 20 miles as the furthest, but I actually liked it. I am looking forward to more of it honestly. Being from Washington state... I still love the rain anyway.

Tod

[malber]

I haven't ridden long distance in the rain, but on the first range day for my MSF Basic Rider course we had a Nor'easter hit. It rained monsoon style all day; rather unusual for New England. Imagine a whole class of people with mostly no motorcycle experience learning to ride in a downpour, with no rain gear. I didn't own any rain gear at the time. Thought my winter coat shell would keep out the water. It didn't.

First exercise was straight line, just to get the feel of the clutch. They divided the class by half and had one half go first. I was in the second group. One of the girls in the first group panics right before she gets to the stop line and spills right in front of everyone. Then they signal for our group to go. This was my introduction to motorcycling. I only had one real thought: "Do not crash." Fortunately that was the only spill that day.

[MAXIMAN]

Originally posted by trbig

So... so far, a total of about 20 miles as the furthest, but I actually liked it. I am looking forward to more of it honestly. Being from Washington state... I still love the rain anyway.

Tod

20 miles?!?!?

Tod I don't think that's a long enough test for those pods. I can't say for sure (becuase I don't use them) but I'd be willing to bet if you were in a driving rain storm for a 100 miles or better it would be a different outcome.

Any POD users in here that have ridden in hard rain for 100+ miles?