Rain Gear Poll - How do you stay dry?

[stevent]

Well so much for my "100% waterproof" cheapo's. I got caught out in a monsoon Monday and they leaked like sieves. I tossed them in the garbage and just greased the hell out of my Lee Parks with some Mink oil, so far they've held off a few moderate rain rides. The Darien is still working great though! ..

[MIDSKIER]

I have a 2 piece fieldsheer suit that works ok.......... the windblast on my bike is center of my chest, guess where the leak is...........
I also had setup h2o boots, they were great comfy and dry , now I have Sidi b-2 Gortex I can only hope they'll be as good as my cheapos were.

I also just got a new pair of fieldsheer waterproof gloves, haven't tried them yet either

our last "big" ride included 180 miles of rain I did ok, my riding buddy not so good , he was pouring water out of his boots when we finally stopped

[ConPilot1]

now I have Sidi b-2 Gortex I can only hope they'll be as good as my cheapos were.

they should be fine. I stood in a creek up to mid-calf with my On-Roads and not a leak. Bone dry feet.

[schmii]

had firstgear textiles to stay dry, now motoport with tourmaster 1pc... shouldn't see too much use :fingers_crossed

firstgear glacier gloves, alpinestars ridge boots

[sammyseaman]

I swore off rain riding back in 81 (true story)

Back in 81 while stationed at Yokota AFB Japan my riding buddy Bob wanted to
import his Japanese only cobalt blue CB750F back into the States... the only
problem was... if a bike didn't have a Federal Standard Safety sticker the
custom inspectors would condemn it for destruction on the docks...

Poor Bob was depressed for days...

I couldn't take it any more... it was time to hatched a plan to gain Bob a
sticker... first I found the factory that produced the CB750F... next I arranged
a tour of the factory... finally I picked up 3 copies of "nocut" Playboys from
the Stars and Stripes books store Yokota AFB... nocut means no Japanese
censorship... you see every single copy of Playboy that reached Japan in 81 a
censor dutifully blacked out ever female vagina part... because of this the
Japanese were starved to see blond western female private parts that boarded on
the Holy Grail... so I figured nocut Playboys would make great bargaining
chips...


81 Our ride started out with darken skies and soon the rain came followed by a full
force monsoon... We rode 12 hours in torrential down pour with a fair amount of
hydro planning due to the water troughs hammered into the asphalt by the heavy
Hinos and Izuzus trucks...  the deciding moment came as a trickle of cold water
found the warm crack of my butt... I swore off rain riding right then and there
for ever...

I believe rain riding is bike abuse...

I was gonna call you all kinds of bad names but I think I'll just do this:  

[Mr.Black]

I swore off rain riding back in 81 (true story)

Back in 81 while stationed at Yokota AFB Japan my riding buddy Bob wanted to
import his Japanese only cobalt blue CB750F back into the States... the only
problem was... if a bike didn't have a Federal Standard Safety sticker the
custom inspectors would condemn it for destruction on the docks...

Poor Bob was depressed for days...

I couldn't take it any more... it was time to hatched a plan to gain Bob a
sticker... first I found the factory that produced the CB750F... next I arranged
a tour of the factory... finally I picked up 3 copies of "nocut" Playboys from
the Stars and Stripes books store Yokota AFB... nocut means no Japanese
censorship... you see every single copy of Playboy that reached Japan in 81 a
censor dutifully blacked out ever female vagina part... because of this the
Japanese were starved to see blond western female private parts that boarded on
the Holy Grail... so I figured nocut Playboys would make great bargaining
chips...


81 Our ride started out with darken skies and soon the rain came followed by a full
force monsoon... We rode 12 hours in torrential down pour with a fair amount of
hydro planning due to the water troughs hammered into the asphalt by the heavy
Hinos and Izuzus trucks...  the deciding moment came as a trickle of cold water
found the warm crack of my butt... I swore off rain riding right then and there
for ever...

I believe rain riding is bike abuse...

nancy