2-up sport touring the twisties and Bad weather.....?

[Lawn Dart]

Heh, yeah.  That's rain.  And yeah, the Wifey took that pic!

[Doons]

Not trying to freak you out, just giving you something to think about. Both times I have ridden the BRP north bound at the northern end I have experienced scenes like this.


Riding in the fog is a lot more mentally draining and frustrating than the rain.

That is exactly how the BRP looked last May when I rode it. I could'nt agree more with the statement above!!

[BigBore4ST]

Not trying to freak you out, just giving you something to think about. Both times I have ridden the BRP north bound at the northern end I have experienced scenes like this.


Riding in the fog is a lot more mentally draining and frustrating than the rain.

I could post my pics from my 5/4 - 5/5 ride to Little Switzerland but they look exactly like this. EXACTLY
It is a bit humbling which is what I meant by "Not for the faint of heart"
Good pic

[dm_gsxr]

Big +1 on the wife's tolerence for discomfort. Rita's a big stickler for that. My tolerence is much much higher than hers. Sounds like a good plan on taking the bike, being careful and if it's too much, to bail and hit a motel room. That's that much less fast riding you'll have to do on the freeways on Saturday.

And that fog brings back memories of riding the BRP and riding up in Nova Scotia. Up there I chased a rabbit through the rain and fog until I lost him just before the toll booths. It was pretty interesting, I must say

Good luck and enjoy the ride. Don't forget pics.

Carl

[timk]

  If you have good rubber on your tires, go for it. Since our last el nino(sp) season, we don't let rain stop us. High winds,bad storms are another thing. +1 on that pic of the fog on the BRP, we got off at the first opportunity. You never know if your going too slow or fast in the dense fog RUN YOUR FLASHERS!!!

[HexHead]

My wife's first "trip" on the bike was 200 mi. in the pouring rain with no expectation of the weather improving. Our next trip was 300 miles, 200 of it in and out of rain. A couple of days later when we left Chicago, we rode out and for about 50 miles in a thunderstorm of biblical proportions. Not a single complaint from her through any of it.