Motorcycle Murphy's Law And Rain....
If you’ve just polished all the chrome on your bike, including an hour for just your wheels, it is bound to rain in the next couple of days.
If you have forgotten to pack your wet weather riding gear, you are bound to be caught in a sudden downpour far from any shelter.
If you have cut down on your packing to squeeze your wet weather gear into your luggage, then you are guaranteed a dry ride.
When it does start raining you are out of town and nowhere near any decent shelter where you can put on your wet gear without getting wetter.
So you stop under a tree which isn’t much shelter and struggle for the next 10-15 minutes taking off your boots to get your wet pants on and squeezing into your rain jacket.
(Glad I didn't choose the above pictured tree!😳)
Your luck is that your friends are already in wet gear and don’t stop to help you because they stay drier if they are moving rather than stationary.
Without your friends to help you, and with your jacket and pants getting wetter by the second, it’s almost impossible to pull them on by yourself.
Then as soon as you have struggled to get into your wets, the rain stops.
Now you’re sweating from the effort of getting your gear on plus the extra effort of trying to catch up to the ride group. Now the sun is out and you’re absolutely boiling in your wets like a cooked spud.
You get so hot, you take off your wets and as soon as your pants and jacket are totally wind-dried, it starts raining again.
My scenario usually goes something like this too: When you think you’re all wrapped up and ready for the rain, you ride off and discover that your “100% waterproof” riding gear doesn’t live up to the hype, and you have to explain that you didn’t wet yourself. 😂
Stay Dry And Ride Onward!
Nana
It’s so hot down here. The devil is begging for a cold glass of ice water!