Wet weather Riding

[Robert-Andre Croteau <sirac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

For those who are still worrying about water infiltration
in the hard bags, stop worrying.  As long as you make sure
nothing pinches the rubber seals, you'll be OK.

I just came back from a 2 day trip where we must have ridden
about 400kms in the rain (+200 on wet pavement) with a bout
of 100km in torrential rain (lightning hitting left and right
of us at times, couldn't stop anywhere, we were in a provincial
park) .  The first day, I had a shirt with a little water on it
but that's because it pinched the seal when I closed the bag.
On the second day (250k in the rain) everything was dry.

BTW, I also experience the flying rubber band syndrome ;)
Get some heavy showers, ride at 80-100km and Boum!! the rubber
band on the windshield goes nuts and flaps all over.  I just
grabbed it and tucked it right below the edge of the screen and
it didn't move.  I guess I'll have to glue it to the screen.
Has anybody fixed the problem ?

The bike felt stable in the rain, it's just that I wasn't :(
The others did not fare as well, especially the Harley rider
who didn't have a screen, his face was red from rain drops,
nope, they were rain pellets ...

Interesting tidbit:

I've ordered boot covers from my local dealer but they hadn't
arrived yet so I went on the trip without them.  Instead, I've
put "beezwax" (or whatever it's called) on my leather boots:
Standard Timberland high cut boot.  Works like a charm, not
a single drop of water got in.  I'm just amazed at how well it
worked (and Timberland should also be commended for great
stitching: quadruple stitch).  The only drawback of "beezwax"
is that the leather feels greasy after application and also
daskens the leater.

bye
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