I agree with most opinions here. It depends on the storm and the approximation of a bar.

 

If im on a trip I press through. If I get caught around town I will just sit it out for a little while.

 

I'll wait it out if possible. Hail hurts...

 

I check my weather app andfind away around the storm. Putting on more miles when I am dry is better then less miles soaked!

 

Depends on the storm and roads.
short burst of rain, ride on.
big front coming through find a place to wait out the passing of the main line.
Storm with lots of rain wait about 20 minutes and than ride nice and cool in the rain.

 

If you see cows or roof tops flying around it's a good time to take cover, other than that I ride on.
I just ride through lightning, after a few cracks it gets old.
Thunderstorms comming this week and I'll be riding in as usual.

 

Comming from STL it is impossible to ride through some storms due to the rate in which it comes down. About a dozen times a year it rains so hard the traffic has to stop on the freeway. The windshield wipers cannot keep up and you cannot see the end of your hood. Other than that or getting wet at 45' out I ride through. Makes for fun stories.

 

+1

It all depends on whether lightning is present or not. Riders can get struck.

 

I never really thought about the lightning aspect till I came to these forums. I guess I always assumed it was the same thing as a car. Now whether or not people on bikes do get hit, I at least think about it and give pause. However, rain really doesn't give me pause too much. Just ride slower and even more alert if possible.

When I was in Bosnia, a severe T-storm rolled up fast while I was the only one in our tent. We had the sides rolled up so I went out to put them down, while outside puddles were already forming and I could feel tingling in my feet like I was getting shocked. Whether it was from the lightning or the from one of the many generators we had, I don't know, but it spooked me as I had never felt anything like that before. I got those sides down and back inside pretty quickly. (we had built a wooden floors for the tents)

 

wiped out once when i was younger riding a 750 supersport through a summer thunderstorm,

i pull over now