Bring Full Face Helmet if going to Sturgis
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07-29-2010, 04:41 PM
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07-29-2010, 04:49 PM
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#35
07-29-2010, 06:39 PM
I was riding through the Black Hills 5 years ago and hit a hail storm. It got cold as hell and then started raining. I had a small ice hit my cheek and I told the old lady man that rain is hard. She yelled at me that it was hailing and we pulled over quickly. My buddy had one hit his nose. Told me that didn't feel very good either.
#37
07-29-2010, 06:59 PM
When I was riding it was high 80's then low 30's in a flash. My glasses fogged over and I was just trying to clear them when it hit. We didn't ride very far in it. Where we pulled over 4 others pulled over and we were in the woods when lightning hit. We decided to have a few small hail hit us instead.
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07-30-2010, 06:53 AM
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"Little tip for you first timers...if you're riding along and it starts to sprinkle rain or looks likes it's gonna...and then, the temps plummet, seek shelter quickly because the hail ain't far behind. "
Another tip I got from my first wife (she was raised on a farm in southern MN) - If you see a thunderhead and if the lightning is cloud-to-cloud (long rumbling thunder rather than a quick bang), you better prepare for hail. I've followed that advice many times and gotten off the lake or off the road in a nick of time. (It didn't help me a couple weeks ago though when I got caught in a nasty hail storm on the bike. I kinda got beat up a bit. There was no warning except for the black sky and some wind that was ripping trees out by the roots.)
"Little tip for you first timers...if you're riding along and it starts to sprinkle rain or looks likes it's gonna...and then, the temps plummet, seek shelter quickly because the hail ain't far behind. "
Another tip I got from my first wife (she was raised on a farm in southern MN) - If you see a thunderhead and if the lightning is cloud-to-cloud (long rumbling thunder rather than a quick bang), you better prepare for hail. I've followed that advice many times and gotten off the lake or off the road in a nick of time. (It didn't help me a couple weeks ago though when I got caught in a nasty hail storm on the bike. I kinda got beat up a bit. There was no warning except for the black sky and some wind that was ripping trees out by the roots.)
Hey, at least ya got something useful from your first wife...I wasn't so lucky.
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