50% Chance of Rain: Ride or Not-Ride?
#11
08-02-2016, 01:10 PM
I guess my cutoff of 50% is just an arbitrary line I made for myself to minimize getting caught at work waiting for storms to pass.
#12
08-02-2016, 01:26 PM
My Iron is a fair weather bike. The reason for that is because I have a SuperCommuterScooter which is a Honda Sh300 which has a Givi Airflow screen fitted. No point in riding the Iron and getting soaked when I can be a lot drier on the SuperCommuterScooter!
The car isn't really an option for me as although I get a parking space at work, I'd have to pay the congestion charge to drive in London which is over £10 a day and I'd probably use the same again in petrol, where as SuperCommuterScooter costs just under £4 a day in fuel and isn't subject to the highway robbery, sorry, congestion charge. No brainer.
The car isn't really an option for me as although I get a parking space at work, I'd have to pay the congestion charge to drive in London which is over £10 a day and I'd probably use the same again in petrol, where as SuperCommuterScooter costs just under £4 a day in fuel and isn't subject to the highway robbery, sorry, congestion charge. No brainer.
#13
08-02-2016, 01:31 PM
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If you don't mind your bike getting rained on. I always wash and detail mine after getting caught in rain. I wouldn't leave the house if it is already raining. 30% chance, I would go for it figuring it probably wont rain. 50% It might, it might not. I would probably not ride in 50% chance, but to each their own. I never thought rain riding was any kind of fun. When I ride in rain, it is because I get caught in it. I have ridden in some good summer thunderstorms before.
#14
08-02-2016, 01:53 PM
50% and not raining I set out. Rain - I stay home. Out in the rain everything's slower and cornering is steady to slow. No rain but wet roads is almost as bad. There may be fuel underneath. Watch out for metal covers. Cleaning the bike is a pain afterwards. Am retired now so ride almost always in the dry but here in South Wales it rains a lot so sometimes you just got to get out! The forecast is my oracle - as far as you can trust anything!
#15
08-02-2016, 02:07 PM
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08-02-2016, 03:07 PM
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08-02-2016, 03:10 PM
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08-02-2016, 04:00 PM
#20
08-02-2016, 04:05 PM
Road Master
Yup. If you want to drive in our Capital City during certain hours, then that's what you pay. That assumes you have a vehicle that is compliant for the LEZ (Low Emission Zone)... https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/low-emission-zone
