I dont have the Balls...

[jtemple]

I'd push my bike that hard if I wasn't the one paying for it when it got wadded up.

[PhiSig1071]

Originally Posted by No Worries

Race rain tires are ultra sticky. Your fingers can stick to it.


Right. In the rain, you lean off the bike, not lean the bike. You can actually lean so far off the bike that you are pushing the bike vertical. Makes riding in the rain easy. But still look out for manhole covers and vinyl ped-crossing strips. Those are slippery when wet.

Yeah, I don't ride like that in the rain on the street, only on the track. I ride pretty sedately in the rain on the street, unless I'm on the 'tard, in which case I'm backin' it in everywhere I go!

[ceo012384]

riding hard in the rain is fun you just need to hang off well and stay relaxed and smooth.

With good tires you can do most things almost as hard as you can in the dry (braking, accelerating, and turning)... but you just CAN'T do any of them at the same time

[jeeps84]

Smooth being the operative term.

[ceo012384]

Originally Posted by jeeps84

Smooth being the operative term.

Yes sir... all your mistakes or 'unsmoothities' are magnified in the wet.

Also, a couple suspension clicks here and there are appropriate for track riding in the wet. I think my buddy said he backs out the rebound damping a few clicks, kinda forget though.

Lastly... making sure you 'set' the front end and get the tire squatted before getting hard on the binders is imperative to not lock up the front under braking.

[smileyman]

Rain riding is fun as long as your on track...On the city streets there is just to much residue and slime from the traffic...Country highways can be ok if it is a downpour...enough to wash off the cow crap and oil residue. Here in AR yuo get wash out spot though that ends the fun awful quick.

Your right on with the rebound. You want the bike to be soft at both ends and let the suspension travel. Smooth on the controls and you'll be suprised what lean angles you canget away with...You want to lean your body more and the bike less and then just trust your tires...

[ceo012384]

^yup... dragging knee in the rain for the first time was an eye-opening experience for me... pretty cool

[DLIT]

That guy's asshole will never, ever, ever pucker.

[r!der]

lets see some knee dargging action pix in the rain...otherwise it's all blah blah balh. hahah seriously, props if you can...i'm a wuss...conditions gotta be right for me to go edge to edge.

[marko138]