Anyone had any problems riding in heavy rain?

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I was out in the deluge on Sunday morning - 80+mph on the motorway in very heavy rain and I noticed an occasional surge in power. I wondered if it was momentary aquaplaning causing the rear to spin a little, but that in all honesty is doubtful... It usually happened when I gave it a fistful to overtake.. it would hesitate a little before picking up and accelerating away ... I've never noticed it before, but in fairness haven't ridden at such high speed in heavy rain before... It hasn't done it in 'normal' rain at urban speeds...

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Sounds like you've found a cheap way of implementing water injection. :augie
 
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Maybe if you're doing 80 in heavy rain:eek: you should sell the gs and get a jetski..............:Motomartin
 
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I too was out on Sunday night and commuted my 120 miles to work in torrential rain, I rode through several floods in depths of up to 2 feet almost to my knees, in fact some cars were stranded in it. The bike never missed a beat on the whole journey, short of totally submerging it, I dont think it would have been possible to get it any wetter, no problems with it whatsoever:thumb
 
fatbaldbob said:
I too was out on Sunday night and commuted my 120 miles to work in torrential rain, I rode through several floods in depths of up to 2 feet almost to my knees, in fact some cars were stranded in it. The bike never missed a beat on the whole journey, short of totally submerging it, I dont think it would have been possible to get it any wetter, no problems with it whatsoever:thumb
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I still say you're a numpty doing a commute like that on a bike.:D
 
Klanky said:
I still say you're a numpty doing a commute like that on a bike.:D
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And how please tell kind sir, would you reccommend I do do said commute?

Stupid question to ask you I suppose, as no doubt you'd suggest a TAXI!:D
 
brassmonkey001 said:
What's with all the :eek: ?
Don't you slow down when it's wet? :confused:
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From the looks of it, riding in the rain seems a bit of a taboo subject to some...:rob

I'm not sure whether the :eek::eek::eek: are because I was out in the rain, or because I was 'making progress' ....

Either way, I'll be silicone greasing all the electrical connectors I can find that might be exposed to the elements, and using WD40 with a hand-pump everywhere else I can reach, which will mean heaving the battery and air-box off... Deep Joy for the Weekend

Riding fast in the rain is great :JB :pullface


Hahaha...

I've just re-read my original post...

Greggers said:
in fairness haven't ridden at such high speed in heavy rain before..
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Haha ... this make me sound like some kind of rain virgin :augie ... of course I've ridden in rain before, just not miles and miles in V.Heavy Precipitation on the GS ... lolol... sometimes I make myself larf!
 
There's been a thread on this somewhere = perhaps ADV? In any case, some folk got around the problem by making some mods to the air intakes to prevent rain ingress
 
Greggers said:
I'm not sure whether the :eek::eek::eek: are because I was out in the rain, or because I was 'making progress' ....
Riding fast in the rain is great :JB :pullface
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Congratulations for you're "progress" :)
Let me just quote Neil Young for you,
Long may you run...
:rolleyes:
 
I rode for an hour in the same deluge at similar speeds, and the bike was grand. However, it was outside in the rain all Sat night and I got up in the morning and the battery was completely dead, not even a tick out of it. I hooked it up to a 4x4 and it took about 5 mins and some revving to fire the bike up it was that flat. This has never happened before, and since the last thing I've had done electrically is fit aux lights, I'm thinking it must be those. Water must have got in somewhere and crossed the terminals :( If anyone else has had a rain induced flat battery, I'd love to know what the cause is.
 
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