Riding In The Rain

Riding motorcycles is a constant education -- in addition to being a lot of fun. There have been two prior stories here in the weblog about this: Motorcycling In The Winter and Wind Chill. The latest lesson was about riding in the rain. Lots of rain. Everybody that does much bike riding has probably experienced some rain at least once. Sometimes you see bikes and riders waiting under the overpass along interstate highways. More than a year ago I wrote a story called "Do We Need the Interstate Highway System in America?". As of yesterday I now know the answer -- if it is raining really hard we definitely need them! After a thunderstorm had passed, I checked the forecast for the entire route from Pennsylvania to Connecticut. It called for scattered thunderstorms with a 40% chance of rain. Seeded like a reasonable risk. The first 35 miles of the ride was sunny with a blue sky.(more)

Motorcycles August 18, 2003 07:00 PM