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Started by optiato, May 22, 2008, 07:46:47 AM

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optiato

May 22, 2008, 07:46:47 AM
Hah.. oops... just for the record, office chairs aren't comfortable in wet jeans.  It wasn't supposed to rain today...!  So I scheduled n appointment with DucSea to get my rear swingarm looked at ( @^)*@#$^(& ), cleared it with my boss to give me a couple hours in the afternoon.. and it rained. 

Well, dangit, I'm no wimp, it's not far to work, I'll just ride anyway.  Oops.  Right now I'm hiding in a back room with a space heater (which aren't allowed in our building) trying to dry out my legs and my desert camoflage boots.  On the bright side, my mesh jacket (with rain liner!) performed flawlessly.

I just thought I'd share my discomfort with you all this morning.

Big Troubled Bear

#1
May 22, 2008, 07:52:28 AM
Don`t you just hate a wet noodle :o
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optiato

#2
May 22, 2008, 07:58:23 AM
Very, very much so!

Stangman

#3
May 22, 2008, 08:10:28 AM
Only happened to me once and it sucked. Came out of nowhere too..

Those raindrops turn into bbs real quick once you get moving.  Yet another time I wonder what guys with no helmet do..  [laugh]

ltnuke

#4
May 22, 2008, 08:12:24 AM
Peeing your pants is the coolest!

optiato

#5
May 22, 2008, 08:14:00 AM
I rode with a helmet back in my cruiser days... rain STINGS!

optiato

#6
May 22, 2008, 08:17:46 AM
And on top of that, my bike kept trying to stall when starting from a stop.







(I didn't downshift all the way... I haven't done that since my very first ride on the street years ago)

MaxPower

#7
May 22, 2008, 08:47:42 AM
Quote from: ltnuke on May 22, 2008, 08:12:24 AM
Peeing your pants is the coolest!

.... then consider me Miles Davis!
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Stangman

#8
May 22, 2008, 08:55:10 AM
Quote from: MaxPower on May 22, 2008, 08:47:42 AM
.... then consider me Miles Davis!

That is the grossest thing I've ever heard!  Let's go!

VisceralReaction

#9
May 22, 2008, 11:59:29 AM
Quote from: big bear on May 22, 2008, 07:52:28 AM
Don`t you just hate a wet noodle :o

Ahhh, ball soup. :P
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ducatiz

#10
May 22, 2008, 01:20:35 PM
Quote from: VisceralReaction on May 22, 2008, 11:59:29 AM
Ahhh, ball soup. :P

...and swamp ass.

what a day!
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IZ

#11
May 22, 2008, 01:45:24 PM
Where's that aeriel view pic of the yellow Monster going through about 4' of flood water?! 
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Quote from: bobspapa on May 29, 2011, 08:09:57 AMThis just in..IZ is not that short..and I am not that tall.

optiato

#12
May 22, 2008, 02:56:35 PM
I sat in front of a tiny space heater for an hour to dry out this morning...

55Spy

#13
May 22, 2008, 03:07:48 PM
this hopefully won't be the last time you ride in the rain.

It's a right of passage to becoming more than a fair weather rider.

optiato

#14
May 23, 2008, 06:45:16 AM
Nah, I've ridden in the rain before, I'm just usually a little more prepared for it.
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