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I'll also check that it leans over and wheelies properly 
Fight Fight Fight FightFFS! Go and get the damn thing - a bit of rain never hurt anyone. Well, unless you find a manhole on a bend, or give it too much welly whilst leant over!
Just take it steady - I did most of my training in the rain and it's still loads of fun, you just have to feel for grip and take it a bit steadier. Stop being such a coward
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Just take it steady - I did most of my training in the rain and it's still loads of fun, you just have to feel for grip and take it a bit steadier. Stop being such a coward
DISCLAIMER: I take no responsibility for any loss of monies, possessions or limbs resulting in listening to the advice posted above.
s2ooz said:
Strange isnt it? I took my test in Feb and there was ice on the roads, and some snow.
Now im vastly more experienced --- you wouldnt catch me out in that bloody weather.
Same as me, though if I have to go long distances on anything other than motorways, ill always take the bike unless theres snow/ice on the roads. I prefer to be drenched but making good progress than warm and dry but stuck behind some dopey 'speed kills' Doris in a Metro or similar.
The reason you don't go out in bad weather is probably because you've become used to riding rather differently to the way you did on your test, and riding that way in bad weather can get rather scary. Nobody minds toning things down a bit if the conditions dictate, but none of us want to go back to riding at the speed limit everywhere and not leaning around corners!
Just got back and the second I pulled-up on my driveway the heavens opened and now we're having rain of biblical proportions - seriously 
scary rain!
Glad I didn't delay the trip by 5mins because I'd probably be dead or crying about now.
The bike is sooooooo nice to ride, even though the first few miles were a bit intimidating but any town at rush hour probably isn't the best place to start for a newbie on a new bike.
But got home alive so that's the first goal accomplished. Just hope it's sunny tomorrow so I can do a bit more familiarisation
Oh, and yeah, it's true; all car drivers are s.
scary rain! Glad I didn't delay the trip by 5mins because I'd probably be dead or crying about now.
The bike is sooooooo nice to ride, even though the first few miles were a bit intimidating but any town at rush hour probably isn't the best place to start for a newbie on a new bike.
But got home alive so that's the first goal accomplished. Just hope it's sunny tomorrow so I can do a bit more familiarisation
Oh, and yeah, it's true; all car drivers are
s.Yay!
Picked up my zxr750 years back between christmas and new year and rode it home from coventry to manchester in the snow with traffic queueing as normal and snow piling up on the white lines. I'd only had my license 6 months and was *so* tired I fell asleep on the sofa in front of the fire with my full leather, gloves and lid still on. The wife looked a bit shocked when she finally made it home.
The next day I dug the bike out of the snow drift to put it in the shed and promptly dropped it taking it up a step snapping the brake lever off.
Happy days
Mark
Picked up my zxr750 years back between christmas and new year and rode it home from coventry to manchester in the snow with traffic queueing as normal and snow piling up on the white lines. I'd only had my license 6 months and was *so* tired I fell asleep on the sofa in front of the fire with my full leather, gloves and lid still on. The wife looked a bit shocked when she finally made it home.
The next day I dug the bike out of the snow drift to put it in the shed and promptly dropped it taking it up a step snapping the brake lever off.
Happy days
Mark
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