riding in the rain

[racinchef]

Rained almost all weekend, so when it seemed like the weather broke early Sunday afternoon I took a chance and got leathered up and took off for a ride. I was wrong. Not too long after I left the house the drizzle was back and the roads nice and wet. Undaunted, I decided to continue on hoping that this was just a little cell of bad weather. The further along I went, the worse it got. It never rained hard, just constant drizzle. I never-the-less enjoyed my ride and got a good chance to see how my Nomad was in the wet weather. The tires never broke loose during most normal dry road riding. Protection was fairly good, though in a steady rain I would have gotten soaked. I stopped twice for coffee, and the second place I was out under cover enjoying my cup of java when a Suzuki SV650 pulled up. It was another local rider out enjoying the day. When he walked up to the store I said, "and I thought I was the only idiot riding in the rain today". He was another rider that had gotten back into motorcycles after many years. We got to talking about bikes and stuff and both went our way. Not too bad of an afternoon of a lousy weekend for riding. I had to leave my bike uncovered overnight outside because it was all wet, and in the morning it was covered in frost, so I couldn't take it to work Monday morning. I ended up working 11 hours so I didn't have any energy or time to wash it so I will ride into work today and give it a wash after work. So my summation is that even in the rain the Kawasaki Nomad is fun to ride and delivers satisfaction when you need therapy