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So Who Rode in Today?

davidji said:
Didn't commute today, but I rode to the gym early evening. The roads were extra slick. Since it had been raining 2 hrs (though not steadily) I hoped the slickness might have washed away, but not yet. It seemed OK by the time I returned though.

I'm gonna need to take faceshield fog prevention measures. I hate doing it, because while I have countless products I can apply, the ones that actually help don't last. Liquid soap, non abrasive toothpaste, many anti-fog products, and I even have some fog prevention cloths that seemed to make the fogging worse.

So far this season when it's happened I just open my faceshield, but that's not as fun in the rain. Did it tonight as needed though.
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Pinlock!!!
 
Rode every day for the last month. Got rained on, got a tan, sold a scooter, swimming at the beach or pool every day. It's not cold everywhere!
 
I rode yesterday and I will ride today. My commute is so short it's not comparable to an actual commute though.
 
Dumbarton was a mess this AM. 2 wrecks. And yet people still texting and drifting around in their lane in the rain without lights on. SMH. I'm not usually a rev bomber but I had to a few times this am.
 
opted out for yesterdays storm, usually I will use bart for the first rain and wait for the oil and grime to get washed away.
 
580 west bound just after the Castro Valley Y has a motorcycle on the shoulder. Was on its kickstand but I assume it had been down.

Roads were wet but rain was light.
 
I'm always out in it but try to schedule my day around bad weather if/when possible (not always). Left work a little early to avoid gale force wind + rain + dark. Good call, high winds on CQ bridge and heavy rain as I was rolling in.
 
I had to ride to the mailbox...
 

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discoganya said:
First big storm of the season... so who rode in today?
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Rode in and out. Wasn't too bad. Got me a bit sketched out though with the rain + leaves. Had a few mishaps due to them extra slippery surfaces. Went to put my foot down while backing out - slipped a bit cause wouldn't ya know... my boots can't grip the ground. Decided to give it a bit of whee gas out of the lot and it slid the back out some too. Was like, "Aw yeah, this is one of those times where even the little bit of throttle is gonna slide it out!" Sadly - that's the only fun part. The less fun part is when you don't have ABS and your front wheel is trying to lock up anytime you hit the brakes.

Rode around - being extra gentle on the front brake... a real adjustment for me since I'm used to pounding it down (my normal braking force would've locked the wheel immediately as it did some weeks past due to some leaves).

Thought I was doing fine until I realized I was braking inside a puddle - little lock up there. (Couldn't see a thing - so damn dark even without the rain) Woops.

And then to top it off, nearly slid into someones car when trying to leave the light cause the wheel slipped out even with a rather modest amount of throttle. Turned out I had stopped my rear wheel in a small puddle. Some of the road on El Camino north of Palo Alto is sculpted in such a way where the dashed lines actually has sizable patches where water likes to collect. Can't tell - of course. It's small puddles but the tires don't care about size. I figured the puddles were mostly in the middle or 1/3rds of the lane - not on the damn dashed lines. :thumbdown

I'll skip the first rain of the season next year. Oh and I didn't wear my water proof gloves or my regular visor. So I was riding with the visor up in the pouring rain while freezing my hands off. Should've checked the forecast. :|

Drove in today. Had some errands to run that the bike wasn't suited for.
 
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Rode my 800GS the last few days, geared up for rain and wasn't let down. Freshly sealed and waxed boots kept the feet dry and warm, and heated gloves and grips did the same for the hands. Rain gear kept the rest of me 99% dry with only a little leak thru at the crotch, but all in all it was a good start to the season.
Tripped the ABS a few times on purpose to get a feel for conditions while rolling out and subsequently didn't have any surprises later on. Lots of leaves down in the parking lots at work and the neighborhoods around home, crawling in 1st gear kept everything in check, probably being overly cautious, but with no mishaps who cares. Only mistake I made was wearing my glasses home last night, pinlock doesn't do any good if your glasses fog up.
 
Riding up her in the foothills is contra indicated as the view from my front deck shows.
 

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My pinlock has started slipping down my visor, after a year or so. I've tried cleaning it with soap & water and reinserting, but it always seems to slip, even with the pins set for maximum tightness...

Rode in today, and had to keep the visor lifted the whole way. Not so much fun...
 
senpai71 said:
My pinlock has started slipping down my visor, after a year or so. I've tried cleaning it with soap & water and reinserting, but it always seems to slip, even with the pins set for maximum tightness..
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While I've read lots of people extolling the awesomeness of pinlock, I've also read of problems like that.

Since I only want clear (I really want photochromic, but it doesn't seem to be an option), I went with Bell's fixed 2-pane snow sports faceshield. Inexpensive, and so far, so good.

Back when I used a Scorpion helmet, their anti fog coating usually prevented fog with their regular faceshields.
 
davidji said:
While I've read lots of people extolling the awesomeness of pinlock, I've also read of problems like that.

Since I only want clear (I really want photochromic, but it doesn't seem to be an option), I went with Bell's fixed 2-pane snow sports faceshield. Inexpensive, and so far, so good.

Back when I used a Scorpion helmet, their anti fog coating usually prevented fog with their regular faceshields.
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Yeah, since I have a Schuberth C3, the Bell visor won't work :( I think I might just go with some spray-on anti-fog coating and see how that works....
 
senpai71 said:
Yeah, since I have a Schuberth C3, the Bell visor won't work :( I think I might just go with some spray-on anti-fog coating and see how that works....
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If it works and lasts more than an hour or 2 of use, post up. The ancient Cat Crap I last tried barely helped at all and gave up quickly.

I was hoping to find a solution for my Arai backup lid, but so far haven't even been able to verify the shield type it uses because of its age.
 
davidji said:
...I went with Bell's fixed 2-pane snow sports faceshield. Inexpensive, and so far, so good...
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My complaint with pinlock and the Raleri inserts I've tried is they're not distortion-free, especially at night in oncoming lights. Do the manufactured double pane faceshields distort? (Don't think Arai makes one for my current helmet anyway.)
 
Ugh, I just need to order a new pinlock for my C3. I took the original one off recently because it has gotten so much use that it was all corroded and hard to see through at night.
 
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