Rain riding...likely posted before, but worth another look for the chuckle factor.

[ptegsotic]

There isn't enough room on the server to list all the injuries!

you really need to cool those jets

[Rob S.]

you really need to cool those jets

Jets are extinguished - I'll be lucky to walk again. Suzi will go in the living room, where I can safely admire her. And Don Corleone will give protection in the East, and there will be the peace.

[Buffalo Bill]

Jets are extinguished - I'll be lucky to walk again. Suzi will go in the living room, where I can safely admire her. And Don Corleone will give protection in the East, and there will be the peace.

So sorry to hear you had such a bad bad crash. So bad you can't remember it, wow!
Do what you can do tough guy.

[kingofvenus]

Two words, Dirt track....

[Carter Turk]

I like at the end, the 2 team owners, Blata underwhelmed by his rider, but Tardozzi is humored by the display, and Bayliss is amused too!

[bobtail84]

Sure but the rider in the video had more than tires working for him....extraordinary skill.

It's the skill and confidence in his ability to ride the bike that I admire, if I was only a 10th as good I would be happy. Still, I can dream

[Brendan W]

Jets are extinguished - I'll be lucky to walk again. Suzi will go in the living room, where I can safely admire her. And Don Corleone will give protection in the East, and there will be the peace.

Go to the mattresses doesn't mean get yourself broke up

[nastyjones]

Love the enthusiasm of those Italian announcers!

[Griffin]

Reminds me of the inaugural Indianapolis MotoGP held in 2008:

On that day, the remnants of Hurricane Ike were moving across the Great Lakes region and played havoc with the weather in Indiana. They started the race in the rain, ran several laps in the wet, then went into the pits due to visibility and wind issues. Once the rain pretty much stopped, they went back onto the track to finish, and the wind picked up more and mostly dried the track off. But the race was called short soon thereafter because of 30-40 mph wind gusts.

One has no idea how anticlimactic it is to call the winner of a race when all the racers are in the pits waiting for the weather to clear, and it never does.

I'm sure it's more disappointing to the racers than the fans, except for the rider (Rossi, in that case) who was leading when they stopped the race.

[Wingsconsin]

Last year while riding my 1983 GS850GL all over the southeast I spent a fair amount of time in the rain

It seemed to rain every day of my 10 days out -- and as such I got fairly accustomed to riding wet.

On one day I was zipping up a main highway (4 lanes) and went into a right hand downhill sweeper at about 70mph (posted speed 65)

As I was coming around the corner I felt the rear end start to come out as it slid on the wetness - only losing partial grip I suppose -

I rode it out for the 20-30 feet and the rear grabbed again - and once it hooked up I went into a terrible wobble for another 100 yards (all distances are estimated)

Finally I got straightened out -- and slowed down for the rest of the day too.

Riding in the rain can be fun - and you have more traction than you imagine you do - but it is not an experience to be taken lightly.

Be safe

[Steve]

Many years ago, we attended a Goldwing rally near Asheville, NC. It was raining as we left on Sunday, headed west on I-40. Riding through "the canyon" is usually a nice time. The rain made us back it off a notch or two, then we got to the "notices" painted on the roadway. Yeah, the ones that say "No trucks in left lane". They are intended to keep traffic moving by letting cars get by the trucks that have to slow down a bit through the curves, but every single one of those notices was placed IN THE CURVE.

When we got home, I wrote a letter to the NC Highway Department expressing my displeasure at the placement of their notices. About a week later, I got a reply. It was actually an apology for the oversight. They explained that they have a committee that meets with the road engineers. The committee's members represent fire fighters, truck drivers, bus drivers and many other walks of life, including several who are motorcyclists. Seems they only placed them at regular intervals, not noticing that they were in the turns. He said that there wasn't much they could do with the current notices, but as they were replaced, they would pay more attention to placement.

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[Wingsconsin]

many years ago, we attended a goldwing rally near asheville, nc. It was raining as we left on sunday, headed west on i-40. Riding through "the canyon" is usually a nice time. The rain made us back it off a notch or two, then we got to the "notices" painted on the roadway. Yeah, the ones that say "no trucks in left lane". They are intended to keep traffic moving by letting cars get by the trucks that have to slow down a bit through the curves, but every single one of those notices was placed in the curve.

When we got home, i wrote a letter to the nc highway department expressing my displeasure at the placement of their notices. About a week later, i got a reply. It was actually an apology for the oversight. They explained that they have a committee that meets with the road engineers. The committee's members represent fire fighters, truck drivers, bus drivers and many other walks of life, including several who are motorcyclists. Seems they only placed them at regular intervals, not noticing that they were in the turns. He said that there wasn't much they could do with the current notices, but as they were replaced, they would pay more attention to placement.

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stay off the paint !!