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On Sunday, September 28, 2014 9:22:44 AM UTC-4, Jim Wilkins wrote:
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...Among other things

I learned to buy saddlebags and always carry rain gear, because
on the

highway rain feels like a shower of gravel.

I could imagine. I never got to close to motorcycling, because rain
could seem like it comes from nowhere. I hate seeing those
motorcycles staying under overpasses until it dies down.

It isn't hard to dress adequately for rain and the face shield is so
close that water on it is out of focus, and blown flat instead of
beading, not nearly as bad as a car with broken wipers. The best
reason for parking under highway bridges is to stay out of the
blinding spray from trucks. IFR conditions on a bike are no fun at
all. Another is that painted pavement markings can be very slippery
when wet.