Ride in the Rain

What windshield and/or top do you have?

With my slingshot as my daily driver I have ridden in the rain several times and even in fairly heavy rain I have stayed pretty dry. I have a rain suite but I have never bothered to stop and put it on, with the stock blade windshield the rain mostly gets me in the face and the full helmet takes care of that - - - the only time I really got soaked was when I was sitting at a light in a somewhat flooded intersection and a guy in a big 4x4 truck blasted past everyone and nailed me with his wake - - - A$$ hole

^^^ wasn't me... I promise! 😁

Quote from edwardaneal

With my slingshot as my daily driver I have ridden in the rain several times and even in fairly heavy rain I have stayed pretty dry. I have a rain suite but I have never bothered to stop and put it on, with the stock blade windshield the rain mostly gets me in the face and the full helmet takes care of that - - - the only time I really got soaked was when I was sitting at a light in a somewhat flooded intersection and a guy in a big 4x4 truck blasted past everyone and nailed me with his wake - - - A$$ hole

I was on a 2 wheeler right after a big deluge ....I came up on a giant deep puddle that completely covered my lane and over into the oncoming lane....

Car driver coming toward me and all I could see was a windshield full of teeth....he floored it and sent a giant wave right at me......you could have surfed it.....needless to say he got me....cowabunga dude...

The one problem I see for Slingshots in the rain is the rear wheel is in the oil soaked center of the lane. Most dangerous in light rain. Heavy rain will wash most of the oil off the center lane but it is still a lousy surface for traction. That is why I do not ride in the rain.

Quote from canegrinder

The one problem I see for Slingshots in the rain is the rear wheel is in the oil soaked center of the lane. Most dangerous in light rain. Heavy rain will wash most of the oil off the center lane but it is still a lousy surface for traction. That is why I do not ride in the rain.

And the fronts are in the ruts that have water in them

I haven't tried riding in the rain just yet, but it's on the horizon because living here in the Midwest(Ohio), it's been raining and a chance of thunderstorms every freaking day!! I want to get more miles on her but not sure how she'll hold up in the rain. With everything else you do, just have to use common sense and go slower and understand what it is that your riding and where the power comes from. I rode my Goldwing rain or shine with rain gear, but I just took my time and rode slow and easy on the turns and the throttle. I imagine it would be the same with the SS.

Wish I had a video of my wife trying to put on her poncho while heading down the highway at 60 mph. She managed to fight it on just before the rain hit really hard.

I do not ever plan on riding in the rain but I have been caught in rain storms many many times. Some so hard I was doing 20mph because I could not see the road. So afraid someone was going to slam me from behind. That rain storm I was soaked to the bone. Just a normal rain is not to bad, Hydroplaning is what always scares me. Been there done that once.

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I do not ever plan on riding in the rain but I have been caught in rain storms many many times. Some so hard I was doing 20mph because I could not see the road. So afraid someone was going to slam me from behind. That rain storm I was soaked to the bone. Just a normal rain is not to bad, Hydroplaning is what always scares me. Been there done that once.

Just took a car ride a few weekends ago to pick up girlfriends mother in lower West Virginia ...ran into a huge rain event...wipers couldn't keep up, coming in heavy sheets and the road and other cars kept disappearing..

I put on my 4 ways and I wish everyone in front of me did also....you could barely see their running lights but if they hit the brakes they became much more visible.....that’s why I had my flashers on so people behind me could see me. not because I was going under the speed limit....so my rear end was visible...

Keep that in mind. ...keep yourself visible to the other guy..

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Just took a car ride a few weekends ago to pick up girlfriends mother in lower West Virginia ...ran into a huge rain event...wipers couldn't keep up, coming in heavy sheets and the road and other cars kept disappearing..

I put on my 4 ways and I wish everyone in front of me did also....you could barely see their running lights but if they hit the brakes they became much more visible.....that’s why I had my flashers on so people behind me could see me. not because I was going under the speed limit....so my rear end was visible...

Keep that in mind. ...keep yourself visible to the other guy..

Flashers were on figured that went without saying

Quote from Chain

Flashers were on figured that went without saying

My point is most of the other drivers didn’t and it was hard for me to see them and they had their lights on...which alone didn’t help much.