monsoon weather!
 

couldn't help but notice on thursday in the monsoon weather that the traffic slows so much in heavy rain. I speed up as i want to get home quickly! was a little concerned as motorcycle tyres must aquaplane so easily- as there's a distinct lack of grooves on them!
so , how fast would you ride comfortably in heavy heavy rain? (ie when the 'spray' warnings come up on the motorway)

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As fast as i could see, so as i have X-ray and IR sight, 120+ ;)

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I'm always in-front, so no spray.:smt028

120+:smt110

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Before buying my current bike I went out on their demo machine and it was absolutely belting down at the time. Had it up to around 130 on the DC and it was fine. You can always take bigger risks on someone elses bike though! :) I wouldn't do it with lots of cages around because they tend to get even more sleepy in the rain and with the spray reducing visibility it is silly.

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How hard is hard rain?

I've been on the M60/M56 before now doing 30 in thick fog thinking it was too fast, and had cars coming past me at approx 80.

If I can see & I feel comfortable, fine, if not, slow down.

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Depends how hard its raining, what the road surface is like, what the visability is like and how much traffic there is.

I tend to ride / drive as fast as I feel comfortable.

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ridin all year round makes you ignore rain, however heavy it is. But when its cold and wet your visor steams up and so does your specs, funny i could swear theres no fog today..oh there you are....

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I've ridden through rain that you couldn't see more the 30ft ahead, with the mortorway practically a river (albeit a shallow 1-2ish inch one :lol:). Even though you get used to how it feels when it happens, aqua-planing on a bike is not a fun experience in my book... :lol:

I'll scare myself doing the speed limit and then back off to a more comfortable speed until I get impatient and speed up again. It's a vicious circle... :lol:

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Wait, where's the 'under 60' option or the 'rain??? You're having a laugh if you think I'm going out in rain' option.

As fast as I dare.