All *Rain* Gear Has FAILED!!

[RVertigo]

Your gear doesn't need to be 100% waterproof...  Just not totally fail in one or more areas.

I'm still friggen cold today...    I think I'm just gonna have some other place order the gloves...  I'm pretty fed up with AS...

I wonder how long it would take them to get the hand-guards in.  

[Roadstergal]

When I went there, Ryan said they had just gotten in a shipment of V-Strom hand guards.  Ian said they didn't have any, and if Ryan hadn't told me they were there, I wouldn't have told him to go back and check anyway.  They should still have some...

Why not get the gloves from Newenough?  Size the gloves on the Cortech gloves AS or Seattle Cycle has in stock...

[airbrush]

no regular is waterproof....its all BS....you need a true rainsuit if you dont want to get wet. I have an alpinestar jacket that they claim is "waterproof"...yeah right....for about the first minute maybe, then its like wearing a wet rag.

[davipu]

that's because mine is about as old as i am, and it hasn't been washed in years. let alone sprayed down with scotch gaurd.  and it's still good for about three hours before it soaks through (seattle is a 4 hour drive though)

[RVertigo]

OK...  Now I know why the gloves aren't in...  CJ doesn't work at AurZuki any more.

Ducati Seattle here I come.

[scratch]

The boots failed by letting water in...  They're just leather work boots...  They only thing between my feet and the rain is the Mink Oil I put on the outside...  I think it's time to re-apply...

I use Raintotes rubber booties that pull over your boots, I use these even over my Sidi's. Get the largest size you can, so you can pull it over your boots easier. I wear a 7.5, but I go with the XL Raintote. Rainsuit goes over the boots. They're only about $20-24.

[RVertigo]

I wear a 7.5, but I go with the XL Raintote.

Well, unless they make an XXXXXL, I don't think they'd fit...  I wear a 12.

The boots are waterproof when they have a fresh coat of mink oil on 'em...

I've been thinking about getting actual moto boots, but that's another $200 I don't really have.  

[Roadstergal]

Ducati Seattle here I come.

Sonny is the nicest guy ever.

[RVertigo]

I just ordered Larges over the phone...  Half down with return possibilities...

They'd better fit...   :x

[Roadstergal]

Talk with the guy with all of the piercings and tattoos when you go in.  He's the sweetest guy ever; he'll work with you to get gloves that fit.

[natedawg120]

I have a rain oversuit.  Got it when i got my bike, it was raining that day.  So far i have riden in everything and it has never failed at all.  I don't have riding boots yet but where waterproof work boots and they are great.  Total it cost me $80 for the entire ensamble.  Just got new gloves and they aren't waterproof but i am going to spray them so they will at least be water resistant for a bit.  But i feel you pain, i got cought in the rain on the way to the beach and it was warm outside but i freaking froze.  The rain gear was in the car i was following  :x and when it started to drizzle they drove on :x  :x  :x .  Oh well lesson learned, i carry it in my book bag if it isn't on me.

[calamari]

oh yes, im waiting to get paid in order to buy a rainsuit and some boots and gloves.

my concern: how do I go about the boots thing? I don't have the $200 either for riding boots that are waterproof. im size 9

[NightRyder]

How about $100?  There were some motorcycle boots that were suppose to be waterproof for $100 at a Cycle Barn around here.

[Rema1000]

Have you tried the Aerostich suits? I have been contemplating getting the Roadcrafter suit or even possibly the Darian Jacket. Everyone that has the Aerostich jackets swears by them in all sorts of weather.

Aerostich stuff is expensive.

I wear the roadcrafter, pretty-much year-round.  I found a used one on eBay for $300 (the seller misspelled "aerostich", and didn't add "roadcrafter", so nobody else bid   ).  I leave the back vent and the pockets unzipped all summer, and don't get wet there.

However, there is one problem with its waterproof-ness:  if you come to a stop in traffic, all the water on your chest runs down to the horn in the saddle.  Unless you put tent sealant on the fabric part of the zipper there, you will get wet at stoplights.  It's a bit funny: I have arrived at work, with a round wet spot surrounding the groin; it looked like I wet my pants.  I call it "Aerostich Crotch" (I'm sure they'd hate to hear that it has a name).  However, I have never gotten wet there when doing sustained riding on the highway (rode from Mpls to Mankato and back in a storm, without getting wet).

It is reportedly fixable by sealing the fabric part of the zipper.  I have taken to standing up when I come to a stop in heavy rain, and that seems to avoid it also.

Other than that, the Roadcrafter lets me go from bike to office and back quickly.  Oh, and the guys riding BMW R100 RSs will wave at you.

[Alphamazing]

Aerostich stuff is expensive.

I wear the roadcrafter, pretty-much year-round.  I found a used one on eBay for $300

Yeah. That's expensive. I'm poor and in college, although the latter usually implies the former.

[Roadstergal]

Yeah. That's expensive. I'm poor and in college

Black plastic trash bag, cut to fit.

[Blueknyt]

yeah, ive used hefty bags many times myself, ive also just packed extra cloths in a bag and changed when i got to work. often this ment riding in a windbreaker for a jacket but, one does what one must when its the only thing one has.

[Roadstergal]

I just went to lunch and thought, Ryan is going to be miserable...

[NightRyder]

:mrgreen:  How thoughful you are.

hmm, just go faster then the rain!  

[RVertigo]

It finally stopped raining around here...  Lucky for me my commute home is short...  I could do it without gear and only be half frozen.