Would you take your bike on a 3 minute journey in the wet?

marc1024 · 8 Nov 2011 at 14:55

I have a dentist appointment in a hour. Its a miserable day. Its been raining lightly all day and the roads are possibly very slippy. What would take me 30 minutes to walk, it would take me 3 minutes on my bike.

Theres no way i can get a bus because i would end up further away than i should and nobody's available to take me via car.
I dont really want to walk it or use my pushbike, as i would end up being cold and miserable by the time i get back. If i take my motorbike however just my jeans would be wet and my jacket will keep me very warm and dry! (its a proper biking jacket with padding etc which i use all the time on my bike).

I dont have a powerful bike. Unless you class a 12hp bike to be a performance bike..
Would you do the run on a motorbike?

marc1024 · 8 Nov 2011 at 14:57

a lot of my friends are bikers, they say going out in wet is insanity.

marc1024 · 8 Nov 2011 at 15:00

PiKe said:
Just take it steady and you should be fine. I presume you're never ridden in the wet?

Been out in the rain a few times. Nothing like today though.

marc1024 · 8 Nov 2011 at 16:11

Just been out and back. Decided to go a bit earlier in case i couldn't find a place to dump my bike (bike park is usual full).
Nearly had 1 off. I had to stop on a zebra crossing because the car infront of me stopped quickly. It would have been impossible for me to stop before the zebra crossing. when pulling away again i ended up wheel spinning on the white paint and nearly lost the rear end. Having knobbly tyres doesn't help.

My instructor said to use a bit more rear brake in the wet because its less painful than locking up your front and falling face first. My dad says differently and hes been riding on the road since he was 10....hes 50.