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<blockquote data-quote="throttlejockeyTJ" data-source="post: 11852" data-attributes="member: 281"><p>I commuted on my first naked bike in the rain all the time. I got tired of slabbin it naked and got a 750 with a windjammer. It was more comfortable in the wet. My first ride on my XS1100 was in the wet 70 miles to my parents house. My XS 1100 leaving work entering the highway uphill in the wet ( as gently as I could open the throttle) would spin up at 2800 rpms in the first three gears. I have never hydroplaned on a bike. I could spin up at speed too when I wanted. I never found it scary. Right after I got my 750 WE got snowed in, in Reno. They took the chain requirments off so we left. Riding in the snow (with pillion) with Conti Twin 112's on six inches of packed snow the bike never moved around at all. The cagers were a problem. The worst thing was the road would open up to two lanes and then merge back into one. I didn't want to run over 50 on the snow, so crazy lane changes were a PITA. My Wife was a great pillion. I left work in the snow several times. I am a useless eater now :bleh: I am not afraid to ride in the wet, but won't go out and get messy in the wet for no reason. TJ</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="throttlejockeyTJ, post: 11852, member: 281"] I commuted on my first naked bike in the rain all the time. I got tired of slabbin it naked and got a 750 with a windjammer. It was more comfortable in the wet. My first ride on my XS1100 was in the wet 70 miles to my parents house. My XS 1100 leaving work entering the highway uphill in the wet ( as gently as I could open the throttle) would spin up at 2800 rpms in the first three gears. I have never hydroplaned on a bike. I could spin up at speed too when I wanted. I never found it scary. Right after I got my 750 WE got snowed in, in Reno. They took the chain requirments off so we left. Riding in the snow (with pillion) with Conti Twin 112's on six inches of packed snow the bike never moved around at all. The cagers were a problem. The worst thing was the road would open up to two lanes and then merge back into one. I didn't want to run over 50 on the snow, so crazy lane changes were a PITA. My Wife was a great pillion. I left work in the snow several times. I am a useless eater now :bleh: I am not afraid to ride in the wet, but won't go out and get messy in the wet for no reason. TJ [/QUOTE]
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