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**Sarvajit** · 05-28-2009, 03:45 PM

Yes, open chain bikes are more vulnerable to chains getting filthy during rains than completely covered types.
I had a Kinetic&it used to skid a bit in the rain due to its smaller wheel.
Rain water does not do much harm to bikes, but over a prolonged period it does cause rusting.
Like Prashant&the others said, you need to change your driving/riding a bit to suit the weather conditions-better be safe than sorry during the rains!

**sam92** · 05-28-2009, 04:19 PM

i prefer scooter

as in KINETIC not chetak
because the water coming from the front wheel dosent splash on our legs and nice white shoes

i always keep my bike slow max is 4th gear . take corners keeping the bike upright as much as possible .. keep the tyre pressure less than the manual says .. have a clean visor on your helmet so that the rain drops dont splash on your eyes and there you go !

**Shadowboy** · 05-28-2009, 05:05 PM

Originally posted by animeher View Post

In rains, rely on engine braking than on usual brakes.

Also, if it is raining heavily, ride with headlights on.

Keep the helmet visor down, because we feel we have to keep the visor up as it gets wet by the raindrops. But lifting the visor up makes your face vulnerable to hard hitting raindrops. With visors closed, you can always wipe off the drops, which are anyways getting wiped of on their own due to curvy shape of the visor.

NEVER take your bike off the road. Red mitti in Konkan seems very dry to the eye in rains, but in fact it is very slippery. If you have to stop, park your bike on the side of the normal road.

For using raincheeters, make sure you pull you pants wayyyy up before sitting on the bike, because otherwise water enters from there and wets your belly and precious parts too!

Rethink about using gloves in rains. If the glove sheds color, then your hands will be all black.

That's it! Don't forget to stop in a while and take in the natural beauty. It's the ride that counts!

nicely explained

**animeher** · 05-28-2009, 05:10 PM

^^^ Couldn't decide whether the post was sarcasm or not!

I make sure to wipe the bike after I get off from a wet ride, because removing dried water spots from the metal surface is bit tedious. Besides, that's a free wash by nature, make full use of it

**ceasar** · 05-28-2009, 06:34 PM

for me riding in rains in day light is a bit okay...but a complete no-no for night riding..avoid as much as possible..i had some terrible experiences while riding at night with hard showers hitting my face...and those a$$ holes with full beam blinding me...and those cyclop lorries....it gives me nightmares

**cschoudhary** · 05-31-2009, 02:44 AM

Originally posted by almondnine View Post

>> Riding scooters in Rain is simply a pain, I had a scooter for 3 years 2000-2003, had covered a lot of distance, it skids like hell

that's actually incorrect. All two-wheelers have a safe-limit on wet surfaces depending upon the wheel radius, tread patterns etc.

My LML had never skid on wet surfaces except in cases of hard-braking. In my case I rarely used front brakes on my scooter in the rains, always rear brakes.

It would have been great if Kinetic had launched one of their Italjet 250cc models. It would have been great value esp during rains.

if you talk about scooters LML is still better then chetak because of the weight balance on both the sides.. chetak skids like anything on wet roads.. you need not worry about the maintenance of chain in monsoon if the chain cover is installed on the bike ... if the chain is exposed then no one can stop the dirt and water entering its links during monsoon...

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