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[bgregston]

I just picked up new rainsuit today. I went with the Tour Master Sentinal yellow jacket and pants. They're really nice and wow, what a savings compared to HD gear. Jacket - $60 and pants $65. I wish I could say that I can't wait to try them out but it just ain't true!  Add that to my order for Cruiserworks Defender boots and I should stay pretty dry.

[BANDANAGIRL]

Boy! everybody talking about rain gear, it's so hard to think we need it in July going to Nelson, with living in Calif where when we leave for the trip it will be around 100 degrees or hotter, but I guess Don and I better get to looking, hate to buy it from H-D to much money for a one time use. Well look at  FrogToggs 

Suzanne 

[Twolanerider]

  FrogToggs 

Suzanne 

They're a good option Suzanne.  I've got a set of bib overall type rain gear that I take on long trips that is just hard to beat for staying dry in.  The downside is that it's more of a chore to get in and out of.  One of those things where once you're in you just stay there until you know the weather is cleared or the day is done.  They do their job wonderfully though.

For anything short of long trips I've got the FrogToggs though.  They are really light and pack really small.  Just too easy not to use.  A pipe will burn the leg on them so keep that in mind.  But the last set I got was purchased on sale for $45.00.  An effective and comfortable set of rain clothes for that price is pretty hard to beat.

[bgregston]

I guess Don and I better get to looking, hate to buy it from H-D to much money for a one time use. Well look at  FrogToggs 

Suzanne 

Its a little different here in Colo Spgs. It rains almost every afternoon in the summer. We have the responsibility here to build those wicked thunderstorms and send them to Kansas. In the last two weeks I think there were three days that I rode home from work dry. I really hate wearing rain gear but it gets cold fast when its 60 degrees and you're wet.

[Chief]

I'll put a plug in for Frogg Toggs too. We've had ours for about 6 years now. They work well, and the minimal space required for packing is a major plus. They're not the best design, rather crude, but the material works well in keeping you pretty dry, unless you're in it bad all day, and then I don't think there is anything to keep you really dry.

A plastic bag over your boots makes getting the pants on a snap. Wish I had been shown that sooner.

[bgregston]

Thanks for the tip there Chief.

[cuthbertss]

Its a little different here in Colo Spgs. It rains almost every afternoon in the summer. We have the responsibility here to build those wicked thunderstorms and send them to Kansas. In the last two weeks I think there were three days that I rode home from work dry. I really hate wearing rain gear but it gets cold fast when its 60 degrees and you're wet.

AMEN to that ....   every afternoon dodging hail and the like

[Fired00d]

AMEN to that ....   every afternoon dodging hail and the like

Wow!! You can't get a break can you? Snow up the yazoo in the winter and hail in the spring/summer. Sounds like you need to move. I know it's pretty country out there to ride in, but you can't do that in snow and hail.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d 
 

[Midnight Rider]

They're a good option Suzanne.  I've got a set of bib overall type rain gear that I take on long trips that is just hard to beat for staying dry in.  The downside is that it's more of a chore to get in and out of.  One of those things where once you're in you just stay there until you know the weather is cleared or the day is done.  They do their job wonderfully though.

For anything short of long trips I've got the FrogToggs though.  They are really light and pack really small.  Just too easy not to use.  A pipe will burn the leg on them so keep that in mind.  But the last set I got was purchased on sale for $45.00.  An effective and comfortable set of rain clothes for that price is pretty hard to beat.

Same here, Don.  I have a pair of shell bibs for skiing that also make excellent bibs for the rain.  GoreTex, sealed zippers all the way up each leg.  I recently purchased the newest version of HD Packable Gore Tex Jacket.  Suzanne has the HD Twister suit...the nice thing about a good rain suit as opposed to some of the plastic, non breatheable versions, is that it can double as a windjacket/warmer jacket when needed with just a layer of thin fleece under it for mountain air.

It's expensive stuff, but I've been using GoreTex (or equivalent) products for the past 30 years and I'm a firm believer in them.  The breatheability of the material makes a huge difference in how comfortable the garment is after you've moved through the rain....it doesn't become a steam room.  A thin mesh liner on the rain jacket makes a huge difference as well...keeps that clammy feeling away from your skin.

[REGGAB]

Renea and I both have rainsuits, but usually we're in the rain before we're in the suits.  It isn't a problem if it is just a shower, since we normally dry out before we get where we're going.  During last years Labor Day trip, we did have the foresight to suit up before we got hit with rain.  The down side is I sweat so much, that I'm just as wet as I would be without it.  Go figure.  Renea loves her suit though.  It is a bit more higher quality than that cheap thing I have.

[SEULTRA]

AMEN to that ....   every afternoon dodging hail and the like

Although it was mostly a bad thing ... up until last year we were in a 7 year drought. Lots of dry riding then.

[FLHRSE3]

I bought a Harley Overpass II suit for $120 from one of the online vendors a couple of months ago and have not had a need to use it yet.  I went with it after following a thread on another site and the common complaint about it was that the pants were way too long.  Since most of the rain pants are made for the vertical challenged with a 30” inseam I ordered these and they fit my 35” inseam.

Gregg

[Twolanerider]

Same here, Don.  I have a pair of shell bibs for skiing that also make excellent bibs for the rain.  GoreTex, sealed zippers all the way up each leg.  I recently purchased the newest version of HD Packable Gore Tex Jacket.  Suzanne has the HD Twister suit...the nice thing about a good rain suit as opposed to some of the plastic, non breatheable versions, is that it can double as a windjacket/warmer jacket when needed with just a layer of thin fleece under it for mountain air.

It's expensive stuff, but I've been using GoreTex (or equivalent) products for the past 30 years and I'm a firm believer in them.  The breatheability of the material makes a huge difference in how comfortable the garment is after you've moved through the rain....it doesn't become a steam room.  A thin mesh liner on the rain jacket makes a huge difference as well...keeps that clammy feeling away from your skin.

Sounds like much the same use TC.  The bibs have boots built in to them if I choose to fold them out.  They really keep the weather out.  And they double as my chaps in cooler weather when need be so give me one less bulky thing to carry.  On top of that they add a boundary layer over the chest that chaps don't help with in cool weather.

[Twolanerider]

Renea and I both have rainsuits, but usually we're in the rain before we're in the suits.  It isn't a problem if it is just a shower, since we normally dry out before we get where we're going.  During last years Labor Day trip, we did have the foresight to suit up before we got hit with rain.  The down side is I sweat so much, that I'm just as wet as I would be without it.  Go figure.  Renea loves her suit though.  It is a bit more higher quality than that cheap thing I have.

That brought a grin.  It did seem to be a lesson long learned to stop and put the rain gear on in time.  Even more to stop and put it on someplace where it was actually easier to do so (like where there's a chair).  Eventually I guess I realized that two lanes wasn't wide enough to dodge a squall so might as well do it when it was easy.  I'll screw off the obviously light and short lived stuff.  But if the sky ahead looks like it is going to be there a bit I tend to go suit up.

[spydglide]

That brought a grin.  It did seem to be a lesson long learned to stop and put the rain gear on in time.  Even more to stop and put it on someplace where it was actually easier to do so (like where there's a chair).  Eventually I guess I realized that two lanes wasn't wide enough to dodge a squall so might as well do it when it was easy.  I'll screw off the obviously light and short lived stuff.  But if the sky ahead looks like it is going to be there a bit I tend to go suit up.

Brought a 'grin' to me also.....how many times I've been riding with others and we waited too long riding into the summer squall on the horizon only to look like the Keystone Cops jumping around on the shoulder of the road with the rain starting to pelt down in large drops and the wind whipping the rainsuits we were trying to don.....stuff blowing out of saddlebags, cussin' louder than the thunder poppin' all around and on and on and on until you were wet under the rainsuit that you finally got on and secured.  But, it's still hard to stop and put the danged things on ahead of time, isn't it?  har!  spyder