A Ride in the Rain with Redfish

[Redfish Hunter]

I forgot to mention this earlier but usually at some point in the day Pop is good for at least one good quote. This ride was no different.

As we were in the teeth of the storm and I was feeling really guilty for knowingly getting him into this, I was apologizing to him. (Amazingly, the Cardo ScalaRider has never let us down in the worst of weather) He laughed at me and at our situation throughout the ride, which did help. Anyway, things were really looking bad and I knew we had at least another 70 miles to go when Pop said, "Have you noticed? Have you noticed that we have not had to lift our hands off the handlebars to wave at any other motorcyclists today? Isn't that refreshing?"

As I apologetically thanked him for riding with me at the end of the day, he thanked me for inviting him. "I was just gonna be sitting around here wishing I was doing something if you had not called. This was way more fun than that."

 

[Fontanaman]

Redfish you are awesome!

 

[gixxerjasen]

First of all, thank you all for your kind words. I tell Pop that if he we ever make it to an FJR event he will be a celebrity because I try to make him the main character in my stories Ride Reports.

I'm fairly certain if you bring him, the man won't have to ever ask for a beer, let alone actually pay for one. Someone will make sure he always has one. Or whatever he would drink.

I get things wet a lot. The LifeProof has always worked.

Yep, anyone who names their motorcycle "Rain Cloud Follows" knows a thing or two about getting wet. Go ahead and admit it. You were standing on your porch watching it rain, and got all nostalgic for your old bike and missed that miserable feeling of being wet on a motorcycle and decided to head out and drag your dad along. New bike doesn't bring the rain so you have to bring the bike to the rain.

It is nearly impossible for him to put the britches on by himself on the side of the road. He either needs help or he needs a dry place to sit and fight with them. I WILL be addressing this situation soon.

Yep, he put your britches on for years, now's your turn, right?

When I was a child my father made a promise that he would never leave me standing in the driveway when he left with the boat to go fishing. The least I can do is to return that loyalty. He damn well earned that much.

Awesome.

 

[gixxerjasen]

I keep my phone (I phone 5s) in an Otterbox and in the vest pocket of my Firstgear Kathmandu. In a crash on I 90 about five years ago on I 90 also in the rain the I phone was in the pocket of my cheesy Tourmaster Defender rain pants in an Otterbox. During the crash the rain pants shredded and the phone went bouncing around on the wet pavement at 65 MPH. After I stopped and saw I was alive and relatively unhurt, I found the Otterbox on the pavement with the phone still resting perfectly in it. The phone was fine, so I've had faith in Otterbox.

I'm quite the fan of otterbox. I've only seen one phone with a crack in it in an otterbox. I had to ask the guy about it and he said he decided to take the phone out of the otterbox for a few days and dropped it. I've dropped mine many times but never tested it quite as far as Gurock, but that looks like a good test to me.

 

[dcarver]

Looking over the pics I am very pleased with how good my '15 ES looks. Honestly, I still think Dad's '07 is the better looking bike. I cannot and will not try to explain how it swells my heart to see that bike in my mirror as we ride.

The thing is, with RFH's reports.. you can read so much into different levels. Which always makes an interesting read. Well done Pops and RFH, well done.

 

[escapefjrtist]

I do not like to post every insignificant little ride I take but it is winter and this one was interesting, so...

Redfish, any ride with your "Pop" is not insignificant.

Echoing Big Sky, keep the RR's coming RfH...yours are never left unread!

--G

 

[garyahouse]

Hey Fish,

Really enjoyed your post. Could write a great deal about what you said, but others have done a pretty good job of this already. Do you remember that insane story of my total drenching on the way to the hospital to see my buddy Jim... in my "Coast to coast in 49 1/2 hours" post? It was post number 40 found here: CLICKY HERE

My phone was soaked and this doctor pronounced it dead; but I decided to try one last intervention before the giving it a funeral. Rather than burying the thing somewhere, I placed it in a ziplock bag full of rice. After 12 hours, it sputtered then shut off again. But after 36 hours, it came back to life and never missed a beat after that.

Not to tell you something you may well already know, but have you considered trying this?

Gary

darksider #44

 

[Redfish Hunter]

Thanks again to all of you. For Everything.

Yes Gary, that phone is resting in a bed of rice as I type this. It went into the rice as soon as I got it out of the LifeProof case. I have to be careful though. If Mrs. Redfish were to find a bag of rice with something in it, she might try to eat it.

On a side note, while at the AT&T store dealing with the cute, pierced and tatted up young woman who was my sales associate, she recommended the rice/Ziploc bag thing also. I informed her that I had in fact tried that but the phone got VERY hot and I decided to go get a new one. The young "lady" looked me in the eye and said, "You did not leave it in long enough. If you want good results you have to leave it in a long time." For once I said nothing.

The laughter from the other customers was enough for both of us.

 

[JamesW]

Great reading, thank you for breaking the seasonal boredom a bit. Here in the great N. wet I always carry my tourmaster rain suit in xxxlarge so it fits over everything I may be wearing at the time. Velcro strips around the ankles and I stay dry, there is always room for me to pack dedicated raingear. My firstgear TPG gloves have done well in downpours and I just got my second pair and I like the thin palms for the heated grips. My alpinestars have gotten a little damp at speed thru heavy downpours and water running over my boots and bow waves in sheets over the windscreen from oncoming trucks. My major issue is usually the helmet leaking and fogging up. Its all adventuresome.