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Riding in the Rain

I often find that many people have a fear of riding in the rain. What would you do if you are caught out in the rain while riding or are forced to ride through rain for one reason or another? Are you ready? Can you handle it? How can you prepare for when that happens?

Practice

This may sound funny, but if you want to be ready for a given situation you need to practice. I find when teaching that riding in the rain is one of a rider’s biggest fears many of my students face. One of the reasons I don’t mind teaching the basic level or really any rider training in the rain is that it can be very beneficial.  The students will end up learning so much more than when learning in clear and sunny weather. They learn right from the beginning that riding in the rain is possible and that they can control the bike.

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German MotoGP Results

MarquezRain made for a guessing game at the Sachsenring in Germany this weekend. Not only does rain make it harder to guess at the top finishers as the wet conditions can take out faster riders at any time but its hard on the teams too. Trying to determine if they should switch to from rain tires to dry ones as the track dries.

In this weekend’s race, Marquez and team made the right choice finishing almost ten seconds ahead of Cal Crutchlow how came in second with Andrea Dovizioso rounding out the podium in third. Hit the Continue Reading link for the rest of the results.

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