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2018 East Coast Rally Berea, Kentucky 5/29-6/2 2018
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The ferret Online
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RE: 2018 East Coast Rally Berea, Kentucky 5/29-6/2 2018
If you are going by Owensboro there is a new statue of Nicky Hayden there

http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2018/06/c...en-statue/

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RE: 2018 East Coast Rally Berea, Kentucky 5/29-6/2 2018
I live within 20 miles of Owensboro....I'll have to check that out.

Today I was trying to stay of ahead of the rain...

İmage

But it started to pop up ahead of me.

İmage

Right as I decided to give on backroads and take I-75 the last 13 miles north, it caught me. The rain was so hard cars were driving with their flashers on. Surprisingly I could see reasonably well and stayed in the left lane.

The Black Dot is Berea...I was 13 miles south of there and rode through the "red."

İmage

I was geared up, frog toggs (I know, but they weren't bad), even had rubber over boots so the only thing that got really soaked was my gloves, some on the mesh jacket, little on the rocket jeans.

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In testament to how good a motel Ferret found for our rally, they even put my gloves in one of their commercial dryers at low temp and my pants in another and delivered them to my door dry and folded!

With the price, location, allowing parking under the canopy and service like that....I'm pretty sure I'll be back here to ride again! I did tip her for her troubles.

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RE: 2018 East Coast Rally Berea, Kentucky 5/29-6/2 2018
offroad, invest in some overgloves. I have these and they make all the difference. There are others about, but these have done me well for at least 4 years.
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Stichill Offline
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RE: 2018 East Coast Rally Berea, Kentucky 5/29-6/2 2018
That storm was epic, offroad! I was in a business conference room and it was pounding on the building so loudly that we had to raise our voices. Cars on the street were slowing to a crawl.

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RE: 2018 East Coast Rally Berea, Kentucky 5/29-6/2 2018
Rode the Rattlesnake 192 today....great road....got to ride it almost dry....rained the rest of the day.

"offroad, invest in some overgloves. I have these and they make all the difference. There are others about, but these have done me well for at least 4 years."

If I'm going to try and keep this touring thing up I'm going to have to Cormanus.....

Once I'm suited up, it's not bad in the rain...nice 70's to low 80's on temp...not sure which is most unpleasant...temps in 90's or rain.

The biggest pain are the "overboots." Hard for an old man to find a spot to sit down and wrestle them on. If the sun comes out, your feet cook, but you don't want to take them off since they are so hard to put back on with short notice.

What kind of boots are water proof but not too hot? Gore Tex? I might need to invest in a pair.

Got 2800 miles on the new one I've had about 4 weeks. Took 4 years to put 7000 on the CB. I'm riding like there is no tomorrow ;-)

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RE: 2018 East Coast Rally Berea, Kentucky 5/29-6/2 2018
If you plan to keep on touring, Yes, you should dump the foot condoms and get some goretex riding boots.

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