Ive been in a rain so hard that when I got to a stop light & put my feet down, the spark was shocking me. I was really ready for the green light.
Ive never had a problem with it due to rain & Ive been wet quite a few times. Its an 05 with 20,000 miles & its parked under cover, but its seen rain several times.

Electrics on the Savage are not noted for crapping out in the rain.

There are other bikes that have shorting issues with rain (water cooled SV650 front spark plug well filling up with water for example) that are completely notorious for their brand/type having a built-in issue.

Our bike is notorious for "just running" in the rain.   Our tank protects our spark electronics and our head's spark plug area is well sheltered from water flow.  Plus, our head is hot enough to instantly evaporate any splash that did make it in there.

Now, you feet and legs will get soaked every time -- no protection there at all.   I have literally poured water out of my shoes when I took them off.

i have some willie and max bags, after a nice down poor i have a little water at the bottom, not enough to really mess anything up but not totally dry.

i usualy have to take them off every few weeks for a good dry inside

Good to hear the bike will handle the Rain...I got about 5-6 months of it coming my way.

What do you all use to keep your visibility in the rain?
Full face helmet? Goggles? etc.

Please share

cursal wrote on 09/23/09 at 07:59:09:


I found a good rainsuit works well to keep the water off of me, and the visibility goes up with reflective surfaces.
I use and like the Tourmaster Defender
, you get pants with it, and they are affordable.

The Tourmaster Elite is nice too, but I couldn't see spending more for the extra pockets and the kevlar paded pants are an extra cost! For the price of the pants I got the Defender set (jacket and pants)I expect to buy a new rainsuit every few years from wear and tear, and the defender is nicer and cheaper than Frogg Toggs.

I use a full helmet and a fog city or pro grip visor insert. its a piece of clear plastic with sticky edges that fits on the inside of your visor and gives it 'double glazing' which stops and I mean stops the visor misting up from your breath, even when fully down.  on the outside of the visor I use a anti-misting spray that helps rain form into drops and run off

I just wear a decent leather glove, not the El Cheapo leather gloves that are tanned with toxic chemicals, get vegetable tanned leather gloves, the hands absorb chemicals nicely. A leather glove works like a pretty good squeegee for the visor.