Riding home from my buddy's birthday, cruisin on the freeway. Get hit by a downpour a good ways from my house. First off, my bike is running like complete #$%* after riding a little bit in the rain. Pretty much felt like I was runnin on 3 cylinders (I couldn't go faster than 50-55.) and the engine would die if the RPMs fell below 2 grand. Now I did a search and read that I should cut the carb drain lines shorter, as the carbs create a vacuum and suck in small amounts of water through these drain lines, I'm curious how short I should cut them. I've also read that the points will tend to get wet, due to a poor gasket design. This was my first time riding in the rain, and it sucks. my 2nd problem was the more terrifying one I experienced. Coming off of the freeway, I had to brake, and go left. Using common sense, I don't touch the rear brake because its pouring. I grab the front brake, and nothing. No stopping, no squeaking, nothing. So I'm forced to hit my rear brake, at this time I'm rather close to the intersection. I locked my rear tire, cause it was my only brake, the bike stepped out from me, and thank god it was 2 am, because I ended up coasting across the street into a gas station, which happened to be closed (Just my luck.) and gave my bike a few minutes to recover under the awning. At this point I was 4 miles from my house my engine had died when I had slid, and I'm just glad I didn't lay her down, and I've got her outta the rain for a few. Needless to say I made it home safely, but does anyone know about the front brake acting like that in rain? I'm concerned about the bike running in the rain, but twice as concerned about its ability to stop. Well I'm off to clean her up and apologize countless times to it.
le_sterls
