Molinoman
Living Legend
Today, myself, Scot in Exile (Dave), and Baggage1 (Bob) braved the rain for a Rat Raid ride around Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. This was supposed to be a Rat Pack ride (with other various riders with other make bikes) ending with dinner at Nichols Seafood Restaurant in Milton, Florida.
Well it rained from around 10 am till closing (3 pm) at the dealership and we Rocket owners were the only ones to show up. Since it was raining it could not be a "sanctioned" Rat Pack ride, but we went anyway. We figured if anyone else wanted to show up at Nichols (in a car or their bike) later on they could meet us there...if the weather cleared up wherever they were at.
We decided, initially, to just eat at O'Charlies in Pensacola and just cut the ride short, but the rain let up a little and we decided to go ahead and stick to the original ride since the rain had lightened up somewhat. Well, that lasted all of about two minutes up the road and we ran into some pretty heavy rain...but we kept going. We took a little side trip and stopped by my house in Molino so I could show Dave where I live. We continued on to the northern end of the county towards Century. About 3 miles before McDavid the rain had cleared up, still overcast, but at least Dave could dry out some as he forgot his rain suit and only had his jacket...his jeans were soaked. We got up to Century, turned onto County Rd. 4 and headed eastward to Jay. The weather still held up pretty good but when we turned south in Jay and rode on for about 7 miles or so, it started raining again...poor Dave. We went ahead and went south on 89 and eventually ended up at Nichols where we had a good dinner...after Dave and Bob sat outside wringing out their socks and emptying out the water in their boots before going in, gots to be a little civilized you know.
We took our helmets inside as Dave and I did not want to experience another stolen helmet like Joe did in Nashville last July when we went to Hooters for Dinner.
Anyway it was good rain riding training in case we run into any on the way to ES in September.
Dennis
Well it rained from around 10 am till closing (3 pm) at the dealership and we Rocket owners were the only ones to show up. Since it was raining it could not be a "sanctioned" Rat Pack ride, but we went anyway. We figured if anyone else wanted to show up at Nichols (in a car or their bike) later on they could meet us there...if the weather cleared up wherever they were at.
We decided, initially, to just eat at O'Charlies in Pensacola and just cut the ride short, but the rain let up a little and we decided to go ahead and stick to the original ride since the rain had lightened up somewhat. Well, that lasted all of about two minutes up the road and we ran into some pretty heavy rain...but we kept going. We took a little side trip and stopped by my house in Molino so I could show Dave where I live. We continued on to the northern end of the county towards Century. About 3 miles before McDavid the rain had cleared up, still overcast, but at least Dave could dry out some as he forgot his rain suit and only had his jacket...his jeans were soaked. We got up to Century, turned onto County Rd. 4 and headed eastward to Jay. The weather still held up pretty good but when we turned south in Jay and rode on for about 7 miles or so, it started raining again...poor Dave. We went ahead and went south on 89 and eventually ended up at Nichols where we had a good dinner...after Dave and Bob sat outside wringing out their socks and emptying out the water in their boots before going in, gots to be a little civilized you know.
We took our helmets inside as Dave and I did not want to experience another stolen helmet like Joe did in Nashville last July when we went to Hooters for Dinner.
Anyway it was good rain riding training in case we run into any on the way to ES in September.
Dennis
Sorry 
I had to relate to the event. Been through a few drenching rains without gear myself. Soggy shorts suck!
