Just curious though....why do you find it hard to put on a rain shell when you need it. It takes only a few minutes to gear up at the side of the road.

Besides once you ride long enough, you can read the weather pretty good and know when you really have to stop for rain gear.

If just light drizzle I won't bother. You'd probably dry up fast.

Like I said the key is to watch weather. Where it is raining and where the storm is heading so you know how much time you have.

Just this morning I was on my way back to KL from Ipoh. Noticed heavy rain ahead at bidor, so I decided to stop at tapah R&R to put on rain gear...but while stopped I noticed the prevailing winds blowing towards me and to the west. Fired up my weather app and concluded no need to put on rain gear and just wait. Had a coffee instead and waited for the storm to pass. 15mins later it was dry all the way to KL.

A couple of motorcyclist did stop to put on rain gear and carried on, but they will be caught in the rain.

This post has been edited by jaycee1: Sep 4 2022, 09:24 PM

My Komine jacket has the internal liner as well. Real PITA to get on and off. I just wear a rain shell over the jacket now. Easier to get on and off. Besides. With the internal liner, your jacket still gets soaked and no way seals as good as a proper rain shell.

Indeed. Never rush a ride. If bad weather, take a break. Not worth the risk. Arriving late is better than not arriving at all. I also often ride solo, so dont have to worry about others or have to "keep up". Any experienced rider will know, trying to "keep up" is where all the bad things start.

This post has been edited by jaycee1: Sep 8 2022, 10:31 AM

For bad weather riding, a must is to get a helmet that seals properly. Get a helmet with a pinlock, which is just about the only working solution against fogging. If your helmet does not have the pinlock pins, you can get "pinlock" stick ons that works just as good. I have the Soman branded stick ons for I think 30bux on my spare visors that work good.

My old MT Atom leaks and fogs so badly that it is practically unusable in heavy rain. Water drops down from the inside of the visor rendering visibility to almost nothing. To be fair, modular helmets tend to have more issues with sealing...but the MT was bad. Eventually got tired of it and got a proper touring helmet that works properly...I don't get a wet head even with all the vents open on my Rpha 70.

But then again I am empathetic on new riders on a budget. Not everyone can afford to drop 5k on the "right equipment." I'm certainly not going to thumb my noses on someone that want to start on the cheaper range of equipment. One could technically get fairly well equipped with decent atuff for a budget of around 1500.

1) decent basic helmet - 500 to 600
2) riding jeans with armour - 150
3) riding jacket - 300
4) basic boots/shoes - 300
5) gloves - 100
6) good set of rain gear - 150

Total 1500. And you can upgrade from there....and the sky is the limit.

Secondary branded jackets. Armour typically suck but they are simple to replace or upgrade. Even branded ones sometimes don't come with a back pad, you will need to buy hem separately.

But 300 bux is an alternative to nothing at all so there you go.

Benkia seems to have pretty decent gear at a fraction of the 1st tier brands.



I'm using this benkia glove. Half leather/mesh. Comfortable. Ripoff of a Revit glove. Also using a benkia rain shell set@200rm. Pretty decent for the price.

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