scary ride!!

[jerryz]

 scary ride!!
last night i started home after a business trip to Bangkok its about 80 miles to Pattaya and after the first 10 miles it poured all the rest of the way I was soaked through the waterproofs in seconds as it was tropical thunderstorms the roads were over a foot deep in water at times ,visibility was sometime less than 3m ..I had to stop several times to take shelter but made it home 5 hours later. I was shaken but OK, saw 4 fatal accidents on the way ,all cars, 6 dead in all ,the road subsided killing 2 people on the motorway but i rode around the crater. The bike ran perfectly even though max speed last night was often 40mph , the bike is filthy ...will clean it tommorow , My damn headlight is useless I examined it today, dismantled the glass lens it is clean and shiney I have 12.8 v and the bulb is a Xeno/superwhite but It is crap.I really have to do something about it , maybe 100w bulbs and a relay,a clear Harley DavidsonD 7'' lens or an HID kit...I think it s the BOSCH lens thats the real limitation.

If I had known how bad the rain was going to be I would have gone a hotel for the night ..the weather report said no rain expected.
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[mitt]

that's crazy

mitt

[hypurone]

and what would have been really awesome was on on-bike camera so we could have lived vicariously thru you!! Glad you made it.... 

[Shifty]

Wow man I read through that thinking maybe you were in a car... but you were on your bike!  Hardcore!!! 

[Slide Panda]

Sweet jebus... that's ADVRider stuff.  Glad you made it in one piece

[redxblack]

I thought only BMW guys rode through that stuff. 

[somegirl]

Wow, glad you made it in one piece!

[rockaduc]

I thought only BMW guys rode through that stuff. 

They are the only ones who ride through that stuff intentionally.

[jerryz]

S4 Monster is excellent even in really crappy environment.   ''MONSTERs ROCK''

[hackers2r]

For bad weather, yellow bulbs provide MUCH better visibility.  May want to try them out before going to drastic measures.

[jerryz]

even in good weather the Bosch unit seems crap, i have 3 ducatis and this one is much worse .

[LA]

Bangkok? I believe I might have elected to stay there for the nite at least.

LA

[DucHead]

Wow, now that's a storm!!  Glad you made it safe and sound.  

[IZ]

I thought only BMW guys rode through that stuff. 

[insert pic of that aerial shot of yellow Mmnster riding through 4' of water]

[jerryz]

Bangkok? I believe I might have elected to stay there for the nite at least.

LA

I checked the weather report at 5pm it was OK but by 6pm I was already out on the highway and 20miles  along but then it all went wrong within seccond i was soaked thru.

If the weather report had been more accurate i would have checked into a Nanaplaza hotel and toured a few bars for the night.