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I think that maybe i should have not taxed bike again has it always seems to be raining when i have free time to ride i think a sorn maybe in order. this has to be the worst year for rides out has bad weather is the norm at moment,

Best time for biking now seems to be April/May - and it used to be 'April showers'...!

Just depends where you chose to live.

As you may recall South Yorkshire has some recent history of wet summers, like 2007 and all the wellie jokes on the Aprilia Ridersite.

Well it has rained a bit lately and although it has been the coldest summer (in Coventry at least) for 18 years, so far this year our total rainfall has only been 66% of the average over the past 30 years.

There has been little blazing summer weather for riding - though a lot of grey skies.
Fortunately days for riding such as the trip down to the MotoGP at Silverstone torrential downpour have been few and far between.

I think that this summer has been much drier than the previous 2 summers.

D-Rider wrote:Well it has rained a bit lately and although it has been the coldest summer (in Coventry at least) for 18 years, so far this year our total rainfall has only been 66% of the average over the past 30 years..

good to see you have been using your enforced home time productively ... did you manage to catalogue the stamps in the end ?

Been back at work a while now ..........

I've noticed a pattern - kwak=sunny - aprilia = wet

Hm, doesn't work like that for me but then I only have a Kwak.

You say that like its a bad thing BG!

Well obviously I need to get an Aprilia and leave it in the garage!

Wettest "summer" in Scotland since 1916

randomsquid wrote:I've noticed a pattern - kwak=sunny - aprilia = wet

Not sure what you mean exactly by that?
But I'll beg to differ
My Aprilia mainly comes out to play on dry and more sunny days.

The Kwack usually gets used more in winter and in the worse weather during the rest of the year.

Not sure, but I recklon I have done more miles on the Kwack this year, it is supposed to be the other way around.

To be honest i am a fair weather biker, there is just something about being wet and cold that does not appeal to me, also cant do with spray off the lorrys. I would rather travel in the car and put some logs on the fire

HowardQ wrote:

randomsquid wrote:I've noticed a pattern - kwak=sunny - aprilia = wet

Not sure what you mean exactly by that?
But I'll beg to differ
My Aprilia mainly comes out to play on dry and more sunny days.

The Kwack usually gets used more in winter and in the worse weather during the rest of the year.

The kwak is supposed to get wet and grubby. That's it's job. The Aprilia is supposed to come out on nice sunny days but every time I ride it I get rained on. Even if it's just enough to show how pointless the hugger is.