Raingear question.

Can someone from the wet North give me some advice? Being from CenTx I haven't ridden in the rain much. Next year I have planned a longer trip. What raingear would you recommend?. Of course it should be cheap, 100% waterproof, lightweight....
Thanks, Olaf

Frog Togs.Got mine at Academy

Check out Jafrum on the net.
Rainsuits 30 Dollars and up. I paid 30 bucks 3 years ago and have had great luck with the suit when I rode to New York on the 10th anniversary of 911 with Rolling Thunder and it rained hard on us 75 percent of the time from Detroit to Ground Zero and back Great selection and great prices. Good Luck

So it seems you are pretty happy with the cheaper ones? You don't see a need to pay $100 for a jacket and pants each?

anotherZ wrote: So it seems you are pretty happy with the cheaper ones? You don't see a need to pay $100 for a jacket and pants each?

That would be correct. I don't try and ride in the rain but I bought one for me and one for my wife and have had no issues with either suit. They have about 8o hours of seat time each and haven't failed. So my cheap suits have more than paid for themselves. 90 percent of this riding was at freeway speeds
Hope this helps

Cool thanks, saves me some bucks. That helps this time of the year!

You'll definitely want to avoid Jafrum, they're not the highest of quality. However, check out www.motorcyclehouse.com/Motorcycle-Rain-Gear.htm . They should have a lot of different similar options. The only reason why I can't recommend Jafrum, is because their pricing is too ridiculously low to know what you're really getting. Think about it.. 40$ for a rain suit.. how cheaply made does that have to be...?

mdouglas71 wrote: You'll definitely want to avoid Jafrum, they're not the highest of quality. However, check out www.motorcyclehouse.com/Motorcycle-Rain-Gear.htm . They should have a lot of different similar options. The only reason why I can't recommend Jafrum, is because their pricing is too ridiculously low to know what you're really getting. Think about it.. 40$ for a rain suit.. how cheaply made does that have to be...?

Buy what and where you want, but I had great luck with them buying rain gear ( Name Brand By the way ) and Helmets( Name Brand also ) and goggles. They also were great to work with on exchanges for different sizes as I ordered my first set of rain gear to large

+1 on those. Nice and compact and can stash them under seat. I got the nelson rigg and it was a bit pricey at 100 something but very well made with awesome guarantee and customer service. I complained about leak and they sent me a new pair of pants without so much as batting an eye.

TexasKZ wrote: Frog Togs.Got mine at Academy

TexasKZ wrote: Frog Togs.Got mine at Academy

+1

Get the Frogg Toggs Road Toads

I had the Frog Toggs, whatever the name is, roadtoads and got soaked every time it rained, then one day it started raining, so I pull off the road and the wind blows my wife's set down the highway, as I struggle to get into mine, then my legs get in a pretzel shape trying to put them on, I fall down on the road, and since the Frog Toggs are like .001" thick of course they tear, then I have more leaks to contend with. A good motorist collects the wifes Road Toads and brings them to us so we are back on the road. Before this I always used the old Dry Rider PVC suits from the 70s and they worked fabulous except were torture to wear.
I knew there was another way and saw John Ryan ride the 5600 miles from Pruhdoe Bay, AK to Key West in 3 1/2 days and he didn't stop every 100 miles to put on a Chinese rain suit, wore the Aerostich Roadcrafter suit. I got me a suit after that and wear it. It rains, don't rain, makes no difference, just ride. Of course the suit is not cheap at like $900, but I love it.

Thanks guys. I am going to check out the cheap ones and then decide whether to go with them or spend more or not...