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I got caught in a totally random thunderstorm one day, and I had to ride the bike home for about 30 minutes. I came home SOAKING wet, but the fact that my new Ninja got wet was unnerving.

Anyways, how tough are these bikes in the rain?

How good is there rust prevention?

Everytime my bike gets even a little wet, I wanna stop over to the side of the road and dry if off before my engine gets all rusted out and blows up. Hahah.. a little extreme, but I HATE rust.

How long can a bike stay out in the rain before I start noticing negative mechanical and cosmetic damage?

I get lazy and many times I just leave my bike uncovered in the rain. I now put a plastic cover over the throttle area. Last time water had collected in the mid point of the cable and it rusted there then eventually snapped the decelerator cable.

The chain will get rust on it so be sure to clean it off and lube it. Water will find its way into the throttle cables so be sure to lube those as well as the clutch. Everything else should be fine.

I make sure to have gas in the tank so not much condensation will form inside but I guess it's not needed.

It'll be fine. It's not made of sugar

Next day giove it a good nice wash to get off and road grime and junk and clean it up again. That'll help keep it nice

Jas0n wrote:I got caught in a totally random thunderstorm one day, and I had to ride the bike home for about 30 minutes. I came home SOAKING wet, but the fact that my new Ninja got wet was unnerving.

Anyways, how tough are these bikes in the rain?

How good is there rust prevention?

Everytime my bike gets even a little wet, I wanna stop over to the side of the road and dry if off before my engine gets all rusted out and blows up. Hahah.. a little extreme, but I HATE rust.

How long can a bike stay out in the rain before I start noticing negative mechanical and cosmetic damage?

It's not a big deal. If your bike has a chain, and it's properly lubed, it'll hardly even get wet.

Bikes were made to be ridden in the rain. It's perfectly normal. I ride mine in the rain all the time.

Don't cover it until it's dry. Once it's no longer raining, give it a decent rinsing as Shorts said, and once it's dry relube your chain and give everything a quick once-over.

When washing the bike can I just take it to a self wash car wash style place... and are there any specific things i should be sure water doesnt go anywhere near?

Crocket07 wrote:When washing the bike can I just take it to a self wash car wash style place... and are there any specific things i should be sure water doesnt go anywhere near?

Seeing as how this particular post doesn't have much of anything to do with the original post, you should start a new thread with the question.

Actually, you should do a search on "wash" before asking this question. Don't you think that many people have probably already asked how to wash a bike?

If your spark plug wells, fills up with water, you can have igition issues. I learned this while riding in a sideways rain storm.

I rode into work today in 100% chance of rain. The bike is sitting outside the window covered in rain.

The bike will be fine, just make sure you give it a good scrub when the rain goes away.

Riding in the rain has many challenges though such as lower visibility, reduced traction, an increase in bad drivers and more slippery surfaces