Looking for some GOOD advice on rain gear from someone who has put in long distance road trips. Is there anything out there that will actually keep you dry, or are these companies offering false hopes that their product works just to make a buck?

Who has done some major riding in the rain, and has been dry afterward?

Please offer your advice. :)

Funny you should ask. I just spent 120 miles in heavy rain today in my " Frogg Toggs " rain wear. I was madder than a wet cat but dry as a dog's old bone where it mattered.

Helpful info, thanks. I have heard, and have been researching the Frogg Togg product. So, fill me in. Are you wearing a layer of regular cloths under the Frogg Toggs? And are you successful at keeping the rain from pouring down your neck? Also, what are you wearing over your boots/shoes?

Wife and I came out of Florida during a downpour last year. Drove over 100 miles wearing our Frogg Toggs over our cloths. Stayed dry and you don't sweat to death under them. We just wear our riding boots and they themselves are waterproof. They have a place in the right saddlebag all the time.

When I ride I neither dress for success nor disaster. Tee shirt or sweatshirt, depending on the temperature, and my trusty Wal-Mart $ 40.00 Brahma work boots and jeans. I had the sweatshirt on today with the other apparel mentioned. Sure, my boots got a little wet, but that was it. This was my first time riding my wing for that length of time in continuous rain. I was very pleased and pleasantly surprised how well the 1800 channels water away. Of course I came off a VTX 1300 with nothing but a windshield. I bought the Frogg Toggs last year in an emergency situation while I was at a dealership. I paid about $ 55.00 for the set. I didn't shop around for quality or performance, I needed something for the 50 mile ride back home. I look at rain gear as a spare tire: If I don't have it, I'll need it. If I need it, it's only for a little while. I will say, however, that the performance of the material does what it is supposed to do, but the quality of the jacket zipper on the style I purchased doesn't seem too durable. I don't plan on it getting daily usage though. And that's a big 10-4 on what marcsvette said below about NOT sweating to death inside them.

Thank you all for your help and comments. It has helped me in making the choice that I originally was going to go with. Froggs Toggs are the choice I'm going to make for the wife and I.

Happy riding !

While Chopin wore his FroggToggs, I was wearing a set by First Gear. They were also very good in the wet. Ride safe...

I've used Frogg Toggs for many years. I'm on my second set and under most conditions they have kept me dry. I've also be in some "belly washers" that even a duck could not keep dry. For my $$ they seem to be the best combination of weight, protection and storage space required. JMHO, to each his own because it's your $$. Ride safe and keep dry...

I had Tour Master, didn't like it. It kept me dry in the rain but it also made me sweat. I'm going to get the Frogg Toggs, the ones I have a great if your are commercial fisherman. Frogg Toggs seems to be the choice of many.

After I did all of the research, the obvious choice was Frogg Toggs.

Grandad 43

Thank you for responding. Frogg Toggs will be the way I go for rain gear for the wife and I.
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Frogg Toggs are excellent. These breath so well you will be cold riding thru most rain unless u have a sweater under them. Very dry!

Another vote for Frogg Toggs. I did about 100 miles in them a while back in a pretty good rain and thought they did a great job. Breathable fabric makes all the difference. Hard to find better protection for $50

Wealth of knowledge in this forum. Ya gotta love it :)
Strat

After I did all of the research, the obvious choice was Frogg Toggs.

Grandad 43

Hope you looked at the "new" frog togg for motorcylcing. It is a Black nylon outershell with glow stips. pants have a strap that goes under your boot to keep the legs down. Pants and jacket are double storm flapped on all pockets and zippers. legs have lower zippers for easy on-easy off. jacket hood goes under helmet for dry neck and backside.
pants also have side zippers to get to you regular pant pockets.
they have thought of everything.
Had to use it 3 times and it is great.
I have the regular froggtoggs, prior to getting these.
A little more expensive, but I think they will last a lot longer...

Hi "D"
Believe it or not, I own a Harley rain suit and I have riden 100's of miles in the rain. It kept me as dry as a bone. Another suit I can recommend is 'First Gear'. I have a few hundred miles on that one too, and it's excellent. Go with the two piece jobs and get it big enough to cover your cold weather gear. The only part of me that did get damp was the collar of my sweatshirt. Frogg Toggs are good too!

Over the years I've used several different rain suits, including a very expensive one from Harley when I rode a Road King.

My latest is Frogg Toggs, which I've used several times in Colorado and stayed dry every time. They work great, pack small and are very inexpensive.

Can't go wrong with these.

I rode in rain way to many times i got rain gear from costco paints & jacket even has a hood $40 bucks for the set works great

Don't pay a shop 1/2 to 1-hr shop time for something you can do yourself in the time it takes to ride to the shop. If you don't already have them, ride to a hardware store and buy a single, or for what you'll save in labor and then some, a quality set of drill bits. Drill through the rounded allen head screw matching the size of the bit to a screw you've already removed. Smaller is better, if the hole you drill is too small to break loose the screw simply run the next size larger drill bit through the hole till you drill out the metal. Just in case you drill too small and the screw spins when you try to drill through with the next larger size, while you're at the hardware store also buy a quality small round file which you can use on the screw that spins. Remember: once you drill too big you can't make the hole smaller. I haven't priced fenders, but I'm sure it's at least $100.

Hi "D", just another good point is the frogg toggs are also great if its dry and you get cold you can also put them on and it will keep you warm in a pinch.

I am very happy with my tourmaster defender two piece raingear, I have sets on all my bikes. have ridden recently all day in a downpour in Nova Scotia just about everything stayed dry EXCEPT my boots and an area about three inchs back from the sleeve cuffs. the boots were my fault, hadn't waterproofed them this year, last year too maybe. The area at the sleeve ciffs is made of a felt like fabric and stretchy nylon and velcro. I would guess to avoid chafe, but they do get saturated and any other sleeves that come into contact also eventually gets wet. In short I have ridden many times in the raun with these and do like them but they do have short commings
Old fossil

My Joe Rocket Ballistic jacket is water proof. I have a pair of gators that cover the 3 inches of exposure above my water proof boots.

Of course, in town, stop and go riding is completely different and I would put on my rain gear bottoms made by First Gear.

We get our share of rain here in Seattle, but I don't commute on the bike in the winter time. I would rather sit on a metro buss than sit in the rain and traffic. Or in my Ranger pickup. :)

WAIT!!!:eek: A little advice from a golf coach. If you want a more stylish rain gear.....Adidas makes a very nice rain pant (black) that matches my Super Tour jacket. You could spray me with a hose and I don't get wet...(Don't even think about it). They are a soft fiber...its crazy. I have had several folks wanting some when they saw them. I could wear those to church.:)

Looking for some GOOD advice on rain gear from someone who has put in long distance road trips. Is there anything out there that will actually keep you dry, or are these companies offering false hopes that their product works just to make a buck?

Who has done some major riding in the rain, and has been dry afterward?

Please offer your advice. :)

we bought 2 sets up windgo suits about 4 years ago. they have the been the best try 500 miles in one day all raining, dryer then a bone, in summer they are not hot they breath and if its windy they are super. if they wear out I will buy the same again. I wear the pants instead of chaps they are warmer as not opening lol, and they are easier to move around in.
take care safe riding mary

There's rain, and then there's RAIN. Good old every day rain you can wear just about any stay-dry gear and be OK. But when you get the deluge wind driven from the side four lane heavy traffic conditions downpour RAIN there is very little that will defend you from the wet. Even if it doesn't get through the material, it will find a way. Down the neck, under the cuffs, and especially the crotch area. Selaed (welded) seams and so-called aterproof zippers can't contend with that volume of water. This past summer I was privy to several jaunts is this type of rain volume, and after sveral hours of continuous riding in it, I was eventually soaked. Sometimes the only sensible thing to do is stop and wait it out if you have that luxury. If you're a long ways from home and have no choice but to ride through it, grin and bear it, because the natural hydrolic nature of water finds a way in eventually. Frogg Toggs, Rainrider, Dryrider, (haven't found any golf gear that works well on the golf course yet so can't say about the current Addidas stuff, sorry REF) or the dept store variety always helps, but it's a function of time and volume that determines the outcome IMO. Having said that, some of my best riding memories come from rainy days. ;)

There's rain, and then there's RAIN. Good old every day rain you can wear just about any stay-dry gear and be OK. But when you get the deluge. Frogg Toggs, Rainrider, Dryrider, (haven't found any golf gear that works well on the golf course yet so can't say about the current Addidas stuff, sorry REF) ;)

No apology necessary, Isaac. Just a little update on the Adidas Rain Gear....It now resides in my golf bag. I actually forgot this thread. I rode threw your so called deluge and I was soaked. I now use the Tour Master Venture Air with the liners. Therefore, I retract my statement about Adidas from the record. They belong on the golf course.:)

I just ordered a set of Frog Toggs on Ebay. The seller sells factory small deficiencies or rejects for $35.

My Joe Rocket Jacket has never leaked and I have some weather proof pants, but when I am down in the south as my upcoming December trip (http://www.goldwingowners.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9149) and it is hot and raining, I will need a set of rain gear.

I also have rain proof gators.

In the winter time I also use:

http://www.hondaofbournemouth.co.uk/system/cache/honda-scooter-blanket_cms_site_products_images_14315-1-13613_800_800_False.png

This keeps me warm and dry here in the Northwest.

I think these look interesting:

http://www.richardhyosunggvgt.com/Reflective%20Hand%20Warmers%201.jpg

I just ordered a set of Frog Toggs on Ebay. The seller sells factory small deficiencies or rejects for $35.

I bought an emergency set off a clearance shelf at a Honda Dealer. Didn't take long to trash the zipper but thank goodness it also has snaps.

About the zippers. If it's the problem where once you've zipped it up it opens behind the zip device. It is fixable. I've done several zipper with is problem on jackets and our Kiwk Kamp tent trailer.. I use channel lock pliers because of their shape, the tips come together forming kind of an arch. Simply use the tip of the pliers to squeeze the center of the little bar that the pull tab is attached. Carefully don't play Maggila Gorilla and crush the thing. Try it several time starting out with a slight squeeze and increasing if needed.

Oh yah Frogg toggs

About the zippers. If it's the problem where once you've zipped it up it opens behind the zip device. It is fixable. I've done several zipper with is problem on jackets and our Kiwk Kamp tent trailer.. I use channel lock pliers because of their shape, the tips come together forming kind of an arch. Simply use the tip of the pliers to squeeze the center of the little bar that the pull tab is attached. Carefully don't play Maggila Gorilla and crush the thing. Try it several time starting out with a slight squeeze and increasing if needed.

Oh yah Frogg toggs

Yup! That would be the issue and I'll give your solution a try.