Worst rain I ever got caught in was on the Blue Ridge Parkway, from Cherokee to Asheville. Riding a V-Rod, 200mm rear, but couldn't go but 20-25mph. I will tell you this...the tunnels were hell! Glasses would instantly fog when entering, and along with it being dark inside, you were completely blind. Most of those tunnels were 300-400 feet long, but a couple were like 700 feet and one was 1/4 mile. We got back to Asheville and were sitting at a stop light. I looked down and the water was deep enough in the street that it was rushing over the top of the toes of my boots. I took off my glasses to wipe them, and looked at the car next to me. A little kid was pointing at me...I couldn't help but laugh! Wearing full leathers, my jacket was now like 40 pounds! Every dollar bill inside my wallet was soaking wet...no way I could have gotten any wetter than I was that day. Like I said, we were really slowed by the rain, but at 20-25mph, our bikes handled fine. I'm sure if we pushed it a little, the handling would have exponentially gotten worse.
My worst handling moments on my Big Dog come from the crappy back roads and all the tar they use to patch the cracks in the road. Enter a curve with a little speed, hit some of those tar snakes...damn, hang on!...you feel like you're on ice!
