Riding a motor bike is interesting and joyous too. But you should be careful while riding it because there are chances of injury and accidents if you aren’t riding properly. Riding motor bike in regular situations isn’t that scary but riding in adverse situations while it’s raining outside, then it’s not fun. Rather it can be a necessary evil as per the circumstances. Here we are listing down few guidelines which can help you to ride the motorbike without any major issues while keeping yourself free of any injury. Have a look:

Wearing the Right Clothes

Being a bike rider, it is important to keep the bike in right gear. Beside, wearing the right gear you need to especially get equipped yourself for wet weather. Wear warm clothes so it can keep you warm in harsh weather. You should wear clothes in layer or water proof rain protective coats for wet weather. You may face different weather conditions across the places you ride. Motorcycle trips are something which all riders want to enjoy. Therefore, it is necessary to reach desired destination safely.

Wear helmet & other accessories

Make it sure that your entire face is covered with your helmet to protect your head, eyes and face from getting wet and safe from any scratch. Install a visor to prevent from fogging and it can be a visor step. Your vision can be implied so you need to prevent such situation at any cost. Wear something reflective so other people will be able to see you on road.

Be careful about intersections

After rainfall, often there are chances that amount of oil comes up on the surface due to vehicles and oil spill. Resultantly, road becomes quite slippery. It is good to have control on speed while reaching intersections. Follow road rules and traffic signals.

Ride smoother/smarter

Check all the tires carefully that no tires are underinflated. Reduce speed while driving on wet roads because it is tough to stop quickly than dry surfaces. Understand the way to handle motorbike because you need to change the way you are driving in wet weather.

Keep Yourself Alert about Visibility

To ensure your safety, use four way flasher in heavy rains and it will keep your bike scratch free too. Rain decreases the visibility; this will help you to see other vehicles better.

If it rains during night time, you need to take extra care. Night time is even more risky as the road might have surprises for you. You need to use LED lights for increasing visibility and a brake-light which can enable other drivers on the road to see you.