August 06th, 2014

I was watching the weather forecast last night, not especially out of choice, but mainly as it was on in the kitchen and the BBC forecaster, the one with the funny name, was saying that it was going to chuck it down this morning, so when I woke from my slumber, I opened the curtains to see a wet road, but no rain. Could I get away with it? Has the rain already been and gone? but there was something about that forecast that made me pop on all my rain gear. Getting the bike out of the garage there were just a few spits of rain starting to fall, but nothing like the weather my suit warranted. About 5mins into the ride, I was already about 2 miles from my house and I started to think to myself that I kinda wanted it to bucket it down in order to justify wearing all this surplus gear. 
About 60secs later, I wished I'd kept my thoughts to myself. It was like somebody had turned on the taps and very quickly, the water flooded the tarmac and I counldn't see the road. Bloody scary. Thankfully after about 3 miles the rain stopped and the rest of the journey was fairly uneventful.
So in order to celebrate the first time I've ridden the FireBlade in the wet (on some already wore out rubber - not advisable) I fitted my first mod to the bike. Well I say mod, what I mean to say is that I fitted some Stomp Grips to the bike.

I already have a set fitted to the 1098s and not only do they work a charm but they really suit the bike. For the 'Blade I've gone for black grips again, which although semi ruin the graphics, would still, in my opinion, look a darn sight better than the clear ones with all my grubby fingerprints on the underside.  I'll keep you updated on how I get on.