Getting Wet...

[TAFKARM]

Chris in all seriousness, wet testes is very miserable so a drain in the seat or a rain suit (both?) is advised!

[Kingster]

Indeed Russ and I have waterproof troosers plus an all in one waterproof romper suit!

Not sure I can drill a drain hole while keeping the uber comfiness intact!

[Kit Car Electronics]

maybe someone could adapt one of these 

[AdamR]

Not sure I can drill a drain hole while keeping the uber comfiness intact!

Given that the pads are neoprene rather than anything fibrous, I'd have thought that would be fine. Popped a 10mm one through mine and it drained well. Sitting in a puddle for hours sucks... A tip, pour a tiny bit of water in the seat first, then you can drill through at the exact low spot, no guesswork...

[Andy (Sycho)]

You can pull the padding up a bit & drill under that so you can't see it, but I found when moving I've stayed completely dry apart from my right arm even when the passenger seat filled with 3" of water.

I've got rubber trim around the edge of the areoscreen then just behind that under the aeroscreen stuck to the scuttle I have a neoprene strip which sends any water round the sides.

[SootySport]

I have the single JK pad in my seat, drilled 2 holes in the GRP seat shell .    Water does pool in the padding as it's dished and the remedy is just lift one side of the padding  (as it's velcroed to the seat) and the water runs of the side and down through the holes.   It doesn't pool with water when you are in the car, only when parked up and no seat occupant.    Fitting rubber mud flaps stops 80% of the rain entering the cockpit anyway. Pack a towel in a plastic bag and stow it under the front lip of the seat to dry the padding after you spilled the water through the drain holes.

[congorobot]

Last year I had a 4 hr motorway drive from Amsterdam to Düsseldorf in what I would only describe as biblical rain in my aeroscreen car. I am not sure it would have been possible with windscreen and wipers as I don't think the would have coped with the deluge. Most of the water getting in was being thrown from the front wheels onto the rear wheel arches and spilling up and over. Doors or half doors or mud flaps would have greatly reduced this. I had 4 holes in the floor on each side for drainage but it was coming in faster than it was draining and I ended up seated in 2 - 3" all the way. With either acceleration or braking it would surge forward or backwards. A bilge pump would have been handy. The underneath of my scuttle is panelled in so electrics are well protected and gave no issue. The floor now has larger holes drilled (6mm).

[DE04*]

the only real place you dont want water is

 

ecu

I used one of wifey's shower caps. Unscrew the hinged panel cover with shower cap (it's just the right size)then screw it back up

[Welly Jen]

Most of the water that ends up in the cockpit seems to come off the front wheels and either fall in from above, or run down the side of the bodywork, then dribble over the cill. You tend to get a wet elbow and soak your clothes below on that side. From there it pools in the seat and floor. The dashboard, instruments and switches tend to stay pretty dry as long as you are moving. They seem to be protected by the aeroscreen air bubble effect. I've been out in some biblical scale deluges and not had electrical problems.

I've sometimes wondered if something like a kayaker spray deck could work in a Westfield! One each for the driver and passenger and a waterproof zip to join them once on board.

Jen

[Kingster]

Hmm - seems like these half-door things (in carbon obviously) might be a good buy for my Alpine adventure next month. In the past on a bike, been caught in some seriously torrential rain on the continent!

[CraigHew]

velcro some temporary mud flaps onto the fronts?

[Kingster]

velcro some temporary mud flaps onto the fronts?

 

Yeah - pretty sure someone posted something like this somewhere - will do a search...

 

Found it - it was Julie.

[Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative]

Hi Chris,

 

Yes, it was me, the velcro alone does not hold them though and you need to pop some registration plate holder nuts and bolts on there too. Hopefully they will snap before they take the cycle wing out if it all goes wrong. You need a thicker material than I have used too as I keep getting the mud flap fold under the wing, it is too flappy if you know what I mean. They make a massive difference though.

 

Cheers

Julie

[Geoffrey Carter (Buttercup)]

I bought this for my mudflaps

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rubber-Sheet-SBR-Various-Sizes-1mm-to-10mm-Thicknesses-/121284416452?var=&hash=item1c3d1d53c4:m:mx5C_rWH5dDQqVk4NurbXLg

 

I bought 3mm thick.

[Kingster]

Plenty of options to look at - thanks everyone!

 

This weekend it will be much wearing of waterproofs - then see what I fancy doing for the Alps after the show