I have never enjoyed riding in the rain.  I've done enough of it to have this kind of prejudice.  One time, thirty years ago, me and Bosco The Bandit left San Francisco eastbound on a clear sunny morning.  By midday, the rains had come upon us around Paso Robles.  The rain continued, eventually all the way to Montgomery, Alabama, where we finally took our rain suits off.  We had to seek high ground in Kingman briefly, and it got so bad in a couple places in Oklahoma that we had to find shelter and set it out. 

It was the kind of rain that forced you off the road just to light a cigarette.  Then it was prudent just to set there and smoke it before going back out into it.  And over the years and along the way, I have ridden from Florida to Michigan and back in rainstorms that spanned most of the states between.  Sometimes it gets utterly Biblical.
 

The Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum, the country's premier showcase of motorcycling heritage and history, will spotlight over a hundred of the world's most recognizable enthusiasts in its new exhibit, "MotoStars: Celebrities + Motorcycles."
Scheduled to open in late March 2008, the 8,000-square-foot exhibit will feature many priceless machines, exclusive memorabilia and tales from celebrities' favorite two-wheel adventures.

A dedication ceremony for "MotoStars: Celebrities + Motorcycles" will be held June 28, 2008, on the grounds of the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum in Pickerington, Ohio. The dedication ceremony will gather featured MotoStars, Motorcycle Hall of Famers, industry leaders and enthusiasts for
a momentous ribbon-cutting.

Notable celebrities offering personal motorcycles and memorabilia to the exhibit are auto racing legend and Alligator motorcycle inventor and manufacturer, Dan Gurney; General Motors Vice Chairman Bob Lutz; "King of the Kustomizers" George Barris; and rock legend, "Rush" drummer and lyricist, Neil Peart. Famous movie bikes include the 2004 MV Agusta F4-SPR ridden by Will Smith in "I, Robot." Exotic custom motorcycles designed and built by Austin Weiss for entertainers such as will.i.am, frontman for hip-hop group "The Black Eyed Peas," and Carlos Mencia, critically-acclaimed comic and star of Comedy Central's "Mind of Mencia," will also be featured. The Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum will announce additional contributors in the months leading to the exhibit opening.