I got caught in the rain on a short 2-3 hour trip on the way there and on the way back. During the day it was a nightmare, I was sliding all over the place... had to pull over when trees started dropping branches.
On the way back it was at night, just fog at first. It wasn't fun and the bike would coast left or right in turns when I was trying to go more straight/upright. Once it started raining it was another nightmare, and I felt completely unsafe. I often felt fishtailing from otherwise minor inputs. Normally in the city I would think it must look pretty cool to see my back-end get a little unwieldly, but on the highway I just kept thinking about the hospital and all the "I told ya sos" I'd soon be hearing if I were to survive the inevitable crash.
I had to slowdown to below the 55 mph limit for the duration, and pulled over several times. Several as in saw the sun come up.
"Sucks, don't it?" and "THAT REALLLLLLY SUCKS MAN!" were a couple of things I heard while changing shirts and playing the waiting game.
I was seriously considering that this wasn't for me.
Today was nice again, and I remembered how fun bikes are. But wet highways, freaking nightmare!!!!!!