This spring I rode the Blue Ridge Parkway top to bottom, then made my way to the dragon and Cherohala Skyway and back to Chi town. 2400 mi in 6 days. 2 days of rain riding, including the dragon in the rain. My old 1985 K w 90K miles ran perfectly and managed to drag the pegs in the wet... gotta love the metzlers.
Not bad for a $4K investment.