This. Also increase following distance and slow down ahead of blind curves. Basically anything to expand your safety margin so you don't get into an emergency situation where you're asking your tires to do more than they can.

I commute on the bike pretty much any time the roads are free of ice or snow, so I do plenty of wet riding.

 

Commuting on a bike in NY or NJ will definitely make you a better rider on the street even if it isn't full of turns. I feel like I learned so much riding in NJ rush hour.

 

All good.

How does your traction feel on leans? I feel would decrease alot, but is it because of your mentality or will the tires still grip as good? I would assume that most wet ride crashes would be lowsides with the rear wheel loosing traction.

 

If the bike has good tires on usually the traction is still pretty good. It will most likely be user error going to fast, braking to hard, or hitting the throttle to hard.

 

Don't forget the number one rule of wet riding. Avoid the center of the road. This is the spot where car engines pre-dominately are most of the time. So, oil and anti-freeze tend to concentrate there. A light rain tends to float all of that gunk out of the pavement and enhance the slipperiness. Anywhere in an intersection, one should be extra cautious becuase cars tend to shift lanes and leave deposits all over. After a good, hard rain it tends to clean-up and be a little less of a hazard.

Modern STREET tires are pretty dang good at their wet weather job, but, in general, a little extra caution is not a bad thing.

Sigh... don't think I've ever laid a bike down in the rain, I save stupid for the dry pavement. ;-)

Ern