| Author | Message | ||
     Teddagreek |
The dog days of summer are here.. Whats every one doing to keep cool? Thought about getting a cooling vest.. I read review on Web bike world but their kind of Ambiguous on which vest is better.. I also looking at getting a new lid... X-11 or Rx-7 Corsair? So what do you do to beat the heat???? | ||
| Pwnzor |
ummm... stay inside?   | ||
| Buell_nm |
Let me direct you to this post. I have the one in the picture and I love it. It really does make a huge difference. http://www.badweatherbikers.com/cgibin/discus/show.cgi?tpc=37&post=684028#POST68 4028 | ||
| Cyclonemick |
Ride Faster  | ||
| Tramp |
????!?!?!??!? wear a t-shirt and jeans, or chinos if it's too hot. use solar shields (reg. tm) or shop glasses, at night, with your fullface, with the integrated faceshield removed. you won't overheat like that. if you're still hot....go faster! | ||
| Diablobrian |
Ride Nekkid! No, seriously, mesh gear, perforated leather, or hybrids of the 2 work nicely. Chinos and a t-shirt or other light street clothing is a very bad idea. "Don't dress for the heat, dress for the fall" to quote Mr. Canfield An evaporative cooling vest is a good addition to the mesh gear. It would probably not be good for your leathers  | ||
| Pwnzor |
We don't all subscribe to ATGATT. I ride in shorts about 30% of the time. Not looking to have a debate about it, or hear how stupid anyone thinks I am. You sweat, I'll bleed, it's all good. | ||
| Midnightrider |
It's been triple digits in the DC area. In town I still go with jeans and a leather jacket. If I'm going to get on the beltway its leather jacket and leather overpants. A lot of times I'll do underarmor underneath and that does seem to help I was getting dressed for a late night ride last week (temp still in the mid 80s) and my neighbor called out "Are you wearing your leathers?" Yep, I told him, since I know I'm going to fall - I just don't know when. Firm believer/practioner of the "Dress for the fall, not for the ride" school of thought. I'm also counting this as training - getting ready for an Early September trip to the sandbox | ||
| Teddagreek |
Thanks for the link.. I just ordered this vest...  I have JR Phoenix Mesh... long rides I break out the under armor... I have some Alpine Stars Coolmax socks I really love.. | ||
| Tramp |
diablobrian: no, t-shirts and chinos are not a bad idea, at all. I've ridden that way for decades. the fullface helmet is the key element. | ||
| Curtyd |
Just remind myself that i VOLUNTEER to go to the sauna and steam room every day that I can, so what's wrong with riding in the heat? I am from FL. it's here every summer, I actually look forward to the rain.  I also look to stop only under shady spots if I can. | ||
| Bigdaddy |
Wearing full safety gear is the smart thing to do. You can't go wrong doing it. Wow,,how close is this to the tire-plug threads that pop up 3 or 4 times per year? I've got many very comfortable miles rolling around in jeans and a t-shirt. Wear what you can live with. G2 | ||
| Cochise |
I wear shorts under mesh pants and still wear my Vanson Leather coat when I ride. I only have one set of epidermis, and I ain't givin' up any more of it. | ||
| Cochise |
Oh yeah, upper 90's 90+% humidity. | ||
| M2nc |
Joe Rocket Phoenix Mesh Touring Jacket, Jeans, and Scorpion EXO400 Helmet. This helmet has incredible air flow. I rode home in 102°F heat yesterday and I was actually somewhat comfortable. Actually I was better than the day earlier where I rode home in the Van with Air Conditioning. It was hotter in the Van most of the way home and no air flow, so I was actually hotter, so yesterday back on the bike. Please note I live in a small town and work in a neighboring small city so I ride 65mph most of the way from work to home with little stopping. | ||
| Darthane |
Joe Rocket mesh jacket/gloves, my boots are perforated on the tops, and unless I'm on the freeway or someone's kicking up a lot of junk, I always ride with my faceshield up (and some shatter-resistant wraparounds on). ...you'll never catch me on my bikes without boots, gloves, helmet, jacket, and long pants, no matter how hot it is. I own that mesh and perforated leather for a reason. | ||
| Johnnylunchbox |
I just survived high 90's and high humidity for about a week while riding in WV. I used a Gerricke mesh jacket, and a JR Sahara evaporative coolig vest (you do not need to have a JR jacket as stated in the linked post), a wet bandana around my neck, but most importantly I always had a 70 oz. camelbak filled with ice water everytime I rode. I didn't get dehydrated or overheated once and this was on my Kawi which has a barn door of a fairing, so on a Buell I'd have been even cooler.  | ||
| Pwnzor |
Scorpion EXO400 Helmet. This helmet has incredible air flow. How loud is it inside the helmet at speed when compared to say, your last helmet? Can you give the model of your previous lid and compare for noise? I'm searching for quiet. On the subject of heat, and so as not to hijack, it was actually very pleasant here all weekend for once. And the Mrs. treated a 24 year old who got tapped by a car on the 405 freeway and actually got thrown over the divider into oncoming traffic. No gear besides helmet, gloves and tennis shoes. Jeans and t-shirt. He got a lucky bounce somehow and only broke his ankle and skinned up one arm and shoulder. I stopped in on him to see how he was doing and of course he was just pissed off about his bike, didn't care about his ankle or anything. Poor guy's bike is a total loss.  | ||
| Tramp |
look- the fullface is the main article of protection. jeans, t-shirt are fine. i a bone's gonna break, it's gonna break. roadrash happens. i happen to have none whatsoever. i have a couple bullet holes, a few gashes, some surgery scars some dandruff from time to time, but dermally i'm fine. the fullface helmet is the thing which matters most. you'll be fine without a the protective jackets, etc. my levis have served me fine in any/all drops | ||
| Pwnzor |
Yeah I agree on the fullface helmet. Skid lids are just lame, why even bother with them? There are times when I wish I could ride without a helmet, but never on the freeway or above say, 45mph. I really don't like bugs hitting me directly in the eyes, nose, mouth, ears etc. Not to mention all the pieces of tire tread, small rocks, sand, dust, etc. | ||
| Diablobrian |
A good jacket with CE elbow and shoulders and a spine protector can save you from broken bones and some more serious injuries. If you can live with road rash that's one thing, but to tell people that they don't need anything but a helmet is a pretty bad idea. Minimal protection is just that, minimal. Kind of like going with minimal insurance. It rarely ends up covering what you need it to, when bad things happen. Believing that bad things won't happen just because they haven't yet is not being realistic. | ||
| Angelwild327 |
South SOUTH florida here...if ya' can't take the heat..get outta the climate... power trip mesh armored jacket, buell puck gloves, boots to just below the knee and scorpion exo-400 helmet with wraparound glasses, oh and jeans..lol.. ALL THE TIME..no matter the temperature.. when it's "colder" I layer..another shirt, whatever it takes..even have chaps | ||
| Skyguy |
Angelwild, I lived in Key West for three years. You are still a Northerner (LOL) | ||
| Pwnzor |
Angelwild327 how do you rate your exo-400 for wind noise?  | ||
| Firebolteric_ma |
Angelwild327 >>>>>whatever it takes..even have chaps<<<<<<< picture please  | ||
| Vanvideo |
Floridian here, in the summer (or fall or winter or spring - heck, it's always hot here!) I always ride with a full-face helmet, mesh jacket, gloves, jeans and boots. All the people I ride with do the same. Sure, it's toasty being stuck in traffic in the heat of the afternoon, but road rash feels a lot worse - trust me, I know! | ||
| Newfie_buell |
What heat? | ||
| Darthane |
Heh...Newfie wants to know, specifically, which articles those of us that live in SANE CLIMATES find unbearably warm. ...he'll then go on an internet buying spree. | ||
| Lpowel02 |
i just bought an AGV Ti-Tech a few weeks ago. So far it seems much better vented than my Arai is...great in the heat out in CA and through the heat wave here in CT. Not 100% sure on which is better for noise...but I wear plugs all the time so it's not too big a deal |
