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New Bohemia, Va | One thing I notice is the hotter it gets the less folks ride around here. In the last few days the temp has been close to 100 and the next couple of days it will be over 100. While I don't do a lot "just for the fun of it" riding, I am a daily rider. I've also read that the Vision is just too hot to ride, I'll beg to differ. I actually feel that the bike rides better in the heat, whether the rider (I dare not call them a pilot) can tolerate it. When I took this picture when I got home it had actually cooled off from work. Not bragging, just encouraging others it is okay to ride in the heat if you can stand it. Keep hydrated.
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Oklahoma City | Usually while I'm riding in this type of heat (100+) I stop every 60 miles or so to hydrate. I'll buy 2 drinks, one for the stop and one for the road. Depending on how I feel I'll mix the water up with Gatorade every other stop or so. Definitely no soda or tea as the caffeine will help dehydrate you. |
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| Yeah, we hit 106 to 113 in the shade riding through OK. Only thing is the shade under the bridges doesn't last long at 80. O.o |
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Meadow, Texas | As for me, Frogg Toggs are the only way to go. Keeps me from succumbing to the heat.
And hydrate ....................... hydrate....................hydrate! |
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| You call that hot? That's just a normal summer here lol. |
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New Bohemia, Va | Understand for all you hot state folks, and I know what it is like to roll from sunup to sundown in 100+ with the temps topping out to 110, it's all about being acclaimated. Even on 90+ days here folks won't roll and prefer it to be in the mid-80's and below. I say that's a day wasted if I don't roll. I just wanted to encourage those who think they can't ride in the heat, you can if you do it right. |
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New York State | If your Vision is like my Vision it is lying it is usually a few degrees cooler than the temp readout on Deer Crusher. I perfer 25 degrees F to 100F
Just the way I'm built |
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New Bohemia, Va | mine usually runs about 10 degrees hotter if sitting, and about 3 degrees hotter when moving at temps above 80. |
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Austin, Texas | Yep. The temp guage on mine hits 107 or better every day on the ride home. Next week the predicted ambient temp will be 104-105 here in paradise, so I expect to see bike temps above 110. It's like riding in a blast furnace, but with a huge grin on your face. |
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Baltimore, Md | Today it's going to be 106F actual air temp here, with a heat index of 119F. This may be the day to give my Veskimo water-cooled vest the real torture test. Riding around with full AGATT will probably draw a few stares, but I wonder how long the ice will last.
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Mt. Vernon, WASH. | And I've had to run the furnace the last couple of nights, it's still mid March around here with temps in the mid 60's and rain rain rain-weather clown on TV is threatning it might warm up to the mid 70's by mid week next week. It's really cut into my riding so far, don't mind some rain but raining hard and blwing is off the schedule for me. All due to really big low pressure cells that keep drifting into our coast and turning the hot stuff over Cali and into the mid West. |
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Litchfield Park, AZ | Yeah, the Vision temp gauge lies every once in a while, but you get the idea.....actual temp that day was about 113, and it was waaaaaay too hot. The ride that day was brutal.
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Brighton, TN | anybody got ideas of what I could fill with ice at a gas station and wrap around my neck or drape over on my back. Seems there is something, I just don't know what it might be. traveling to Houston and wondering what to use. |
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New York State | With the end of Space program you might be able to get your hands on a used Spacesuit |
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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | Best biking is when the temp is in 'The Teens' - anywhere from 13c to 19c
Cool enough that you comfortably wear protective gear - leathers or whatnot. Above 'The Teens' - things start to come off, sunburn happens, windshield comes down, bugs start hitting the face, ankles get HOT, shoes get less protective - riding is NOT as much fun.
Below 'The Teens' - well - IT'S DAMNED COLD - and where I live - can be WET. NOT fun.
We recently rode north from Salt Lake City and the temp on the bike got to 37c (104f) - which was MURDER to a Pacific Northwest VV Pilot !!!
Today is cloudy with sunny patches - high expected - 20c (room temp 70f) - so A-RIDING-I-WILL-GO !!!!
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| My temp gauges is at best right or or two degrees off. I checked it with one of the smart phones that have the temp on it.
You ask how? I found the sending unit behind the left hand mirror. It looks like a bare wire terminal. I moved it down to just in front of the left hand fuel cell.
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Mt. Vernon, WASH. | Pollolittle,
Check the surplus stores and maybe the mega huntin' guy stores-the Gummint issues a gel filled neck scarf to troops in East Catbox where the still air temps can get over 135f. You soak it or they can be frozen (but won't last as long) and they do double duty, they keep you cool and keep the sun from turning your neck to raw meat. They work by evaporatve cooling-Might also want to spray/soak your shirt with water (pick up a really cheap sprayer bottle and keep it handy) just before 'wheels up' and use the airstream help you too. |
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Northeast Ohio | Someone, a while back, posted this: http://www.hogcooler.com/hog-cooler-vest-system.html
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Bay of Gigs, WA | Huh. Blows me away. I had no idea there were three digits on the thermometer. Frankly, I'm kinda surprised it even has an 8! |
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New York State | http://www.thevog.net/file/pic/photo/97dfe961431981d849f5bfcc468ef6...
I have a ride tomorrow for the Boy Scouts but it is further upstate so the highs will only be in the 90's
yesterday and today both of my bikes are gleaming sculptures in the driveway
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Flowery Branch Ga | The highest mine has read was 102 on 4 of july. That was running 80-85 on the interstate. It was hot, but not hot enough to not ride.
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Peachtree City, GA | The highest mine has read while riding was 116... All I can say was it was HOT... On days above 100 I will sometimes where a cool vest. You can google them... Basically, soak it in water and then put a vest or mesh jacket on over it.... When the moving air hits it... it cools off - keeping you cooler. It will last for up to few hours.
Here is one.... http://www.techniche-intl.com/en/catalog/cooling-apparel/hyperkewl-...
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Cabot Arkansas | Two years ago my wife and I rode across Arkansas and Oklahoma 1 day with the temp from 100 -109 all the way .We stopped about 4 hours earlier than we planned because of the heat, spent the night in Guymon Ok and I can say I never was more happy to see an air conditioner in my life than the one in that hotel room.Rolled into Colorado the next day and the temps never got above 80 for days.We ride in the humid hot summers of Arkansas all the time BUT it sure is alot more enjoyable when the temp doesn't get above 90.But on the other hand if there isn't ice on the road it's usually never too cold to ride the vision here. |
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Baltimore, Md | I recently bought a Veskimo water-cooled vest and have been trying it out in the heat lately. Yesterday (Saturday) was the real torture test. The ambient air temp was 102F and with the humidity it felt like 115F (reported by the XM radio). The Vision temp gauge varied between 104 and 107 at all times. The Veskimo continues to work as advertised and kept my body core cool with the 65F water constantly circulating. The warmest part of me was the brow line in my helmet which had a small bead of sweat, but for the most part, I was dry and comfortable. I rode for 1 1/2 hours and had about 1/2 the ice left when I returned home - so it would easily go as far as my gas allows before needing new ice from a gas station or 7-11, even in 100F+ temps all day. I must say, it's been worth the money so far. Some have suggested that the vest is simply over the top - take a car. I say if you ride with a heated vest for cold, this is not much different and is really simple to setup once you know how. It takes all of an extra 5 minutes and sits easily in the seat behind me. I guarantee I wouldn't have been out for leisure riding yesterday without it.
I almost grabbed the camera for some pics of me in full AGATT in the sun on a 107F degree day. And, that's another benefit: using the Veskimo, I am not only cool to ride, but ride in full protective gear while the guys/gals in shorts and T-shirts are dangerously exposed to sun and gravel. I'm a believer. |
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New Bohemia, Va | you should put the veskimo vest write up in the product review so it doesn't get lost in the forum. There's another one also called Hogsomething in another thread. |
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Baltimore, Md | Cap'n Nemo - 2011-07-24 12:31 PM you should put the veskimo vest write up in the product review so it doesn't get lost in the forum. There's another one also called Hogsomething in another thread. Done. I also added a couple of photos (putting 1 here also). This thing really works well. 
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New York State | Now were are talking. I want on 3 X . It was rainy this morning and the afternoon temps did not crest 90 degreef f .
Deer Crusher had a bad reaction to a tar snake or patch today on a senic mountain curve.She caught pavement again several feet left of our lift off point and was righted readily I recovered about a half mile later on a level road at a red light.
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Davenport, IA | Mine hit 110 two weeks ago rolling through Wichita, KS. It usually registers about 3 degrees hotter than what it really is. But the actual high that day in Wichita was 108. We were headed to the Grand Canyon. |
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Bullhead City, AZ | One of my elderly patients was talking about how nice it was today, 104 on the hospital sign. |
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Bay of Gigs, WA | Just like summer here in the Northwest. On Neptune, that is...might hit 70 today... |
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scotts valley, California | Old thread here; new question:
I frequently ride in three digit temps and thoroughly enjoy it, relieves the arthritis a little you know. Recently a friend told me that, when the temp is higher than your normal body temp, it feels cooler to wear a full face helmet than the smaller ones or none at all. Sometimes when I cross into a no helmet required state, it feels really good (cooler) to remove my half helmet.
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Prairie City, IA United States | Blue Sky Guy - 2013-06-10 1:33 PM
Old thread here; new question:
I frequently ride in three digit temps and thoroughly enjoy it, relieves the arthritis a little you know. Recently a friend told me that, when the temp is higher than your normal body temp, it feels cooler to wear a full face helmet than the smaller ones or none at all. Sometimes when I cross into a no helmet required state, it feels really good (cooler) to remove my half helmet.
So my question is: whadoyatink?
When the temps get above 93 degrees the body loses evaporative cooling. You want to maintain as much cover as possible and hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. 16 ounces per hour is the minimum you should drink. I have an article written by iron butt magazine (I think) that explains things better than I can. http://www.ironbutt.com/ibmagazine/IronButt_1002_62-66_Hot.pdf |
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Bullhead City, AZ | Last friday the bike is sitting under the awning at work temp 122, when I got down the highway dropped to 121. It might be off but it was still hot. |
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New Bohemia, VA | hydrate is the key. I was sucking water like there was no tomorrow rolling across Kansas back 2010. I was using a camelback and it ran out about 2/3 between stops so I pushed it. Bad mistake because I was going into the dehydration mode and was feeling very sick. Drink water/fluids whether you think you need it or not. When you dehydrate you don't think straight either so you're apt to not reason very well, heading for certain disaster. |
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| Yep. We had some real hot days last year crossing OK, KS & MO.
Your body and brain will fail from heat & dehydration before your Vision will.
Personally, I'm stopping every hour for a water break when temps get over 90 or so. Failure to do so could be bad.
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scotts valley, California | Interesting responses; thanks guys. The article in Iron Butt and your comments were a real awareness check for me. Last year coming down through Oregon the temp was three digits most of the day. By the time I got to Redding it was 114. I was stopping to drink what I thought was frequently, but things got a little weird in my head (I mean weirder than usual).
All comments seem to indicate that my friend's statement about a full face helmet was true, but I think I will just double up on water in the future. |
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Georgia, west of Atlanta | It's always hot in Redding.......
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