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Cruiser
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Litchfield Park, AZ | ATGATT, is protection based on conditions.....
ATGATT in Phoenix, Arizona in July/August could get you killed before any accident might get you. Heat exhaustion has taken many riders out here.
....and before the gear nuts come after me, I'm partly joking on that statement, but partly not. If you are wearing leather, or even an additional layer of thick textile, you may be getting air coming into the jacket, but you are not allowing your body to expell the core rising temps back out.
When it's 115 degrees, with the sun beating down on you, and your core temperature starts rising, you may cause your own accident when you are overcome by the heat. I always wear a helmet and gloves, jeans, boots, and either a leather jacket (winter) or a light weight long sleeved shirt to keep the sun off me.
I always love it when I read about people acting like a bunch of tough guys and how they can ride in ANY temperature......even though they have never truly experienced the hell on earth that is the Sonoran or Mojave deserts.
Edited by phoenix9 2012-05-05 3:08 PM
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Visionary
Posts: 8144
New Bohemia, VA | The two and half weeks I spent out in the Mojave, and the ride to and from there July '10, I wore a white long sleeve Levi shirt. |
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Cruiser
Posts: 231
Desert Hot Springs (Palm Springs area), CA | I live in the Palm Springs area and in the summer am the anti-black rider. White helmet, silver mesh jacket, and white mesh gloves. Also I have a water vest that I wear under my mesh jacket! |
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Visionary
Posts: 8144
New Bohemia, VA | Yes, a camelbak... |
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Puddle Jumper
Posts: 18
| After beating the odds for about 25 years, I started wearing more protective gear. Within a short time later, ATGATT. 6 or 7 years now and in all kinds of weather. I actually think a mesh jacket keeps me cooler than a tank top in the blistering sun. I saw too many people getting their skin chewed up in even minor wrecks.
I'm all for doing what makes you happy but don't think that any amount of motorcycle or car driver training will prevent you from being a victim of a wreck. Life (and stupid) happens. I'm just looking to up my odds of walking away instead of being carted off. |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 1117
Northeast Ohio | I am a 2/3 ATGATT. 3/4 helmet (would love to find a modular helmet that fit well), mesh jacket (leather when cool), gloves and boots. Usually just wear jeans though. My buddy now wears diamond gusset jean, which I will probably get a few pairs of. I 100% agree that the mesh jacket is cooler than no jacket. I burn easy too, which is another reason I wear the mesh jacket. |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 752
Broken Arrow, OK | what was the question?
I have several irritating, painful helmets I'd like to sell.
I now wear a GMax GM54 modular, pearl white of course, and it's fairly comfortable all day long. My wife and I never, ever, ride w/o helmets.
I wish it stayed cool all yr long here cause I like cold weather riding, ATGATT style but I end up w a teeshirt on in the summer here.
Edited by okie vision 2012-05-08 2:26 PM
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