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As far as the commute to work goes, I draw the line at 40 degrees or colder. Yesterday, another line was drawn. After an hour of saddle time in 100 degree heat, I felt like a roasted peanut. THe heat coming off the hwy zaps the life out of me.  Guess I'll wait until the heatwave is over.
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As far as the commute to work goes, I draw the line at 40 degrees or colder. Yesterday, another line was drawn. After an hour of saddle time in 100 degree heat, I felt like a roasted peanut. The heat coming off the hwy zaps the life out of me. Guess I'll wait until the heatwave is over.
Wow Eddie, that sounds TERRIBLE!!!
Yep, and not only THAT, but I hope you know you could have possibly come down with a very bad case of HEAT STROKE too, which could have made you feel really REALLY sick!!!
Uh huh...TRUE!!!
And then by the time you got to work you could have looked just like THIS....
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Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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I agree, it's tough to do when it's that hot out. After this week of riding to work I was exhausted. It was great in the mid 70's mornings, but the humid high 90's afternoons were killer.
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i dont mind the rain ,the cold or the undrivers around here, but i really hate riding in the heat . especially when even the breeze/wind is hot............ but i,ll put up with it (a cold soaked bandana helps  ).this week will be the first time in 4 months i,ll be driving to work, but only because i got a work truck and i,m the callout guy.
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Hot.....pshhhh,if you dont ride in hot out here, you dont ride.
111 degrees was a tad warm but still ridable.
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Hot.....pshhhh,if you dont ride in hot out here, you dont ride.
111 degrees was a tad warm but still ridable.
Well, GEEEEZ Bill, THAT of course of 'cuz where YOU'RE AT it's a DRY....
(...oh, you've heard this one before, huh?!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Get a cooling vest...makes 90 feel like 70.
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And in a little while the COOL folks from the north will be commenting about the ....er....ahh....snow  ...but not today....not today  Its a beautiful 25 degrees C.... and for the challenged, that's 77 degrees F for Dwight and his ...ahem...friends.....  eh!
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There is actually a HOG rally going on here in Hot Springs. A biker told me that only 1300 bikers registered this year. It's usually three to four times that much. I'm sure Mondays paper will have an article with all the info.
The biker blames the economy and 100 plus heat.
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And in a little while the COOL folks from the north will be commenting about the ....er....ahh....snow ...but not today....not today
Its a beautiful 25 degrees C.... and for the challenged, that's 77 degrees F for Dwight and his ...ahem...friends..... eh!
Thanks for convertin' that there Celery...err...I mean that there CELSIUS figure o' yours so we all know down here what the "REAL" temperature is that you folks up there in Cananada...errr...I mean CANADA are enjoyin' today, Greg!!!
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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I miss riding to work with flurrys in the air and putting my front tire in the 10ft high snow bank.Coworkers leave you alone if they think your nuts!
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I miss riding to work with flurrys in the air and putting my front tire in the 10ft high snow bank.Coworkers leave you alone if they think your nuts!
Yeah Mike! Back before I retired I often found that to be the case TOO!
(...though in my case I'm not sure it had anything to do with either the weather OR my choice of transportation) 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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DW2,your right it is a dry heat.....kind of like a hair dryer  but hotter....and without an off switch .
Bill.
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***UPDATE*** Wreck in front of my store. Why would a biker with a passenger try to pop a wheelie 40 feet from a stop light? They rear-ended an SUV and the wife (girlfriend?) was pinned under it. I heard the squeeling tires and crash. No helmets. They are being carted off in a ambualnce. One of the reasons why I don't go to rallies.
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Cause he is a dumba$$ 
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***UPDATE*** Wreck in front of my store. Why would a biker with a passenger try to pop a wheelie 40 feet from a stop light? They rear-ended an SUV and the wife (girlfriend?) was pinned under it. I heard the squeeling tires and crash. No helmets. They are being carted off in a ambualnce. One of the reasons why I don't go to rallies.
Wow Eddie, that's TERRIBLE.....again!
Hey wait, I think that very incident was just reported over my TV!
Yeah, they said the owner of that SUV has just sent the very best mechanic he knew to go take a look at the damage to the underside of that SUV right there on the street, and the news station I'm watchin' took a picture of it...
(btw...the reporter said that all the mechanic said to him when he saw what was left of the motorcycle was..."Me-OW! That me-otorcyclist me-ust be one big ME-ORON, alright!")
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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***UPDATE*** Wreck in front of my store. Why would a biker with a passenger try to pop a wheelie 40 feet from a stop light? They rear-ended an SUV and the wife (girlfriend?) was pinned under it. I heard the squeeling tires and crash. No helmets. They are being carted off in a ambualnce. One of the reasons why I don't go to rallies.
I feel sorry for the girl
The rider seems like the type of guy I wouldn't trust to flip pancakes
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Cause he is a dumba$$
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I'm with Eddie, when we rode to Fl on Sat. it was 105º and then on Sat. 108º with heat index of 125º. It was like riding with a torpedo heater in your face. Glad my bag has a drink holder just to my right so I could carry a drink. At least on Sun. All I did was ride to Va. beach and body surf all day. Not sure of what the temps were from there on but it was very hot the whole way down to Fl. Then coming back it was in the upper 50s and low 60s so I felt very cold.
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Vented jacket + wet tshirt = personal air conditioner.
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I rode through some very heavy rain and in that heat I was dry again in about 5 miles.
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
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every 50 miles, soak your shirt with water. Either by taking it off, thoroughly wetting it, wring it, put it back on. or using a bottle of water while pressing your shirt against you, pour water along your collar line.
why 50 miles? that's about the evaporation time. go tank to tank and what was once water is now sweat...
the georgia welcome station on 301 at the SC border gives free soda fountain colas...don't wet your shirt with those!
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I rode through some very heavy rain and in that heat I was dry again in about 5 miles.
hahaha dog. this is wierd but i was thinking of you Saturday. Being about 15 miles from the SC border on 301 in GA, a light to medium rain started. already had about 70 miles on my once wet now dry t shirt, i rode with thanks in the rain. instant ac once again, this time with legs included. Rain is good, especially when the rain is off a ways and ya get the benefit of cooler breezes and shade.
Textile jacket + summer riding + water soaks = cooler riding
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Eddie,
Is Doc still running the biker rag?
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The coffee shop two doors down carried it until they closed their doors. Haven't seen an issue since.
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... instant ac once again, this time with legs included. Rain is good, especially when the rain is off a ways and ya get the benefit of cooler breezes and shade.
Textile jacket + summer riding + water soaks = cooler riding
I keep thinking about installing a rear facing mist generator (squirt bottle?) on the handlebars for just that reason. 
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