WhyIzzIt so dadblamed HOT??? AND Summer is still about 8 weeks away!!! I reckon my "Riding Season" is about OVER & will be coming to a close soon... Monday, I went to the cattle auction house, and when I left, (in the heat of the day) I came up on an intersection with a STOP sign which had just very recently been paved... It was more Black than the Grey road I was on... I felt the HEAT coming up from the new pavement as soon as I rolled onto it... I jokingly told my riding buddy Chris, the other day that Riding season is about over for me!! And he agreed the HEAT is Rough here... All joking aside, I`m NOTTA Whimp! We ride YEAR ROUND, D
Yessiree! I`ve seen 117 degrees on the thermometer attached to the handlebars, John, whilst STOPPED on I-75S coming from the capitol one July 3... Stop, cool off, ride, cool off, ride... It just means more Cool Off periods to rehydrate, D
Yeah, that will help! Us Ol` Farts can`t handle the heat like we usedta... Twist the throttle a little more!!! Don`t stop... When I stop the heat increases, D
I agree, its starting to warm up down here to and my wife has been hinting that it might be time to sell the Harley so in keeping the peace I agreed, she doesn't know that I'm going to over price it. I like my bike.
I won`t tell her neither! That`s one Sure fire way to keep it, OVERPRICE by Big buck$... You GO Boy, D
For the moment until you realize later that you're blistering up, and damn that shower hurts... a lot.
Yes, and that is the reason I cover my body whenever I ride... Long sleeves light colored shirt keeps them rays off me... I sometimes end up with "Bikers Bracelets" where gloves don`t meet shirt sleeves However I got the cure for that at the welding shop last week, long cuffed mig welding gloves We gotta Protect our body, No none else will do that for us, D
On really hot days here in Phx (110+), I've had the part of my hand facing the pavement get uncomfortably hot such that I'd either flatten my hand out and/or move it out of line of sight. That black pavement radiates something fierce!
Yeah @Basstrix It only got to 95 yesterday when I checked about 3pm, in the heat of the day, whilst I headed home... I put 302 miles on the odometer, enough to have made it to @Hillbilly s place IF I had gone thattaway... But I came back home