How hot is too hot to ride?
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How hot is too hot to ride?
The wife and I went for a 250 mile ride yesterday. It was 90 degrees which is about as hot as I want to ride in.
It doesn't get that hot here too often and the bike never got overheated but damn it was uncomfortable any time we stopped.
What the hottest temp you've ever hidden in?
Do you have a temp that is just too damned hot ride in?
It doesn't get that hot here too often and the bike never got overheated but damn it was uncomfortable any time we stopped.
What the hottest temp you've ever hidden in?
Do you have a temp that is just too damned hot ride in?
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Over 90 is a norm during the summer, virtually every day.
Over 100 many, many times (but not in Florida)
The south away from the coast and the southwest gets hotter than the hubs of hell.
I can handle riding in the heat. I've sworn off riding in the cold.
Over 100 many, many times (but not in Florida)
The south away from the coast and the southwest gets hotter than the hubs of hell.
I can handle riding in the heat. I've sworn off riding in the cold.
Last edited by Jonesee; Aug 16, 2015 at 10:18 AM.
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That temp. is recorded in the shade, as all official ones are. I don't get to ride in the shade very often.
My thermometer read 120 yesterday, but I've ridden around Lake Mead going to Vegas when it was pegged at 130. Checked into the hotel, jumped in the pool and sent the wife for beer (chase vehicle).
My thermometer read 120 yesterday, but I've ridden around Lake Mead going to Vegas when it was pegged at 130. Checked into the hotel, jumped in the pool and sent the wife for beer (chase vehicle).
Last edited by joe.1955; Aug 16, 2015 at 11:00 AM.
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................. Now, if it gets much above 90* I'm grounded!