I am scheduled to ride my motorcycle in a pink dragon costume in the 4th of July parade today. Weather calls for 91 degrees and awful humidity. It's 7:00 am and already swampy outside.

The route is 2 1/2 miles and it will be walking speed. Obviously clutch in the whole time.

I can stay well hydrated but I'm concerned about the bike not getting any air for cooling as I imagine it will be around 45 minutes from start to finish.

What do you guys think? Thanks

Also - last night I found one of my front caliper bolts loose. Do those have to be tightened in a certain way or anything special?

 

that is a show bike...might as well show it off! i just ordered some of jason's(member here) cooling fans. an oil cooler and a set of those fans should handle just about anything. they would not distract from the look of your bike and will kick in if needed. traffic jams, accidents, construction, etc. are all part of riding-those old air cooled motors are pretty tough and you should be fine.

 

It would worry me, that long, mostly clutch and going that slow. I don't know about cooling it, which it'd make me not want to go. I'd also be worried about the costume in that heat.

Good Luck with your parade.

 

I think what I am going to do is go, and if things get too hot, I can just exit the parade at almost any time. There are many businesses along the route and there's bound to be openings here and there for me to scoot into if I have to.

 

That sounds like a good plan. Post a pic of your bike at the event.

 

In that costume please. I believe we're all curious at this point.

 

The parade was 1 1/2 hours long, I bailed out after 30 minutes. I thought I was going to faint. People ran up to me with water along the way which was great.

OK don't laugh, it was for the kiddies (yeah but it was fun for me too).

 

Should we start referring to you as Puff instead of Peg?


Glad you're not too vain to post this pic. Be well.

 

That pink dinosaur suit really ties the bike together.

Kudos for showing up in a fur suit when everyone else is wearing shorts.

 

bwaaa haaa haa