Try to stand the Heat!
Grand HDF Member
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 4,599
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From: Lansing mi
Us guys up North suffer a lot more in the heat. We spend the other half of the year freezing in the Winter. Sometimes I wish my family forefathers had never came up here. I'm close to my family so I'm kind of stuck up here in Michigan.
We do get some nice Weather, but it's just to short. We do have some great riding areas up here.
We do get some nice Weather, but it's just to short. We do have some great riding areas up here.
Tourer
Joined: Sep 2012
Posts: 336
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From: Queen Creek, AZ
I've been eyeing the mid frame heat deflectors too, but I cant seem to find them for a 99 electra. Everything says 01 and up.
Am I screwed or can I make them work?
Yep, been riding (not on the current new to me electra) on previous bikes. I dont use bike shorts, but I wear compression shorts, which are the same material, but without the maxi pad like material in the crotch. Throw in a little gold bond and smelly/sweaty ***** are a thing of the past
Am I screwed or can I make them work?
Yep, been riding (not on the current new to me electra) on previous bikes. I dont use bike shorts, but I wear compression shorts, which are the same material, but without the maxi pad like material in the crotch. Throw in a little gold bond and smelly/sweaty ***** are a thing of the past
Road Captain
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 528
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From: Bel Air, MD
Like was already said, hot is hot and I would just say deal with it. I did 300+ miles today up along the NJ shore sweating my azz off! What I need is a portable bottle holder for water; right now I set a bottle down in over the handle bars against the windshield and it sits there fine but it worries me that it may mess up the chrome on the nacelle or bars. Last night I froze 4 water bottles to take along today.
Advanced
Joined: Jul 2013
Posts: 50
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From: Baltimore
If riding for any length of time in the high heat, I always get out of the cotton drawers and switch to the bicycle shorts (don't know what they are really called). They do two things for me, makes it 100 times more comfortable (longer time in the saddle) and they don't hold the sweat which keeps me from getting crotch rot.
Tourer
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 352
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From: Egg Harbor Township, N.J.
<3 the heat. Better hot than cold in my book. Was riding with a friend the other day and we hit a cool spot(like when swiming in the ocean you get warm and cold spots). It's just something you cant appreciate when on four wheels.
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