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08-14-2016, 03:34 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: connecticut
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Too hot to ride
It is just too hot to ride for me in CT. I don't know how you guys do it in hotter climates. Yesterday it hit 99 on the thermometer. And it was humid. The "real feel" temp was 108. It rained a bit and just made it more humid. Perfect riding temp for me is about 70-80. I can wear gear and move around.
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08-14-2016, 03:47 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Alabama (Gulf Coast)
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I feel your pain . I live in south Alabama and want to install Carb , exhaust , adjust valves , sprockets and tune my new bike . Just to hot and humid to do that . I don't like to ride without gear ( jacket , boots , gloves etc.. ) but to hot to gear up for a nice afternoon ride . My next off day I will just have to sweat my butt off and try to enjoy the ride .
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08-14-2016, 04:24 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2016
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I hear ya. I try to ride in the morning when it's not so hot and where I am it's a dry climate, so an evaporative cooling vest helps too.
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08-14-2016, 08:34 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Yuma, Arizona
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When I leave for my 16 mile commute to work in the morning, it is about 85 F. On the way home it is about 105 F to 110 F with a few day of 115 F+. I used to do it on my TMEC 200 enduro, but now am on my TGB scooter. I just have to do it if I want a low-cost commute/low cost commuter vehicle. It's only for about 5 or 6 months out of the year, LOL...
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08-14-2016, 10:17 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: connecticut
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you guys are warriors. my accountant butt needs to be in an AC vehicle for my 20 mile commute... oh and a coffee... and a doughnut never hurts either.
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08-14-2016, 11:31 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: George West, Texas
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Culcune... hats off to ya.
It's fun to push it but I have to tell myself to think and remember when fatigue sets in risk increases. It's amazing what a difference it makes even between 100f and 95f.
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08-14-2016, 08:32 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Galt, Nor-Cal
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It's 5:30pm and 99 deg. Liike snobnd16, I don't ride without gear. I'll probably ride at 8pm.
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08-15-2016, 12:35 AM
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Location: Galt, Nor-Cal
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The problem isn't that Johnny can't read. The problem isn't even that Johnny can't think. The problem is that Johnny doesn't know what thinking is; he confuses it with feeling. ---Thomas Sowell ................................ Zongshen Storm V-250 ....................................... The Zong and Winding Road |
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08-16-2016, 11:38 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: connecticut
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By the end of the week the temp in CT should be nice. I can't wait.
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08-17-2016, 10:17 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Volcano, Ca
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Did an after-work cruise last night to evacuate some bad mojo out of my brain from the damn job. 78', bone dry, perfect. Got home after a mere 20 minutes out, two beers later, all was good!
As the saying goes.....You never see a motorcycle parked out in front of a physiatrists office.
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08-17-2016, 01:55 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: George West, Texas
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Quote:
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08-19-2016, 09:33 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Galt, Nor-Cal
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Between 7am and 8am, wow it was cold but a good feeling, I was grinning from ear to ear when I arrived at work.
The way back was the complete opposite from 5pm-6pm as it was in the high 90s. But still, a feel-good ride. Hard to be in a bad mood after riding. |
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08-19-2016, 11:11 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: George West, Texas
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Quote:
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Worse, they're distracted now more than ever with Pokemon Go! 
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