Does the heat spoil the pleasure of motorcycling

[Damrongsak]

Best (nearly?) overheated bike I ever saw was in Norfolk, VA  (USA) near the tunnel in summer beach stop-and-go traffic.  Rider pulled off and parked beside the interstate 64 highway.  I think it was a Ducati, and when she pulled off her helmet, just wow!  I was dragging a trailer to get a milling machine and wanted to render aid, but I had my son with me.  ????

 

Later chatted with a local guy and he had seen "that girl". Wow!  Saw another hauling arse up Interstate 95 near Washington, D.C. 

[JaiLai]

Not much fun in the heat. When touring I tend to leave at sunrise 6am ish, ride for max 5 hours (3-4 hours is better) and then spend the rest of the day chilling out with the odd cold beer next to the hotel pool.

This is also my MO.

However, leaving CR mid December it was about 14C and foggy that early, had to stop till the sun came up - bit chilly!!


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[potatoe]

On 4/2/2019 at 5:37 PM, Denim said:

 

How do you enthusiasts put up with it ?? I have wimped out. How do you keep going ?

For out of town trips I use the Dainese Assen one-piece leather suit (the cheapest Dainese suit money could buy), together with their under-layers. While it's a leather suit, it has very good ventilation. At any speed above 40km/h it has a cooling effect, any speed below and it's a portable hot-spring.

 

I've done the Mae Hong Son loop in 3 ways: 

1: flip flops, short-pants and tshirt on a scooter

2: cheap mesh jacket and armored jeans, plus proper motorcycle boots/gloves on a big-bike.

3. the dainese leather suit on a big-bike, plus proper motorcycle boots/gloves on a big-bike.

 

Contrary to popular opinion the leather suit was the most comfortable, mesh jacket lacked the ventilation, and the flip-flop scooter tour was both dangerous and exposed to the sun at all times.