Riding in a blast furnace

[liferider]

Damn, road to Jefferson TX this morning a good ride from Louisiana. Had lunch and a couple of beers and watched a Collage football game. Started back about 3pm. Damn! It was 98* and I swear I hit hot pockets that must have been 105*! Not fun!!

 

[okie_dog]

I hear ya! was out doing test rides with mine trying to tune the carb better. it actually felt better testing around 45-50mph than it did at 70.

 

[Nukeranger]

I know what you mean Jonathan. Here is what I have for those situations.

http://hogcooler.com/info.html

Works great, keeps you beverage iced down, and lasts a few hours. So, a gas stop can be used to replace the melted ice (and your favorite beverage) as needed.

 

[HMAN]

Sounds like summer riding in Kansas.....ALL THE TIME!!!:roll::roll:

 

[Jwooky]

take that over the cold any day!

 

[RCAdd1ct]

I hear ya! was out doing test rides with mine trying to tune the carb better. it actually felt better testing around 45-50mph than it did at 70.

Convection cooking.

The heat index ramps up with the speed. Just like it gets colder the faster you go in winter with the chill factor.

Look for some evaporative clothing. The stuff really works.

 

[ringo]

hadnt rode much since July, its been either raining or about to rain, or sweltering hot
hurry up fall weather!

 

[BruceMerc]

Yep, made a run yesterday. Couple of friends wanted to ride a new route. Raceland La, to Alexandria, La then cut across to McComb, Ms then back down to Raceland. Total close to 500 miles. Started at 7:00 AM when it was still cool but between 10:00 and about 4:00 was "HOT". The "Mastiff" did well even in the heat, gas mileage was better than my friends new Harley Ultras and also did better than a friends Kawasaki Vulcan. Averaged around 43 miles to the gallon. Ride was good, thought I would be hurting today but only wind burn.

 

[Nukeranger]

Convection cooking.

The heat index ramps up with the speed. Just like it gets colder the faster you go in winter with the chill factor.

Look for some evaporative clothing. The stuff really works.

I have evaporative clothing and in our high humidity it doesn't work as well as circulating ice water. It does help but .....


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[RCAdd1ct]

I have evaporative clothing and in our high humidity it doesn't work as well as circulating ice water. It does help but .....


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I keep wetting mine with ice water from the camelback.

 

[Nukeranger]

I found that Texas isn't humid compared to Louisiana so evaporative cooling works better. At the ROT Rally in Austin there are a lot of those Porta Coolers but you won't find any being used in Louisiana. My best friend who has an AC service rents out a 3 ton AC to cool people off in a small area. If evaporative cooling worked so great in Louisiana there would be an abundance of them around.

Just my observation


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[Wills67]

Just a normal daily ride in Dallas :angry:

 

[Bigkurtie]

Welcome to TEXAS. I know the blast furnace well.

 

[BBChopper]

Same shit down here. I wanted to go out this morning but the wife said she just as soon stick her head in the Oven and get it over with!!
She wouldn't hold still though!!!:roll:

 

[liferider]

Same shit down here. I wanted to go out this morning but the wife said she just as soon stick her head in the Oven and get it over with!!
She wouldn't hold still though!!!:roll:

Laugh my ass off! Mine said she should have stayed home and stuck her head in the oven that it would have been less painful!

 

[liferider]

Yep, made a run yesterday. Couple of friends wanted to ride a new route. Raceland La, to Alexandria, La then cut across to McComb, Ms then back down to Raceland. Total close to 500 miles. Started at 7:00 AM when it was still cool but between 10:00 and about 4:00 was "HOT". The "Mastiff" did well even in the heat, gas mileage was better than my friends new Harley Ultras and also did better than a friends Kawasaki Vulcan. Averaged around 43 miles to the gallon. Ride was good, thought I would be hurting today but only wind burn.

Holler at me next time y'all head to Alexandria. I'm in Shreveport. I'll meet you at Renagade HD. My I laws are in Alexandria. We have a camp out on Lake Cotile and deer hunt about 1/2 way between Alexandria and Leesville.

 

[BruceMerc]

Holler at me next time y'all head to Alexandria. I'm in Shreveport. I'll meet you at Renagade HD. My I laws are in Alexandria. We have a camp out on Lake Cotile and deer hunt about 1/2 way between Alexandria and Leesville.

Will do. We stopped at Renagade HD along the way.

 

[liferider]

I hear ya! was out doing test rides with mine trying to tune the carb better. it actually felt better testing around 45-50mph than it did at 70.

here is a wind chill and heat chart looks like anything over 95* it get's hotter with speed.