too hot to ride.

c'mon winter!

 

There are 2 types.

One type you soak the vest in water and evap cooling does the rest.

The other type has these plastic tubes filed with a chemical that will freeze at 50 or 60 degrees. You put them in the refrigerator. once frozen, you put them in theses pockets of the vest. It slowly melts and cools you down.


Advantage of the first type. On long trips, you can always find water to re-soak the vest. Disadvantage, on really humid muggy days, evap cooling doesn't work quite so good.

On the second type of cooling vest. Once the product melts, there isn't a place to recharge/freeze them

 

You ain't never been to East Texas have ya? It ain't a dry heat.

The cool vest works for about 30 minutes hear in Texas.
A typical hamburger run is at least 150 miles. You do the math. IT'S HOT THIS SUMMER

 

I was kidding with you on that. I use to live in a suburb of Houston, "Bellaire Texas". Went to Middle and High school there. I know Houston get miserly hot and humid even during normal weather patterns.

 

I was here for the heatwave of '80, and this is worse or at least seems that way. It's not uncommon for it to still be 100 at 9pm. We're seeing 100 around noon, so that is 9 hours of bake time. Let's call it the shake and bake summer of '11.

 

Same 105+ here in central Oklahoma - then add 10 degrees over the pavement.

"cool vest"???
Riding in this heat I want an "icy jockstrap" - the boys are getting roasted!

 

Well it could be worse, like where I live. I am heading down to the dealer for the first service on my bike, it is about 90 miles and it is going to be 57 degrees tomorrow morning. I dug out the chaps as I'm sure they will be needed. On the good side it will be 72 in the afternoon.

 

On short weekend runs, leave at 6:30 or 7:00am. Stop for breakfast/lunch, home by noon-1:00pm at the latest. If the bike sits in the sun in the afternoon, it's almost too damn hot to touch. My power bill jumped over $100 this month from last. We need rain. This kind of heat sucks.

 

i live 70 miles s.e. of tulsa and about 200 miles straight north of dallas. this summer has really kicked my ***. the bike can stay locked up in the shop until the weather turns to where it's comfortable to ride. i guess that's a sign that i'm getting old, but i be damm if i'm going to put myself through an oven just to go riding. might be a low turnout for sturgis if the heatwave continues, but i sorta doubt it.

 

I've lived in Dallas my whole life (52 years) and haven't seen it like this. Not only over 100 but up to 105-110 for a month now. I work nights so it's usually ok to still ride to work but I'm all sweated up by the time I back the bike out of the garage and get loaded and go. It's all but eliminated my bike riding for now.