[omoplata]

108 at 5:30pm.

This is dogshit.I cannot ride with gear at this temp.It's brutal, like putting your balls in a microwave brutal.

Anyone else having this problem?

 

[spikespiegel]

try doing a trackday with FULL gear in that!

 

[mbarclay]

wow i just got off the 10 and its 68 here now it got up to 81 here today lol the hottest its been all summer is like 86....have fun in the heat i dont know how you guys can do iti would rather be in -20 than 100+

 

[mr_honez]

Try wearing an armored vest in it... But yeah I rode too, and it's freakin' hot!!

 

[ducatibrandon]

So SOrry to here about the heat, bite me! 115 outside and 122 in the truck yesterday.

 

[WLTD]

speaking of vests and very hot weather...I know we've spoken about squidly behavior but how do you guys feel about a vest for those hot days instead of the Jacket??? obviously gloves and helmet but i'm curious to see how people feel about the vest similar to the icon field vest i see a lot of squids riding with. sorry for the thread jack but i thought it was relevant.

 

[Jingalls1000]

try doing a trackday with FULL gear in that!

Did that a while ago at Jennings GP, 104 air temp, 118 on the track. Never agian, it took all the fun out of the track.

 

[zx10Duran]

if you think thats hot, try laying on the asphalt with people telling you not to move as your skin is baking

 

[codyc]

Shit.. We're setting record LOW's in IOWA! So dumb.. Last week it hit 46 degrees in one town.. 61 in mine.. Weather has been goofy this year for us!

 

[Jingalls1000]

speaking of vests and very hot weather...I know we've spoken about squidly behavior but how do you guys feel about a vest for those hot days instead of the Jacket??? obviously gloves and helmet but i'm curious to see how people feel about the vest similar to the icon field vest i see a lot of squids riding with. sorry for the thread jack but i thought it was relevant.

You can call me a Squid all you want, but when the Temperature hits mid 90s and I have no choice but riding the ZX-10, im going in a T-shirt with no jacket. I think the risk of overheating and getting sever dehydration or a sun cramp at best, and at worst a sun stroke, out ways the risk of going down.
Obviously the smart thing to do is were your gear, but when you've got no choice, Heat can be MUCH more dangerous then the crash.

 

[omoplata]

103° | 74° 103° | 76° 103° | 77° 104° | 76° 106° | 76°

Nice 5 day forecast.

The vests seem to be effecient if you have no arms.

 

[ultrabaka]

At those temperatures a good flowing jacket will cool you more than having your bare skin exposed to the sun. Also wear an iceberg cooling vest that will cool you for hours. Best $20 I spent on gear. Also stop being pussies and imagine being in Irag with 50+ pounds of gear on.

 

[Jingalls1000]

At those temperatures a good flowing jacket will cool you more than having your bare skin exposed to the sun. Also wear an iceberg cooling vest that will cool you for hours. Best $20 I spent on gear. Also stop being pussies and imagine being in Irag with 50+ pounds of gear on.

What is this Iceberg cooling vest of which you speak?
Oh, and look at how many Heat Cats the military get daily in Iraq.

 

[jasonc32amg]

I love the heat...who cares.

 

[omoplata]

Ice vest?
Where?
How much?

 

[omoplata]

 

[mr_honez]

You can call me a Squid all you want, but when the Temperature hits mid 90s and I have no choice but riding the ZX-10, im going in a T-shirt with no jacket. I think the risk of overheating and getting sever dehydration or a sun cramp at best, and at worst a sun stroke, out ways the risk of going down.
Obviously the smart thing to do is were your gear, but when you've got no choice, Heat can be MUCH more dangerous then the crash.

I tend to agree with you Jingalls, But if I do I wear loose long sleeved shirts to keep the sun from roasting my arms.

Speaking of vests, the Icon one will at the very least protect your back and chest and has good ventilation.

 

[JP636]

Try wearing an armored vest in it... But yeah I rode too, and it's freakin' hot!!

That's no shit. 5/8" Kevlar is not designed to keep you cool.

 

[lyodbraun]

Ohio's weather so far has been great we had a few hot ass days but here lately its been like fall with temps in the mid 70's and 50's at night, loving esp with no rain here in a while atleast my part of ohio but it also sucks cause its hurting my pockets with no grass to cut Im not making any money to keep me floating by till I find work again... but rain is comming tomorrow .

 

[Jingalls1000]

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