Too Hot here!!!!

[Rooster57]

Unbelievably Hot here in Texas now!!!!!!! ....To hot to ride....109 Degrees today!!!!



.....was considering buying another set of Love Jugs Mighty Mite fans and mounting them to my riding hat, but I couldn't find proper mounting brackets!!!!

...... (just kidding).

......and the HOT air pollution now around here can give one a lite nose bleed too!

:sneakydevil:Later!

 

[rhino 2]

Isn't it supposed to get hot..:sneakydevil:..After all it is Summer .......

 

[trikermutha]

:tumbleweed:

 

[lah2420]

I feel your pain. 104 here today. Trike is NOT being ridden. Supposed to be hot? Yes. But not usual to be over 100 this early in the game. Week after next looks like low to mid 90s, which is usual. 104 degree air at 70 mph is still 104 degree air.

 

[ultrafxr]

I feel your pain. We just got back from the Deadwood Three Wheel Rally - left July 6th, so 16 days on the road and my wife counted 9 days of at least 100 degree heat. Some days were 102 and 103. Coming into La Junta, CO, day before yesterday it was 105 and stayed 105 all day. Not fun but at least it was dry heat, lol.

 

[Jack Klarich]

Hot is hot, my brother in Arizona is always sayin it is a dry heat

I told him to stick his head in an oven Now that is a dry heat

I feel for y'all any thing at or over 100 gets too hot to ride and enjoy it

 

[PosseRider]

It was cool top of Pikes Peak. lolololololol Not so much when we came down in to Colorado Springs

 

[Freewheeling Ron]

I am seriously considering a Veskimo. The non backpack version is well priced imo for being able to ride in heat. The ice chest can easily fit on seat ot luggage carrier.

http://www.veskimo.com/personal-cooling-system-9quart.html

 

[paws]

I see that Wichita Falls TX hit 110* today. Right now it is 109 there. I sure hope HogCowboy is ok. We’re supposed to have 105 tomorrow in Midland and 107 Monday, then a break to the 90’s. Oh well...that’s what air conditioners and ice are for.:flame::blowup:epsi:

 

[rhino 2]

I see that Wichita Falls TX hit 110* today. Right now it is 109 there. I sure hope HogCowboy is ok. We’re supposed to have 105 tomorrow in Midland and 107 Monday, then a break to the 90’s. Oh well...that’s what air conditioners and ice are for.:flame::blowup:epsi:

Now youse guys are bragging......:laugh:

 

[1dn5up]

Wow, and I put on a pair of sweatpants on at 58* !

 

[GrandpaDave]

Our trike is loaded on the trailer ready to hook up behind the motorhome early this next week for a trip to SE Minnesota camping and exploring along the Mississippi river for a few days. So we took the old convertible out for a Saturday afternoon getaway. A group of about 100 bikes and trikes showed up at the bar and grill where we had stopped for lunch and a beer. They were on a group ride with stops at about 6 different bars. Great day for riding around here as the temp only got to the low 80's. As we were driving home about 8:30 this evening we almost stopped and put the top up on the car as when the sun was going down the temp had dropped into the mid 60's. Seeing all the comments about current temps in Texas I know why we wait until winter to spend a few months down there riding in the Hill Country.

Have a great summer everyone.

 

[ultrafxr]

Our trike is loaded on the trailer ready to hook up behind the motorhome early this next week for a trip to SE Minnesota camping and exploring along the Mississippi river for a few days. So we took the old convertible out for a Saturday afternoon getaway. A group of about 100 bikes and trikes showed up at the bar and grill where we had stopped for lunch and a beer. They were on a group ride with stops at about 6 different bars. Great day for riding around here as the temp only got to the low 80's. As we were driving home about 8:30 this evening we almost stopped and put the top up on the car as when the sun was going down the temp had dropped into the mid 60's. Seeing all the comments about current temps in Texas I know why we wait until winter to spend a few months down there riding in the Hill Country.

Have a great summer everyone.

Yeah but it can get hot in North Dakota too. I remember being in Dickinson several years ago when the temp was well over 100 - don't recall the exact number but it was HOT!

 

[hogcowboy]

I see that Wichita Falls TX hit 110* today. Right now it is 109 there. I sure hope HogCowboy is ok. We’re supposed to have 105 tomorrow in Midland and 107 Monday, then a break to the 90’s. Oh well...that’s what air conditioners and ice are for.:flame::blowup:epsi:

Yeah, doing okay considering the heat and the fact I'm shoveling dirt by hand in this crap. Would normally just dump it out of my frontend loader but needed it in just the right spots. It was awful though. 110º or 109.7 if you sweat(ha ha ha) the small stuff. Thanks for wondering though. I did stay in it too long. Got where I wanted to chuck so inside I went where I stayed the rest of the day.

Here's proof it's hot alright.

 

[GrandpaDave]

Yeah but it can get hot in North Dakota too. I remember being in Dickinson several years ago when the temp was well over 100 - don't recall the exact number but it was HOT!

We just came out of temps in mid - high 90's. June was the 4th hottest on record and seemed like a typical mid - late July usual temps. It's been in the 100's in western ND a fair amount already this summer too.

 

[Rooster57]

reply

Hot is hot, my brother in Arizona is always sayin it is a dry heat

I told him to stick his head in an oven Now that is a dry heat

I feel for y'all any thing at or over 100 gets too hot to ride and enjoy it

....Jack has it right again = "Dry heat is HEAT!".....at 109 temp, they aren't measuring the added heat from the asphalt road that's bouncing back at you as you ride, or the added heat from that engine your sitting on either.........................AND guess whats up if you hit a traffic snarl????? = "Your TOAST!" :angry2: (hard to stay hydrated properly at temps near and over 100 Degrees on Harley at 70 mph too for me anyway)

Cheers!

 

[DK Custom Products]

Yep, it's nicer to ride in cooler weather. Hottest I've ridden in is 114*. I don't prefer it, but does not bother me too much....I stay well hydrated. Mary, on the other hand, starts getting pretty uncomfortable at anything over 97* or so.

She has a cool vest, but has been known to get a 5 lbs. bag of ice and set it on her lap when it starts getting over 105*. :laugh:

btw, a 5 lbs. bag of ice, with a hole poked in it, leaking out cold water, will last about 1.5 hours.

Kevin

 

[Rooster57]

reply to Kevin

Yep, it's nicer to ride in cooler weather. Hottest I've ridden in is 114*. I don't prefer it, but does not bother me too much....I stay well hydrated. Mary, on the other hand, starts getting pretty uncomfortable at anything over 97* or so.

She has a cool vest, but has been known to get a 5 lbs. bag of ice and set it on her lap when it starts getting over 105*. :laugh:

btw, a 5 lbs. bag of ice, with a hole poked in it, leaking out cold water, will last about 1.5 hours.

Kevin

...I keep wife in an ice vest (last about 1.5 hrs) or a water vest which lasts even less time before it dries and she has to just pour water all over it....she starts to fail in the heat from low to mid 90 degrees.......(I'm ok to much higher degrees, but that don't mean I like it!!!!.... 'cauzzz I DON"T!!!!.......So I just throw water on my shirt as needed) ....I tried wearing a water vest to keep cool but it dries too fast and then it crawls up on my fat pot belly! = "NO LIKEE!"

.....Hadn't thought about getting her a 5 lbs. bag of ice with holes to put in her lap = damn good idea!!!!!

Thanks Dude for the info!!!!

Cheers!

 

[DK Custom Products]

...I keep wife in an ice vest (last about 1.5 hrs) or a water vest which lasts even less time before it dries and she has to just pour water all over it....she starts to fail in the heat from low to mid 90 degrees.......(I'm ok to much higher degrees, but that don't mean I like it!!!!.... 'cauzzz I DON"T!!!!.......So I just throw water on my shirt as needed) ....I tried wearing a water vest to keep cool but it dries too fast and then it crawls up on my fat pot belly! = "NO LIKEE!"

.....Hadn't thought about getting her a 5 lbs. bag of ice with holes to put in her lap = damn good idea!!!!!

Thanks Dude for the info!!!!

Cheers!

Yeah, it works for her. Just one little drain hole in the bags (she puts the bag of ice in a plastic shopping type bag) and the ice cold water from the melted ice gets her legs and keeps here cool..well, cooler. lol

Kevin

 

[TWISTED1]

Getting warmer in Oregon

Kevin, I never thought about a bag of ice. Will give it a try. I fill my pockets with ice and it seems to work well even after the ice is gone. The pants do dry out pretty fast though. A few days ago I bought a spray bottle and put it in my Kruzer Kaddy. I have 16" bars with perch mount cup holder. It places the bottle right at face level. When I start to get to warm I reach up give it a few squirts and bingo ready for a few more miles. Ice is cheap and spray bottle 1 dollar at the dollar store. I got the cup holder from DK.

 

[hogcowboy]

Kevin, I never thought about a bag of ice. Will give it a try. I fill my pockets with ice and it seems to work well even after the ice is gone. The pants do dry out pretty fast though. A few days ago I bought a spray bottle and put it in my Kruzer Kaddy. I have 16" bars with perch mount cup holder. It places the bottle right at face level. When I start to get to warm I reach up give it a few squirts and bingo ready for a few more miles. Ice is cheap and spray bottle 1 dollar at the dollar store. I got the cup holder from DK.

I looked for the cup holder but didn't see it. Guess I'm blind. Found DK cozies though.

 

[TWISTED1]

Cup holder

Look under gifts all the way at the bottom of the page. Hope that helps.

 

[DK Custom Products]

Yeah, it was Mary's idea...the bag of ice. Necessity is the mother of invention.

I don't like it when it gets over 100, but it is just an irritation, no more. With her, she literally is on her way to heat stroke.

A few years ago, either on the way to, or from, your place, I had to pull over and park in the shade of an overpass and she had to pour water all over herself to cool down...plus spend a bit of time out of the sun.

This summer was even warmer, and she had thought of the ice bag thing, and it worked...she did not like the heat, but with the ice bag she kept herself cool enough that she never had any problem.

Kevin, I never thought about a bag of ice. Will give it a try. I fill my pockets with ice and it seems to work well even after the ice is gone. The pants do dry out pretty fast though. A few days ago I bought a spray bottle and put it in my Kruzer Kaddy. I have 16" bars with perch mount cup holder. It places the bottle right at face level. When I start to get to warm I reach up give it a few squirts and bingo ready for a few more miles. Ice is cheap and spray bottle 1 dollar at the dollar store. I got the cup holder from DK.

Yeah, the spray bottle works well. We wear mesh jackets when it's warm, and Mary has a spray bottle for herself, and every now and then hits me with it too.

I looked for the cup holder but didn't see it. Guess I'm blind. Found DK cozies though.

You can see all the different styles of cup holders at this link- http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/handlebars-grips-controls-c163.htm

Look under gifts all the way at the bottom of the page. Hope that helps.

Thank you!

Kevin

 

[LadyonaMission]

A few weekends ago I went riding with some young 2 wheel friends. They wanted to meet up at 11:30 AM, I insisted we meet at 8:30 AM or I would pass.

After lunch they were ribbing me about putting on my Hyperkewl vest and carrying a little cooler. It wasn't too long before we stopped at a shaded area on the side of the road. One of the guys asked if his lady could have a bottle of water, no one refused to take one.

Shortly after I got home one called to ask me where I got the vest. Monday the lady called with the same question and thanked me for the water and for insisting on an early departure.

 

[paws]

Good for you. They’re young, dumb, and learning from a pro!

 

[PosseRider]

A few weekends ago I went riding with some young 2 wheel friends. They wanted to meet up at 11:30 AM, I insisted we meet at 8:30 AM or I would pass.

After lunch they were ribbing me about putting on my Hyperkewl vest and carrying a little cooler. It wasn't too long before we stopped at a shaded area on the side of the road. One of the guys asked if his lady could have a bottle of water, no one refused to take one.

Shortly after I got home one called to ask me where I got the vest. Monday the lady called with the same question and thanked me for the water and for insisting on an early departure.

Thanks for the advice on the cool vests. We got them & what a difference. $$ well spent. Cya in Oct.

 

[paws]

Thanks for the advice on the cool vests. We got them & what a difference. $$ well spent. Cya in Oct.

They are pretty nice to have. Now if you want a real chill and your cooler is big enough....stow the vest in the cooler with that nice ice water....oh Mama! We are talking icicles and body parts standing at attention!