How to deal with the heat???

[spyder3]

I have the air wings which i didn't feel helped a lot. I have since removed the shields below the mirror and that has helped some for sure in conjunction with the air wings.

The one thing that has helped 110% is the LD comfort shorts & shirt. These things keep me dry. My arms sweat since I wear short sleeve LD comfort shirt so there is a difference. THis is under mesh pants and jacket. I'm sold on these things.

 

[spyder3]

another thing I'm contemplating are the "Top Vents" from Vertika.

They look like they belong, where as the airings IMO do not. Anyone have the Vertika top vents? You can direct the air to you and away from you.
The hassle is they don't come painted or predrilled.

http://www.vertikatrykescanada.com/index.shtml?cat=SPYDER RT-RTS parts not painted

 

[joe schmoe]

another thing I'm contemplating are the "Top Vents" from Vertika.

They look like they belong, where as the airings IMO do not. Anyone have the Vertika top vents? You can direct the air to you and away from you.
The hassle is they don't come painted or predrilled.

http://www.vertikatrykescanada.com/index.shtml?cat=SPYDER RT-RTS parts not painted

WOW!!! Now that's an AWESOME solution and looks perfectly made for the Spyder!!! However, $585 CDN is VERY EXPENSIVE!!!! and that doesn't include paint!

 

[joe schmoe]

Me? I dig the heat! :thumbup: It's an excuse to stop for ice cream along the way! :roflblack:

:roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:

 

[JCSMOKE]

Last week Sunday I took a ride from Milwaukee through Michigan, Ontario, new york, pa, Maryland to dc for the 4th. The trip kept the temp at about 90 or so and I only used cooling neck tie that I got from Yol Bolsun! And wife. Everything was fine as long as I kept hydrated and wet down the neck tie at the stops. On the way back I traveled through Maryland, pa, and Ohio before I decided that the thermometer at 104 was probably correct so I hunkered down for the night at about 4.

 

[spyder3]

WOW!!! Now that's an AWESOME solution and looks perfectly made for the Spyder!!! However, $585 CDN is VERY EXPENSIVE!!!! and that doesn't include paint!

yes, i should have mentioned, NOT cheap...:lecturef_smilie: anyone have these already?

 

[joe schmoe]

You think these look tacky???

YES!!!

 

[Firefly]

You think these look tacky???

Yup.. they do.

 

[Firefly]

Hot air is hot air ...... you may actually be COOLER by having your windshield UP higher or by wearing a full face helmet. I know when I was riding in 109 degree heat I was cooler with my full face shield down... when I would open it -- it felt like an oven blowing hot air into my face....

This could be a cool option.....

http://entrosys.com/

 

[Pennyrick]

WOW!!! Now that's an AWESOME solution and looks perfectly made for the Spyder!!! However, $585 CDN is VERY EXPENSIVE!!!! and that doesn't include paint!

The Vertica vents are the same ones I mentioned in my earlier post on this thread. The company is called Prestige Auto out of Canada. We ordered these when my wife first began to complain about heat on her new '10 RT over two years ago. By the time we ordered them from Canada, had them color matched, paid the duty on them at US Customs and then paid to have them mounted it was just about $900. The idea is that the air is 'rammed' into the factory vents and forced out through the bottom vent on the RT so that it doesn't collect in the radiator area and fry your leg. We bought them figuring it wouldn't help when stopped or in traffic but on the highway it might make sense.

It didn't. The heat was just as intense, and even may have made it worse. They do look neat on the Spyder however. When we sold my wife's 2010 RT and bought her 2012 Limited, the buyer liked the looks of the vents and liked the 'Ram Air' idea thinking they would help the engine performance. I did nothing to contradict his opinion and that probably helped the sale.

Based on our experience, the Vertica vents are all show and no go.

 

[joe schmoe]

The Vertica vents are the same ones I mentioned in my earlier post on this thread. The company is called Prestige Auto out of Canada. We ordered these when my wife first began to complain about heat on her new '10 RT over two years ago. By the time we ordered them from Canada, had them color matched, paid the duty on them at US Customs and then paid to have them mounted it was just about $900. The idea is that the air is 'rammed' into the factory vents and forced out through the bottom vent on the RT so that it doesn't collect in the radiator area and fry your leg. We bought them figuring it wouldn't help when stopped or in traffic but on the highway it might make sense.

It didn't. The heat was just as intense, and even may have made it worse. They do look neat on the Spyder however. When we sold my wife's 2010 RT and bought her 2012 Limited, the buyer liked the looks of the vents and liked the 'Ram Air' idea thinking they would help the engine performance. I did nothing to contradict his opinion and that probably helped the sale.

Based on our experience, the Vertica vents are all show and no go.

Thanks for the information...It (the Top Vent) looks like it would funnel air from in front, up into the drivers compartment to help with air flow and cooling...But, it's IMPOSSIBLE to tell based on their web site and videos that they SUPPOSEDLY show an installation of them...

 

[spyder3]

The Vertica vents are the same ones I mentioned in my earlier post on this thread. The company is called Prestige Auto out of Canada. We ordered these when my wife first began to complain about heat on her new '10 RT over two years ago. By the time we ordered them from Canada, had them color matched, paid the duty on them at US Customs and then paid to have them mounted it was just about $900. The idea is that the air is 'rammed' into the factory vents and forced out through the bottom vent on the RT so that it doesn't collect in the radiator area and fry your leg. We bought them figuring it wouldn't help when stopped or in traffic but on the highway it might make sense.

It didn't. The heat was just as intense, and even may have made it worse. They do look neat on the Spyder however. When we sold my wife's 2010 RT and bought her 2012 Limited, the buyer liked the looks of the vents and liked the 'Ram Air' idea thinking they would help the engine performance. I did nothing to contradict his opinion and that probably helped the sale.

Based on our experience, the Vertica vents are all show and no go.

Thanks for the info. I just removed the shields below the mirrors and felt that helped with air flow but misses the target, me, so I'm a little perplexed at how being able to direct the air right to the driver with this vertika setup wouldn't help some? So, can you clarify that it doesn't direct the air to the rider? thanks again for the info.

john

 

[spyder3]

Hot air is hot air ...... you may actually be COOLER by having your windshield UP higher or by wearing a full face helmet. I know when I was riding in 109 degree heat I was cooler with my full face shield down... when I would open it -- it felt like an oven blowing hot air into my face....

This could be a cool option.....

http://entrosys.com/

I'm not sure how "cool" it would be when i tell the missus it's her or the air conditioner..:yikes: :roflblack:

anyone try these one of these things? I wonder if they have a dual tubing model. :dontknow:

 

[Grandpa Spyder]

When the Temps. hit 95+ I park it. I ryde in the mornings and late evenings.

 

[daveinva]

About a month ago I removed my 24" Madstad windshield and went back to the stock RS shorty. Combined with a mesh jacket that definitely solved the airflow problem. I wear a Chill-Towel around my neck underneath the jacket, keep that wet and it helps keep me cool.

THAT SAID... it's a fact that over 95, mesh gear doesn't work. Meaning, any air moving over bare skin-- either over your t-shirt or through your mesh jacket-- is too warm to cool you off. All it does at that point is blow the sweat off your skin before it can do the job of removing the heat from your body. That's why, counter-intuitively, above 95 degrees you should ditch the mesh and wear a closed jacket. Yes, it'll seal you in stifling heat, but your sweat will still work to keep you as cool as you can be (which is, admittedly, not much).

The one exception? If you have a cooling vest that you can keep wet, you can still wear mesh-- the vest will act as "artificial sweat" for your body. But you have to keep it wet or it won't work.

Of course, if you can stay hydrated, OR you can keep the air off of you (a tall windshield will block that air, and keep you sweating), that can also help.

Again, you WANT to sweat. Sweating keeps you cool. If it's 100 degrees out and you're NOT sweating, that's a sign you're in trouble.

The one thing I recommend to everyone NOT to do is to wear a t-shirt/vest/tank-top/no shirt. ATGATT considerations/risks aside, wearing a long-sleeve jacket of some kind helps keep the sun off your skin and keeps you cooler. Last thing you want is heat stroke while riding.

Bottom line: if it feels too hot to ride, it definitely is too hot for YOU to ride-- consider how *you* feel on the bike, you're the one who has to sweat atop it. Be smart and be safe, heat is no joke.

 

[joe schmoe]

Here looks like a GREAT solution, that BRP should have down to begin with...

http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/showthread.php?40333-Blocking-both-right-side-vents

It appears that a vortex would draw the HEAT off the motor and UNDER the Spyder and completely away from the rider and from the riders feet...Very interesting idea, now why didn't BRP do this to being with???

 

[SpyderGTL]

We stopped at a BMW Motorcycle dealer today and the K1600GTL has a cool air wing type thing that you move to allow more air on you then it goes back in place and looks good.

I can attest that those vents on the K1600GTL dump a lot of air on the driver's torso. It would be nice to put those air deflectors under the Spyder's mirrors on a hinge, so they can serve a similar function in the hot months.

 

[WaltH]

The wife and I went to Chattanooga last night. We took the interstate down and back...Here's the problem. Even doing 75 and 80 MPH, Kathy (Betty Boop) is absolutely soaked in sweat after riding. Granted, it was 100 degrees or hotter while we were riding. She tried adjusting her windshield up and down with no success...However, I was on my Vision and not nearly as miserable or sweaty as she was, on her Spyder...I suggested, that we could take off the clear plastic pieces underneath the mirrors to give her more air. But, she didn't want to do that...

So, my question is: Besides, the :cus: baker air wings, are there any other means of directing air onto the driver of a RT-S??? :helpsmilie:

When the ambient temperature is over 98.6 degrees (your body's core temperature), you do not want more air, you want less air. More air does not cool you down, it heats you up.

 

[Jeriatric]

When the ambient temperature is over 98.6 degrees (your body's core temperature), you do not want more air, you want less air. More air does not cool you down, it heats you up.

I'm in your camp. HOT is HOT.....HOTTER is not better.

 

[joe schmoe]

When the ambient temperature is over 98.6 degrees (your body's core temperature), you do not want more air, you want less air. More air does not cool you down, it heats you up.

That makes since, but my thought process was that evaporative cooling would take place with more air instead of blocking off the above 98.6...But I see what you're saying...