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Spyder riding in extreem heat. Tell us how you deal with it.
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I ride in the Phoenix Area and it gets hellishly hot, but I love it! I bought my first stuff from Cycle Gear, liked it and still wear it today. I wear a mesh jacket and leave all the vents open, Bilt Iron Worker jeans or cargo pants, Heat-Out shorts and undershirt and a Built modular helmet. I also add a kool towel that I wear around my neck after I wet it down. The key thing for me is I put a couple of frozen water bottles in my jacket pockets. These keep my stomach cool and then I drink them during my ride. I stop along the way and buy a couple of replacements from a gas station.
On long rides I add a camelback with ice water that I sip along the way. Sweat a lot, but love the journey.
I ride a 2008 SM5. Other than aftermarket handlebar heaters and GIVI hard bags not a lot of farkles. Bought it in May of 2014 with 9.400 mile on it and have put almost 5,000 since riding to work on Fridays and an occasional Saturday.:spyder2:
I ride in the Phoenix Area and it gets hellishly hot, but I love it! I bought my first stuff from Cycle Gear, liked it and still wear it today. I wear a mesh jacket and leave all the vents open, Bilt Iron Worker jeans or cargo pants, Heat-Out shorts and undershirt and a Built modular helmet. I also add a kool towel that I wear around my neck after I wet it down. The key thing for me is I put a couple of frozen water bottles in my jacket pockets. These keep my stomach cool and then I drink them during my ride. I stop along the way and buy a couple of replacements from a gas station.
On long rides I add a camelback with ice water that I sip along the way. Sweat a lot, but love the journey.
I ride a 2008 SM5. Other than aftermarket handlebar heaters and GIVI hard bags not a lot of farkles. Bought it in May of 2014 with 9.400 mile on it and have put almost 5,000 since riding to work on Fridays and an occasional Saturday.:spyder2:
Bob Denman
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Hi Jack,
Isn't "join a nudist colony", your advice for everything except choosing a Church?
latony007
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wow maybe its just the nature of the thread but im surprised every single one of you full gears up on your spyder. I always gear up with an armored jacket and usually kevlar jeans on my Yamaha FZ6R but if its hot out or im running to the store on the spyder i dont wear anything. Jeans or shorts and a tshirt. Thats one of the main things that attracted me to a spyder was the fact i wasn't going to be slipping in sand or oil and low siding high siding etc. and there seemed a lot less need to put on a suit of armor. Guess im alone in that (other than my brother lol)
PMK
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Hi Jack,
Isn't "join a nudist colony", your advice for everything except choosing a Church?
I'll have to say "don't look now". Nudist colony church...
http://www.christianpost.com/news/c...ons-while-baring-their-souls-they-say-114361/
PK
PMK
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Not the answer you want, we wear BRP mesh jackets and long pants, basically street clothes when riding.
Myself and the wife do a lot of cycling here in South Florida. I guess the riding off-road bicycles in the mid day with heat index towards 110 helps condition us me for the Spyder.
We have an RTs, I also ensure the adjustable wind deflectors are positioned best, and running different mirrors has helped also.
Still we train in hot conditions so the Spyder is pretty comfy, though the heat from the pavement has burned the bottoms of my feet through the soles of my Vans.
PK
Myself and the wife do a lot of cycling here in South Florida. I guess the riding off-road bicycles in the mid day with heat index towards 110 helps condition us me for the Spyder.
We have an RTs, I also ensure the adjustable wind deflectors are positioned best, and running different mirrors has helped also.
Still we train in hot conditions so the Spyder is pretty comfy, though the heat from the pavement has burned the bottoms of my feet through the soles of my Vans.
PK
wiredgeorge
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Although it doesn't get hot in Texas (year round 78 degrees mostly), it was a tad warm this weekend and the missus and I put on about 300 miles of exploring-riding each day (Friday, Sat, Sun, Mon). I wear a doo-rag, black tee shirt, Wrangler jeans and Ariat cowboy boots. Let me explain. #1, I am from Texas and I did wear my helmet most of the time to keep my brain from scrambling. It is still soaked, btw... It is a 3/4 with visor. #2. Black tee is necessary because it doesn't show bbq and salsa stains as much. #3 Wrangler jeans because they have a bit of stretch to them and I need it after a big sit down and then get back on the bike. #4 Ariat boots; it ain't Sunday when I wear black Tony Lamas with pointy toes to church. #5. Oh, yeah, crossbreed supertuck.
Bob Denman
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sidecarrick
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Too hot today, drove my cage with A/C
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Rocketman 2012
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In hot and humid weather or even in the dry heat of Southern California where I lived most of my life, I ride with a white or light colored long sleeve, cotton T-shirt, blue jeans, Tennis shoes, lightweight summer gloves, open-face helmet with shield and this works fine from 125 degrees, with almost '0' humidity in Lake Havasu City, AZ to Eastern TN in 100 degrees+ with 1000% Humidity
I do carry water but usually I just drink a big bottle of cold water at gas stops.
If I would feel I had to wear All the gear---all the time, I'd stop my riding of 53+ years and take the cage.
Sam:shocked:
I do carry water but usually I just drink a big bottle of cold water at gas stops.
If I would feel I had to wear All the gear---all the time, I'd stop my riding of 53+ years and take the cage.
Sam:shocked:
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