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Oh yeah? OH YEAH?!?!?!

Well I bet I was a helluva lot cooler than you when we got poured on in Cincinnati!!!

Oh, SNAP!!!

oh wait....

ZooTech wrote:Oh yeah? OH YEAH?!?!?!

Well I bet I was a helluva lot cooler than you when we got poured on in Cincinnati!!!

Oh, SNAP!!!

oh wait....

see thats the thing, everyone's experience tends to be different, even given the same circumstances, which is why i almost always preface my posts with "in my experience"

you might actually be cooler then me riding naked in the mojave. I dont know since I'm not you, and I dont have your body's cooling system.

All I can do is talk about my experiences

Maybe tomorrow I'll ride naked so I can compare. Too bad I'd be arrested in about 3 minutes.

-Holiday wrote:I'm not you, and I dont have your body's cooling system.

You also don't have my gear. Admittedly, I could stand to purchase a mesh jacket. At the moment, all I have is a "3-season" Joe Rocket Meteor 4.0 that is only bearable in Autumn and Spring. I also tend to get hot very easily, and am often found working outside for hours in 20-degree temps with no coat on.

-Holiday wrote:Maybe tomorrow I'll ride naked so I can compare. Too bad I'd be arrested in about 3 minutes.

You'll need to actually come across another human being for that to happen. Not likely where you'll be riding tomorrow!

I'll side with Holiday... at times it is cooler to stand around wearing my mesh jacket than to wear a tee and jeans. . . of course I'm in a desert (10% humidity is the summer norm...with a lot of work I can get my house up to 20-30%RH which is the point where my sinuses don't start cracking and getting infected every time I sleep) where most of the heat comes direct from the sun (vs. being steamed in high humidity).

It can be like working with hot metal/glass... ever stand around an open furnace (or a glassblower's glory hole) in a tee shirt? I have, and I'll tell you having a few milimeters of leather between me and the glowing inferno definitely keeps you cooler... because the metabolic heat your body is putting out is dwarfed by the radiant heat the furnace is putting out.

Same thing can be true with the sun. Just getting into the shade, even shade that is a few milimeters from your skin, can drop the perceived heat from 130 to 100...

Edit: when I say "stand around wearing my mesh jacket" I mean "...and tee shirt, pants, maybe a second pair of pants or shorts, socks, boots, and gloves at the very least." YMMV.

Where I live 95% of all riders, cruisers and sportbikes, wear no gear at all. I think they will regret it someday, but its their choice.

I live in FL, and we got some seriously hot and humid weather going on here.

I wear a black mesh tourmaster, I have all the pads in place. I wear it all the time with Levis and boots and a full face Shoei. Stops are hotter with the black jacket on, but sweat wets my shirt and it feels great when I take off. I will have to try the wet T-shirt thing. I used to soak my welding cap in ice water and wear it under a straw hat on job sites. Worked quite well. Now I dont spend alot of the time in the sun. I use sunscreen on the small exposed areas of skin, like the back of my neck and nose and top of the cheeks.

Beach wrote:I use sunscreen on the small exposed areas of skin, like the...top of the cheeks.

Dude, where are you buying your pants from?!

Heck, I'm riding in an unperforated leather jacket with unventilated gauntlet style leather gloves, a full face, tall leather boots, and jeans (working on the pants atm!) and it's not that bad at speed. And it's been near 100 almost every day here!

I'd rather be a little steamy than risk getting a little bloody...

I read somewhere that you get dehydrated less often when you cover your body while out in the sun. All I can remember is it came from a moto mag.

Anyhow, being sweat beats having either road rash or a nice heavy cast. As long as you get fresh air to the face the sun won't feel so bad.

When the humidity becomes really bad here I usually wrap chilled water packets around my wrists which then helps circulate the cool feeling throughout my body.

JCViper528 wrote:When the humidity becomes really bad here I usually wrap chilled water packets around my wrists which then helps circulate the cool feeling throughout my body.

I think it's time to upgrade your methods. I personally prefer the ice cube underwear (ok, maybe not )