Riding weather is finally here!!!

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Riding weather is finally here!!!

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:clapping: It's been in the 80's two days in a row, supposed to hit 90 tomorrow. The motorcyclists are coming out of hibernation. I rode without a shirt (still wearing my mesh jacket though!) for the first time since forever. Last week I would have frozen to death. WOOOHOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! ALL PRAISE THE MIGHTY GODS OF SUMMER!!!! :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:

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It's so nice to wear just the mesh, isn't it? It hasn't gotten quite that warm here yet, but I've been riding year-round, so anything above 45 feels warm to me. Glad you're enjoying yourself!

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It was above 90 today :) alot of sportbikers were out hauling on our main road, I was checking out all their bikes :laughing:

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the weather is awesome, too bad i don't take the MSF until mid-July. :frusty:
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It was 106 here on Monday. Today was 95. Almost too hot to ride for me with all my gear.
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Loonette wrote:It's so nice to wear just the mesh, isn't it?
Mesh? forgive me but I am not familiar with those, are they protective jackets? It was 89 here today and I was baking in my leather jacket :(, are mesh jackets good replacements to leather? How about pants? I wear FirstGear armored fabric overpants and they are hot too...
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allawybiker wrote:
Loonette wrote:It's so nice to wear just the mesh, isn't it?
Mesh? forgive me but I am not familiar with those, are they protective jackets? It was 89 here today and I was baking in my leather jacket :(, are mesh jackets good replacements to leather? How about pants? I wear FirstGear armored fabric overpants and they are hot too...
Leather will outperform mesh (a textile based gear with higher airflow), but mesh is often a more comfortable solution. If you can afford leather, and it doesn't bother you, that's the best way to go.
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Telesque wrote:
allawybiker wrote:
Loonette wrote:It's so nice to wear just the mesh, isn't it?
Mesh? forgive me but I am not familiar with those, are they protective jackets? It was 89 here today and I was baking in my leather jacket :(, are mesh jackets good replacements to leather? How about pants? I wear FirstGear armored fabric overpants and they are hot too...
Leather will outperform mesh (a textile based gear with higher airflow), but mesh is often a more comfortable solution. If you can afford leather, and it doesn't bother you, that's the best way to go.
Telesque, I do have leather (FirstGear) but I was wondering what and how good mesh is; I just find that even though my leather jacket has plenty of vents it is still hot in a 80+ weather, especially at stop lights :) and was wondering if mesh is a good (acceptable) replacement for these really hot days.
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allawybiker wrote:
Telesque wrote:
allawybiker wrote:
Loonette wrote:It's so nice to wear just the mesh, isn't it?
Mesh? forgive me but I am not familiar with those, are they protective jackets? It was 89 here today and I was baking in my leather jacket :(, are mesh jackets good replacements to leather? How about pants? I wear FirstGear armored fabric overpants and they are hot too...
Leather will outperform mesh (a textile based gear with higher airflow), but mesh is often a more comfortable solution. If you can afford leather, and it doesn't bother you, that's the best way to go.
Telesque, I do have leather (FirstGear) but I was wondering what and how good mesh is; I just find that even though my leather jacket has plenty of vents it is still hot in a 80+ weather, especially at stop lights :) and was wondering if mesh is a good (acceptable) replacement for these really hot days.
Try reading this thread-> viewtopic.php?t=2628

Edit: Ah, and now looking at it, it doesn't seem to mention mesh airflow.

Er, yes. Mesh tends to be much cooler (that's the whole idea behind mesh anyways :) ) As for the safety stuff, that thread has a few good points.
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