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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!!!!

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!

Cheers,
Loonette

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

the weather is awesome, too bad i don't take the MSF until mid-July.

It was 106 here on Monday. Today was 95. Almost too hot to ride for me with all my gear.

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...

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 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.

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.