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furiousgeorge
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Where i live hits 40c and over, 100% humidity. I try wear gear, sometimes i seriously cant be arsed. A trick i find useful is swap a leather jacket...for a singlet, leather/textile pants for shorts. And so i dont look like a ridiculous dick head i swap race boots for shoes. Few little tricks to help you avoid going down with a heat injury
Chevyfazer
New Member
Easy answer, mesh+more speed!!!
but naked???? wow do u do this at 3 in the moring? well anyhow i will admit with this heat and on shorts trips particulary going to pool parties around the corner i have been wearing shorts. I need to nip it in the but before I make it okay and become a squidMy first real bike was a 1976 Honda CJ360T. Took a girl out in a short skirt. She so loved the way the wind felt that she would put her legs in the air, round about my shoulders, and scream.
She was actually dating a friend of mine, and she was jailbait. She was also in very real danger of tossing us into all kinds of trouble, with her legs on my shoulders.
I've actually ridden most of my motorcycles naked. Say what you will. Only once on each, and just because I had to feel that closeness with with my machine and the world.
I can allow a little slip, knowing what we risk by doing so. If it becomes commonplace however, than an intervention by a well meaning moron, such as myself is in order.
In answer to your question: Yep. Butt, frickin' nekkid.
As I've said in some previous posts, I've done some stupid shiat in my life. I just try really hard not to. My FZ6R has not been graced (disgraced) with the naked ride. I wasn't always ATGATT, but I am now. My down in the Georgia mountains taught me the benefit of gear.
I admitted to my previous escapades to point out the fact that even the most ardent ATGATT supporter has done less than intelligent stuff. Also, by inference, to make the point that going down in a pair of shorts is pretty much like going down butt, frickin' nekkid.
I'm guessing most people on this forum can't imagine riding a bike in the nude. I'm hoping they might be thinking what a horrible mess I would have been, if I'd gone down. Riding in shorts and a t-shirt? Same darn thing if one goes down, for the amount of protection they offer. Might as well be naked.
Besides, it was kind of fun, to relive those moments in my mind.
MustGoFaster
New Member
I still rock jeans, (yes, yes, I know, I've been down before) and was wearing a dickies jacket, boots, helmet, and perfed gloves (wornout). Today I just ordered my Joe Rocket UFO 2.0 and Firstgear Perfed gloves, so I'm that much closer to ATGATT.
Textile pants are next. My plans are that much closer to fruition... :sinister:
Textile pants are next. My plans are that much closer to fruition... :sinister:
alaskanflyboy
Premium Member
I remember South-central Alaskan summers well. Between 50-70°F, occasionally a clear day with no rain, mostly days of rain and clear mixed (it stopped raining as soon as you put your jacket on and started again about the time you put it away), and clouds of mosquitoes unless the wind was up. With or without ATGATT, you can expect to lose a lot of blood — Road rash just makes it easier for the mosquitoes.Well I shouldn't admit this, but last night I rode in shorts. I know, I know :spank: but in my defense it was hot out (well 70 F is hot to me) and I was only going around the corner to pick up a bottle of soda water. I had all the rest of my gear on, I was just in too much of a hurry to put proper pants on. The breeze felt nice going up my shorts.
Past 85°F, it all feels the same to me heat wise, it's the level of sweat that changes. I just suck it up, open up the vents on my gear, and make it a point to drink water like it's going out of style.
I've seen those and have been tempted to try them. Glad to hear a positive review. I may have to try them when I have the funds.
DakinechicK
Active Member
It was 104 here in Denver yesterday. It was awful! I have mesh gear, but nothing can make 104 feel, in ANY way, comfortable. SO, on that note, I did not ride my motorbike yesterday.
even when it's really hot here I ride with my mesh gear on because I get sunburn really quick haha
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MustGoFaster
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True enough, suh! It's been triple digits here for some time now, but as long as you keep hydrated, it's amazing how the body adapts. I'm not saying I necessarily *enjoy* riding when it's 110, but I'll do it! (Mostly because I'm a crazy bastage and I'd have to give up riding for the summer if I chose to punk out)
This picture was taken last July. I remember this ride very well because I was with a few friends, all of us in full leathers, and it was about 105ºF when we got to the gas station about 15 minutes away from where this was taken. Full leathers. I did make sure to take a long stop at the gas station and hydrate properly before and during the ride.
This one was taken yesterday. 85ºF at 9:30 in the morning. It was in the 90's by the time I started heading home. Like others have said, if it's too hot to ride in gear, I keep the bike in the garage.
Least amount of gear you'll see me in is leather jacket, boots, gloves, helmet, and jeans. And that's to ride to a bike night/car show, to my parents house, the occasional ride to work, something like that. And I feel very unprotected when I ride like that. Even today I went out with my Dad on his Harley. I was in jeans (because he hates it when I wear my leathers while riding with him ) but with armored knee/shin guards and armored shorts on underneath. Hot temps don't make accidents less likely to happen so why would you take fewer precautions? Everyone has the right to wear whatever they want. I have every right to think those who don't wear gear are idiots. I even give my Dad a lot of crap because he wears they typical Harley uniform... Jeans, boots, half helmet, fingerless gloves, etc... Pisses me off more than you can imagine when he rides like that.
This one was taken yesterday. 85ºF at 9:30 in the morning. It was in the 90's by the time I started heading home. Like others have said, if it's too hot to ride in gear, I keep the bike in the garage.
Least amount of gear you'll see me in is leather jacket, boots, gloves, helmet, and jeans. And that's to ride to a bike night/car show, to my parents house, the occasional ride to work, something like that. And I feel very unprotected when I ride like that. Even today I went out with my Dad on his Harley. I was in jeans (because he hates it when I wear my leathers while riding with him
) but with armored knee/shin guards and armored shorts on underneath. Hot temps don't make accidents less likely to happen so why would you take fewer precautions? Everyone has the right to wear whatever they want. I have every right to think those who don't wear gear are idiots. I even give my Dad a lot of crap because he wears they typical Harley uniform... Jeans, boots, half helmet, fingerless gloves, etc... Pisses me off more than you can imagine when he rides like that.Attachments
Z3roFlaw
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That's how I see it. I dress for the crash, not the weather.
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thats what i wear on those hot days. dont feel the heat while moving
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