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posted July 31, 2006 03:49 PM
Hot hot hot
So today as I walked out of work at 3PM (started at 0500) and was met with the 96 Degree heat, 110 with the humidity (NO really, here in Canada) the last thing I wanted to do was put on my leather jacket.
Had a great ride home, but damn was it hot, felt like standing in a Blow Dryer.
Got home, ripped off soaking wet Jacket, Shirt, Jeans etc...
Well just got back from the grocery store where I saw a guy older than me (in his 50s) walking around with Major Bandages on left shoulder, upper and lower left arm.
I have been around long enough to know road rash, so I said "Road rash?"
He looked over said "Yea, fucking cage pulled out infront of me so I had to lay it down...
I will never ride without my Jacket again!"
it's easier to Wipe off Sweat than Blood
Just a thought
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posted July 31, 2006 03:56 PM
I've slid along the road before. Fortunately it was on a day I was wearing a leather jacket, ballistic nylon mesh pants, gloves, helmet, and boots. After that experience I decided riding gear was a requirement every time I went out. I have both a non-perforated and a perforated leather jacket. It's in the high 90's here in CT (hot air coming from Canada if you can believe that). Perforated leather does pretty good even when its 95 F (as long as I'm moving). Have a Joe Rocket Phoenix mesh jacket too but don't feel as safe as when I'm wrapped in leather.
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posted July 31, 2006 03:59 PM
Yea, when I bought my new Jacket this year never considered a perf one as after all I live in CANADA lol...
Next year.
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posted July 31, 2006 04:02 PM
 Edited By: ZX11D on 31 Jul 2006 17:03
Good reminder scificanada. 
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posted July 31, 2006 04:05 PM
102 here in Minnesota. Mesh armored leather jackets are a Godsend.
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posted July 31, 2006 04:07 PM
im busy riding the air conditioner
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posted July 31, 2006 05:25 PM
I had a guy at work tease me once about wearing full gear on a 100F day.
He is a custom chopper guy.
So i walk over to the big industrial belt sander and turn it on. I then grap his arm and walk him over to the belt sander( I'm 6'5" 320 kinda a ex-football type guy).
So I start to pull his hand into the sander and he starts to SQUEEL like a girl and pull back. I tell him he does the same everyday with his whole body at 60 mph why is he afraid of a little scape on his hand??
I guess he never thought of it like that 
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posted July 31, 2006 05:38 PM
Yea, yhis gut was a Harly dude, but plenty of squids on Sportbikes in T shirts and shorts at mach 2 on the Highway.
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posted July 31, 2006 06:09 PM
Been 95 to 100 here for a few days now, with heat indexs over 105. Suppose to cool off in a couple more days!
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posted July 31, 2006 06:14 PM
Not me...full gear or I don't ride...fuck this macho-jackoff-cruiser-tough-guy-gearless shit....been down a few times B4...never got road rash... 
Play with fire, you get burned.
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posted July 31, 2006 07:05 PM
quote:
it's easier to Wipe off Sweat than Blood
+1
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posted July 31, 2006 09:07 PM
...I go by: If its too hot to gear-up, then I'm taking the car wth the AC on...ATGATT! 
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posted July 31, 2006 09:12 PM
Rode the bike to work at 99 degrees... sweated like a pig!! The ride home was PERFECT!!! Not ANY bugs!! They must be resting for when I go in the pool tomorrow!!! Vented leather makes for a nice breather!!
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posted August 01, 2006 02:00 AM
Long range forecast (fot what that's worth) out for August... more of this same Humid Hot crap... Mesh Jacket being bopught today, and yea today the car came to work.
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posted August 01, 2006 11:11 AM
Now yall know how we in the south have felt for years it is 95-100 here every july and august wilt like 95% humidity
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posted August 01, 2006 12:49 PM
quote:
it's easier to Wipe off Sweat than Blood
Or grow new skin...
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posted August 01, 2006 02:32 PM
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quote:
it's easier to Wipe off Sweat than Blood
Or grow new skin...
For sure
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posted August 01, 2006 02:39 PM
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Not me...full gear or I don't ride...fuck this macho-jackoff-cruiser-tough-guy-gearless shit....been down a few times B4...never got road rash...
Play with fire, you get burned.
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posted August 01, 2006 06:25 PM
Enjoy the heat... welcome to Texas! Well, at least we don't have the super-high humidity to go with it. My parent company is in MN, and when I'd talk with them in the winter, I'd brag that it's 60-something and a great day for riding, but it would be -10 or something up there. They'd laugh, but come right back and say "well, at least it's not 100 here in the summer". HAHAHA... I guess the laugh's on them now. They have the high heat *and* a bunch of humidity!!
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posted August 02, 2006 02:46 AM
Yea but when it's 60 and pouring rain for your winter I'm out sledding (The other Great motorsport) lol
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posted August 02, 2006 05:28 AM
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Yea but when it's 60 and pouring rain for your winter I'm out sledding (The other Great motorsport) lol
Don't know what rain you're talking about. Our "rainy season" (if you want to call it that) comes through in October, then again in May, and even then it's only about 10 days worth. The rest of the winter is prime riding season... except for the occasional "cold" days where it gets below 40 or so. 
When you watch the weather forecasts for Texas, remember that showing "rain" for this part of the country means that a storm *might* roll through if the conditions are right. But it's gone as soon as it starts. We rarely get those socked-in storms that last for weeks like the Northeast does (been there, done that). There's a common, and very true phrase about weather in Texas: "Don't like the weather? Wait a minute... it'll change". That's how quickly rain dissapears around here.
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posted August 02, 2006 05:48 AM
everything's always bigger and better in Texas...:P
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posted August 02, 2006 06:25 AM
My bad...
Saw on the news today that part of Texas has received 6 inches of rain in past 3 days... Major Flooding.
And, I still like sledding, I can dress for the cold, but damn, I can NOT dress for this shite.
Mid 70s to Mid 80s, fine, but 97 here yesterday with 85-90% humidity... No thanks.
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posted August 02, 2006 07:37 AM
Yeah, I think that's out in West Texas somewhere... maybe El Paso area. Don't know what's up with that.
It's going to be 100F here all week, but the humidity is low-ish (40-60%), so as long as you keep moving it's bearable. Also, I'm up in Fort Worth where the humidity is typically lower - the guys down on the coast (Houston/Galveston/Victoria/Corpus) have to deal with the heat *and* humidity... yuck!!
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posted August 02, 2006 07:49 AM
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My bad...
Saw on the news today that part of Texas has received 6 inches of rain in past 3 days... Major Flooding.
And, I still like sledding, I can dress for the cold, but damn, I can NOT dress for this shite.
Mid 70s to Mid 80s, fine, but 97 here yesterday with 85-90% humidity... No thanks.
We had the same shit here yesterday...something to do with all that global warming shit...must be from all that Texas oil getting burned...
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