Bucket List

[LongRanger_imp]

Brutal heat in CO today. Stay hydrated and keep an eye on your rear tire — heat, weight, and high speeds are not kind to tires on powerful bikes.

[Tev62]

Brutal heat in CO today. Stay hydrated and keep an eye on your rear tire — heat, weight, and high speeds are not kind to tires on powerful bikes.

Well we have CB1100's so that won't be a problem then

[LongRanger_imp]

Offroad is riding his K1600.

[offroadfx4_imp]

102.3 for max temp today.

108 in Grand Junction tomorrow... hope for some cool temps in between.

Dry fit T- shirt, mesh jacket, water poured down jacket every 25/50 miles helps a lot.

[LongRanger_imp]

Your mesh jacket will cause you to evaporate moisture too quickly. They’re effective in humid conditions but not so much in hot, arid conditions. If you have a way to zip up your jacket to keep the wind from drying you out, all the better.

[the Ferret]

the mesh works great with the water bath on the t shirt.

[Stichill_imp]

Your mesh jacket will cause you to evaporate moisture too quickly. They’re effective in humid conditions but not so much in hot, arid conditions. If you have a way to zip up your jacket to keep the wind from drying you out, all the better.

Good advice. It's hard for us denizens of humid subtropical states to comprehend the thermodynamics of hot, semi-arid climates in the summer. Although evaporative cooling works to an extent, at some point low humidity dehydrates and airflow at ambient air temperatures above say 99-100 °F acts to raise body temperature rather than lower it. The only defense is to stop cooking yourself by convection and stop the air flow.

[offroadfx4_imp]

I tried a long sleeve shirt today under the mesh (all I have) today.... it stayed wet longer than just the T-shirt... but the cooling effect was much less dramatic.

With the t- shirt, it feels like ice packs for about 30 min.

I apply the water while moving so I don't have to stop so often.

It's amazing you can apply 100 degree water and it makes you cold.

Passing underneath tomorrow LR.... thanks for the tips!

Thanks Ferret for teaching how to travel on a motorcycle.... I wouldn't have known where to start without your help.


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[the Ferret]

water on, water in, water out Stichill. I do remember on my bucket list trip thru Az, Tx, N Mex, Ca, Colo and Kansas drinking a lot of Gatorade too. The red one.

I'm just happy that you have taken to motorcycle traveling so well Offroad. I remember in 2017 when you said you didn't think you could ride 200 miles in day. Well, look at you now a few years later! A first class motorcycle touring rider!

[Stichill_imp]

If I were traveling alone in a hot climate, honestly I'd start before dawn and take a siesta mid-day, then ride on into the dusk.