My '08 is good in the heat!

[reesedp]

Yesterday on the way to my friend's with the canyon cages box strapped to my rack.  Solid 100F.  Damnit if the damn downtown tunnel/draw bridge didn't damn decide to damn open moments before I got there.  Damn.

So there I sit.  Direct sun.  Ultra hot pavement.  Caged in with cars.  Minute after minute.  There isn't much time when it opens, so I can't de-jacket or anything, although I unzip it and kinda pull it off my shoulders.  Sweat is running down my head and into my eyes.  Absolutely zero breeze.

Thought about turning the bike off, but then I would lose music too (stupid Garmin design decision).  Bike didn't seem to care about the temp.  The heat indicator went to one bar above center and just stayed there.

One of the longer 12 min in my life...

/quote]

Stuck on a tunnel, or a bridge Max?  I dont cross the water unless I HAVE to!

[maxtog]

Stuck on a tunnel, or a bridge Max?

Well, it is actually both.  I was stuck before the draw bridge which leads to the tunnel.  And if I had been stopped 100 feet earlier, then at least I could have had some shade from a huge sign.

I dont cross the water unless I HAVE to!

Here it is pretty darn difficult to not cross water

[Cuda]

I just checked the weather THEY said 89 BUT FEELS like 97 ?
I guess I'll skip the jacket (sorry Max please don't tell my mother , 42 years ago she told me If I bought a street bike she would kick me out of the house ( I bought it and she did not kick me out  though it was OK for me to ride in the DIRT ?)   LOVE JJJ

[reesedp]

Well, it is actually both.  I was stuck before the draw bridge which leads to the tunnel.  And if I had been stopped 100 feet earlier, then at least I could have had some shade from a huge sign.

Here it is pretty darn difficult to not cross water

Luckily Newport News has everything I need, and I work over here.  Those people that cross the James every day must have great pharmacists!

[ZG]

I have an older Zumo.  If there is no bike power, it will shut off music, but retain GPS functionality.  It makes absolutely no sense.  This is after it asks if you want to run on battery and I say "yes".   It is not the ONLY thing that annoys me about the unit, but probably the most annoying.

 

The music from the Garmin mp3 or satellite music??

[maxtog]

 

The music from the Garmin mp3 or satellite music??

mp3's on the SD card.

[ZG]

mp3's on the SD card.

Hmmm, that is odd, my Nuvi 765T will still play music when not plugged in... 
 
Which Zumo is it Max?
 
 
Sorry for the brief threadjack guys...

[maxtog]

Hmmm, that is odd, my Nuvi 765T will still play music when not plugged in... 
 
Which Zumo is it Max?

450

[ZG]

450

Got it, thanks Max.
 
Sorry everyone else for the threadjack, my bad... 
 
 
 
Now back to the heat thread, no excessive heat on my 09, but I do live in the PNW, 71 degrees with some rain today... 

[JS_racer]

I guess I'll skip the jacket (sorry Max please don't tell my mother , 42 years ago she told me If I bought a street bike she would kick me out of the house ......

about time you got out anyways. lol   

[Awaz]

It was 103 where I live and was staying put for the most part. But had to take the bike out to run some errands. Tops I got on temp was two bars from the top (I think...). Fans can one couple times on stop lights. But I was not uncomfortable with the heat off the bike. I had some light jeans on.

As for burning knees, I realize that I do not necessarily hug the tank with my legs (or knees). I keep them slightly apart. I do not want to experiment, but I am pretty sure that at 103 degrees, if I hug the tank, I will get burns too. So, the guys that get burnt, do you hug the tank tighty with your legs (knees)?

[BruceR]

to answere a previous question- I only had jeans on- my riding pants aren't vented too well.  And...it was a 50 mile ride to lunch, then back home.  Once we got moving above 55mph my guage went back down to center (normal range).  I'm gonna try the riding pants with a pair of shorts underneath next time and see if it helps.  Oh yeah, open visor on the helmet and Cal Sci tinted shorty windshield helped a lot.

[stlheadake]

I don't know what's up with my bike as compared to the rest of y'all's. Even riding in temps as high as 106 my temp guage only shows one bar above the C. Sure, if I'm stopped at a light, or whatever, it'll go up and the fans will kick on. As soon as I get moving, it'll drop right down to one above C every time.

106 F degrees, 6th gear, ~70 mph = one bar above the C

That's interesting!  My bike will show two bars above C in temps that hot.  I've thought about changing the antifreeze to that wetter stuff, but figure it's not really worth it.  In the winter time I put cardboard over the radiator to heat it up more.   My bike is parked!  Triple digit temps for the last 5 days, highest 108.  I don't do the heat.  Nothing enjoyable in being stuck in traffic moving 1 mph and BAKING in full sun.  Ironically, I have never parked my bike because it is TOO cold!  Routinely park it because it is too hot!

[Boomer]

Heat? Wassat?
We have a peak this week of 70F, and more bloody rain forecast. 
I'm glad I don't have to commute on the bike any more as am getting sick of being damp.
Did get out for a 4 hr ride on Sunday with my better half.
Yes, we got rained on but only a light shower so no need to drag the waterproofs out.