FJR in 100+ temps

[GaryM]

Rode the bike for a couple of hours today. Temp here was about 105* and it was damn hot. When I got home I got out the IR temp gun and took a few measurements.

Fuel tank, 130*

Grips/handle bars, 120*

Frame rail under tank right by knees.... 155*!!!!

Damn hot.

 

[TwoWhldTerror]

I rode yesterday at near 100 and I could feel the incredible heat when I accelerated. I love my FJR but I can honestly say it was no fun. Gonna wit out this insane heat before I ride it again.

 

[gixxerjasen]

There's got to be a Gen I joke in here somewhere.

 

[TomInPA]

It gets real warm. Have you done any heat fixes? I have a reflective insulating bubble wrap under the tank, extra foam under the right fairing, and a metal U-channel deflector under the left fairing. It still gets hot, but it's a lot better.

Cooling vests are the answer out here. With your humidity, it may help, but it's not going to be the same. I rode through Missouri on Hwy 50 last summer about July 16, and it was freakin' real hot! I remember stopping for fuel and going inside to stand in the 32 degree walk-in beer fridge. LOL.

 

[majicmaker]

I rode through Missouri on Hwy 50 last summer about July 16, and it was freakin' real hot! I remember stopping for fuel and going inside to stand in the 32 degree walk-in beer fridge. LOL.

Hot Damn Tom! What the Hell did it feel like leaving the fridge and walking back out into that oven?!

 

[marcusorelius]

Seems like ole Mr sun be beat'n down on pretty much EVERYBODY

 

[SkooterG]

Wusses. The lot of you.

Hasn't been under 100 (daily high) around here for weeks. I still ride everyday. I just sweat more.

 

[Zorlac]

Wusses. The lot of you.

Hasn't been under 100 (daily high) around here for weeks. I still ride everyday. I just sweat more.

But your dew point rarely gets above 60F in the afternoon especially at those temps, yeah it's hot, but 70+ dew points have a quality all their own. :dribble:

 

[Chuck35]

108 on the way home today, phase change cooling vest made it bearable.

naa, hell...I had fun!

 

[Goodman4]

I tested out my new hyperkewl vest today

I rode to work with the vest and full jacket zipped up. It's not mesh so it is not usually that great when it's hot. I don't know if I've ever ridden over 100 before, definitely not with a jacket. Anyway after work at 5:30 it was about 109 (the 117 reading was in the sun). I was still kind of hot and thought it wasn't really working that well. I met my wife at the store and put the jackets in the car and rode a ways and bam! the heat hit me like a furnace. It was miserable. So the hyperkewl vest doesn't make it enjoyable in 109 degree heat, but man it sure helps a lot.

Got a 3 day ride on Tuesday to Eastern KY. I hope we make it to the mountains.

 

[gixxerjasen]

Yea, that's what I've found with the vests. You won't be comfortable, but it makes the heat bearable. That's about it.

I have noticed that with the wind protection of the FJR, my vest isn't as effective as it was on the FZ1, but the FJR is also blocking a lot of that hot air coming off the pavement it seems so overall I'm cooler.

 

[NW Jeff]

Wow! You'd think there was a heatwave or something going on. 65', cloudy and some sprinkles here in the north-wet.

 

[Afast03nNJ]

There's got to be a Gen I joke in here somewhere.

Us gen 1 owners are smarter then the gen 2 owners. We close the windows and put on the A/C when it's 100 degrees.

 

[jim oneill]

I rode yesterday at near 100 and I could feel the incredible heat when I accelerated. I love my FJR but I can honestly say it was no fun. Gonna wit out this insane heat before I ride it again.

agree! why would you want to ride in those temps?

 

[madmike2]

Wusses. The lot of you.

Hasn't been under 100 (daily high) around here for weeks. I still ride everyday. I just sweat more.

As much as I hate to agree with Skooter.....and dang, that puts me with bad company....

Some of us live in climates where days and weeks of 100+ degrees are our yearly Summer weather cycle. We do not have the humidity to deal with like the Southeast but heat is heat and we learn to adapt to it. Cooling vests, hand wings mounted to direct air to the cockpit, the insulation fixes Tom in CA listed, shorter windshields for Summer, whatever works for you.

Yes, we in the Central Valley of CA can escape to the Sierras where the temperature is much cooler. Markleeville for lunch and climbing 7,000' passes where the temps dip all the way into the high 80s and low 90s seem like a heavenly vacation. The Pacific coast is nice although we ride through 90+ degree valleys to enjoy a few hours along Hwy 1 before riding across 100+ degree valleys home.

Sorry you guys are having a heat wave. The biggest issue may be that you're not prepared for it and certainly not used to it. OTH, you don't ride through the desert scenery like "golden" California (it's the dry wild wheat that turns "gold", not the gold rush, that is the root of the title).

 

[gixxerjasen]

There's got to be a Gen I joke in here somewhere.

Us gen 1 owners are smarter then the gen 2 owners. We close the windows and put on the A/C when it's 100 degrees.

Very well done! That's just what I was expecting! Of course, this thread is started by a couple of Gen I guys who don't seem to have that figured out.

Besides, it's like the hard core (idiots) that ride in the super cold weather. The bike is there, the road is there, it's time to ride! Hunker down, gear up and enjoy the ride.

 

[Fyrfyghtr]

Temps have no bearing on wheather or not to ride. Just learn how to deal with the extremes in either direction and go for it. Whats hard to get a handle on is that dressing for either extreme is the same, cover up and block the wind and you'll be ok.

 

[GaryM]

There's got to be a Gen I joke in here somewhere.

Not really, if I had a gen II I wouldn't want to ride it when it was hot... or cold... or much at all really

Also, could anyone direct me to a link showing these heat blocking mods? I gotta do sumthin'...

 

[USAFFJR]

If I didn't ride in 100+ degree temps, I wouldn't ride all summer long. Gotta love Las Vegas weather...