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General Category => Totally Off-Topic Discussions, Rants, Tire & Oil Threads, Etc. => Topic started by: Justin B. on June 26, 2012, 08:06:19 PM

Title: Summer arrives with a vengence!
Post by: Justin B. on June 26, 2012, 08:06:19 PM
106 today... :P
Title: Re: Summer arrives with a vengence!
Post by: Bob_Roller on June 26, 2012, 09:40:31 PM
But it's a dry heat !!!! :D :D :D

I've invented a new temperature/wind comfort index for the desert regions, I call it the 'Blast Furnace Index', or BFI .

Was considering the 'Beef Jerky Index', or how long it takes a motorcyclist to turn to 'people jerky' .

It was 114 F. today and 30 mph winds, that works out to a BFI of 165 F !!!!! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)
Title: Re: Summer arrives with a vengence!
Post by: Rob Valdez 79 R65 on June 26, 2012, 11:52:49 PM
One size medium Cycleport Kevlar mesh jacket & liner for sale.  Like new.

Ugly guy not included.

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Got pants w/liners, too!  (black, a little damage)

(5' 10", 175lbs, 30" inseam x 36" waist.   make me an offer.  
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Motoport pants page: http://tinyurl.com/7rtukz3 )

Any one of us can move this post to the flea market if you don't appreciate my attempt at humor... :)
Title: Re: Summer arrives with a vengence!
Post by: Lucky_Lou on June 27, 2012, 02:12:47 AM
Mmm Kevlar Jacket.......is it bullet proof ??
Im tempted especially as it goes with grey.
Lou
Title: Re: Summer arrives with a vengence!
Post by: Rob Valdez 79 R65 on June 27, 2012, 12:16:39 PM
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....is it bullet proof ??
I doubt it, but it will give sliding tarmac a run for it's money!
Ballistic padding, too!
Title: Re: Summer arrives with a vengence!
Post by: Barry on June 27, 2012, 02:12:20 PM
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It was 114 F. today and 30 mph winds, that works out to a BFI of 165 F !!!


Is that because once the temperature exceeds body temperature 98 F the faster you go the hotter you get instead of the other way around.

Not a phenomenon we are likely to experience in the UK.
Title: Re: Summer arrives with a vengence!
Post by: Lucky_Lou on June 27, 2012, 02:29:28 PM
Barry would that be wind chill in reverse then ??
Lou
Title: Re: Summer arrives with a vengence!
Post by: Barry on June 27, 2012, 04:56:21 PM
Yes in the UK we only get to experience wind chill Lou.  
I don't mind though as once the temperature gets to 20 C that's plenty warm enough for me. I'm even riding without a neck tube these days.

In the sourthern states and I guess parts of Australia the guys will know all about the reverse effect. It's simple heat transfer so once the air temperature rises above 37 C (98 F) the faster the air flow the faster heat is transferred to your body. Doesn't sound nice to me.
Title: Re: Summer arrives with a vengence!
Post by: Bob_Roller on June 27, 2012, 05:56:35 PM
My first summer in Phoenix, 1994, I was working afternoon shift, 1430-2300, a 117 F. day and 35 mph winds .

I felt I was being hit with 'jetblast'  the exhaust from a turbine engine, looked around the tarmac around the passenger terminal, there were no aircraft in the vicinity, it was just 'environmental jetblast' !!! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
Title: Re: Summer arrives with a vengence!
Post by: Ed Miller on June 28, 2012, 01:39:10 PM
The cooling system failed today and I'm afraid it will overheat on the way home.  No rain.

Title: Re: Summer arrives with a vengence!
Post by: Ron_S. on June 28, 2012, 04:07:44 PM
It's a mere 105 degrees here in Central Missouri.  But it'll cool down by October, I'm sure.