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Offline Bob_Roller

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Hottest Day of the Year
« on: July 11, 2019, 10:03:50 PM »
When I left work this afternoon, air temp, 114 F, 46 C, road surface temp 197 F, 92 C .
Tires stuck like velcro !!
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Offline ged in oz

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Re: Hottest Day of the Year
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2019, 03:39:48 AM »
Whaaat! Thats almost unimaginable Bob.

I’ve lived through 45C, but that was in a place called Marble Bar in Western Australia and thats reputed to be the hottest place in Australia. There’s no bitumen roads there though.... Just a pub.[smiley=beer.gif]

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Offline skippyc

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Re: Hottest Day of the Year
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2019, 06:12:34 PM »
Don't stop at the stop lights to long. That temperature was very rear once but not anymore.
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Re: Hottest Day of the Year
« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2019, 05:35:01 PM »
Pretty common here to have temps of 110-120 F, 43-49 C from June through September .
Air cooled bikes don't like these temps !!!
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'81 R65
'82 R65 LS
'84 R65 LS
'87 Moto Guzzi V65 Lario
'02 R1150R
Riding all year long since 1993 .
I'll give up my R65, when they pry my cold dead hands from the handlebars !!!!!

Offline tiggum

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Re: Hottest Day of the Year
« Reply #4 on: July 15, 2019, 09:05:21 PM »
That is a great idea!  Thank you; and yes, what were the guys at BMW thinking with those tiny plastic tabs?
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