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« on: July 08, 2024, 12:36:11 PM »

Not sure if the link will work but here’s tryin’.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/motorcyclist-dies-suspected-heat-exposure-death-valley-rcna160636
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Past rides:
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78 Kz1000 B2 Ltd
79 Kz1000 B3 Ltd
80 Kz1000 C
99 Triumph Tiger 900
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« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2024, 01:40:04 PM »



    I've ridden Death Valley, in the middle of October, 2017, for 2 weeks. Incredible place!!!  Including the 'ground zero' of heat on the surface of the world, Badwater Basin, which is the lowest altitude place on the western hemisphere at -181 feet below sea level. It was only 114F that day. I remember riding south from Furnace Village down into the valley towards Badwater, increasing heat, I was swatting a bug inside my helmet, only finding out that bug was blood from my nose, from the weather,  instantly cauterizing from the 114F heat and 3% humidity. 

   Yeah,,,,,today outside my house in "Metro" its gonna reach 85F with 47% humidity. Tomorrow it's gonna be 89F. It's really just the effects of the human body needing 2 weeks to physiologically adapting, mainly through natural blood thinning. These same temperatures through the August long weekend will be much less an issue. I spent 32 days in Puerto Vallarta last winter, mid 80's F and 75-80% humidity. The first 7-9 days I was a sweathog, after that, I was actually grabbing a light jacket at 9pm.
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 1966 Keystone Tas 50
 1981 Can-Am 250 MX6
 1966 BSA 250 Starfire
 1972 Triumph 650 hardtail chopper
 1976 Honda 400-4 Supersport
 1982 Can-Am 500 Sonic
 1982 Suzuki SP500
 1984 Kawasaki KZ 750 L4
 1979 Honda CBX
 1988 Ducati 750 Paso 750 Euro
 1972 Suzuki 750 GT ‘Kettle’
 1972 Kawasaki 750 H2
 1993 BMW R100GSPD
 1984 Honda CR500
 1979 Honda CBX sandcast
 1975 Honda 400-4 SS
 2001 Moto Guzzi V11 Sport
 2006 Yamaha FJR 1300
1972 Norton Combat Roadster 810
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 1980 Honda CBX
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« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2024, 04:03:00 PM »

That's 53.3 degrees C!! 

You can still have cooling even when the temperature is well above normal body temperature as long as you're sweating and the wind is blowing AND the relative humidity is less than 100%.  Heat will be removed from your skin through evaporation.
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« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2024, 09:15:53 PM »

I went through there over a month ago and it was 32 at 7 am. All I thought about was that I hope I don't break down.

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« Reply #4 on: July 08, 2024, 09:43:07 PM »

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/highest-recorded-temperature/
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'74 Honda CT70
'74 Norton 850 Interstate
'81 Laverda Jota Mk11 180
'89 Honda RC30
'91 BMW R100GS
'08 Honda XR650L
'08 BMW R1200GS

Previous Garage Residents
 1966 Keystone Tas 50
 1981 Can-Am 250 MX6
 1966 BSA 250 Starfire
 1972 Triumph 650 hardtail chopper
 1976 Honda 400-4 Supersport
 1982 Can-Am 500 Sonic
 1982 Suzuki SP500
 1984 Kawasaki KZ 750 L4
 1979 Honda CBX
 1988 Ducati 750 Paso 750 Euro
 1972 Suzuki 750 GT ‘Kettle’
 1972 Kawasaki 750 H2
 1993 BMW R100GSPD
 1984 Honda CR500
 1979 Honda CBX sandcast
 1975 Honda 400-4 SS
 2001 Moto Guzzi V11 Sport
 2006 Yamaha FJR 1300
1972 Norton Combat Roadster 810
 1972 BMW R75/2 SWB
 1980 Honda CBX
 1970 Honda Trail 50 K1
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« Reply #5 on: July 09, 2024, 08:20:26 AM »

If only they had put something in the name that would make people not want to go there...
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« Reply #6 on: July 09, 2024, 11:26:19 AM »

If only they had put something in the name that would make people not want to go there...

Even if they ammended the name by including "Certain", thrill seekers want to attempt to beat that.
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« Reply #7 on: July 09, 2024, 07:17:55 PM »

June and I went through there in May and the temperature at 1000 am was 92 degrees at the hospitality area.  When we left a few minutes later it had already climbed another two degrees F.   She wanted to stop in the middle of a long hill to take some pictures then started heading up the hill in the heat watching all of the gauges constantly as we groaned our way up the hill.  I pointed some of the black spots on the tarmac and to the side as we moved along and told here they were from other vehicles stopping at the bottom of the hill that expired enroute or others throughout the valley.
One wonders how people live/survive in those little 100 people or less towns there.
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« Reply #8 on: July 10, 2024, 03:45:52 AM »

Ahhh...but it's a DRY heat!
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I currently ride a 1975 Kawasaki Z1B - Classic Plated
I also ride a 1980 Kawasaki KZ 1000 LTD - Classic Plated, and a 2006 Honda Goldwing with a Daytona 2+2 sidecar

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« Reply #9 on: July 10, 2024, 06:45:46 AM »

  The low humidity definitely makes it easier to handle. And when riding a motorcycle, the riding gear is much less likely to ‘cling’, or hook up in an uncomfortable fashion. Lack of body sweat is our normal indicator to drink water along with regular thirst signals. That is lost because there’s no sweat on the brow.
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Garage Residents:
'74 Honda CT70
'74 Norton 850 Interstate
'81 Laverda Jota Mk11 180
'89 Honda RC30
'91 BMW R100GS
'08 Honda XR650L
'08 BMW R1200GS

Previous Garage Residents
 1966 Keystone Tas 50
 1981 Can-Am 250 MX6
 1966 BSA 250 Starfire
 1972 Triumph 650 hardtail chopper
 1976 Honda 400-4 Supersport
 1982 Can-Am 500 Sonic
 1982 Suzuki SP500
 1984 Kawasaki KZ 750 L4
 1979 Honda CBX
 1988 Ducati 750 Paso 750 Euro
 1972 Suzuki 750 GT ‘Kettle’
 1972 Kawasaki 750 H2
 1993 BMW R100GSPD
 1984 Honda CR500
 1979 Honda CBX sandcast
 1975 Honda 400-4 SS
 2001 Moto Guzzi V11 Sport
 2006 Yamaha FJR 1300
1972 Norton Combat Roadster 810
 1972 BMW R75/2 SWB
 1980 Honda CBX
 1970 Honda Trail 50 K1
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