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Galactica
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freekin’ HOT!
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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:
75 Honda CB750K5
80 Suzuki TS250
? Yamaha Maxim 550
73 Z1 900
76 Kz900 A1
77 Kz1000 A1
78 Kz1000 B2 Ltd
79 Kz1000 B3 Ltd
80 Kz1000 C
99 Triumph Tiger 900
84 Honda VF750 Interceptor
77 Honda CB750
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2019 Yamaha Tracer900
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1975 Honda CB750K5
Steve G.
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Re: freekin’ HOT!
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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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'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
hardrockminer
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Re: freekin’ HOT!
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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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Past rides include a 1973 Suzuki GT380 & a 1975 Kawasaki Z1B
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
My Sweetums rides a 2019 Suzuki DR650
kaw74
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Re: freekin’ HOT!
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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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Steve G.
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Re: freekin’ HOT!
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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
Twisted_Twin
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Re: freekin’ HOT!
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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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It's important to feel comfortable in your own skin because it's illegal to wear someone else's.
Runningdog
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Re: freekin’ HOT!
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July 09, 2024, 11:26:19 AM »
Quote from: Twisted_Twin 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...
Even if they ammended the name by including "Certain", thrill seekers want to attempt to beat that.
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Past: '82 Suzuki GS400E; '82 Suzuki GS750E; '81 Yamaha Virago 750; '82 Suzuki GS650GL; '77 Yamaha DT250; '80 GS 850; '86 Kawasaki ZG1000; '78 XS400; 1971 Motobecane Mobylette; 1980 Yamaha SR250; various parts/project bikes, 2004 ZRX 1200; 1977 CB750K; '73 Triumph TR5T (Vintage Plate) .
Present: ; '75 Honda XL250 (Collector Plate); '04 Wee-Strom; 1973 Honda CB350 6-million Dollar Project; 1979 GS750E
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Re: freekin’ HOT!
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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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hardrockminer
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Re: freekin’ HOT!
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July 10, 2024, 03:45:52 AM »
Ahhh...but it's a DRY heat!
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Past rides include a 1973 Suzuki GT380 & a 1975 Kawasaki Z1B
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
My Sweetums rides a 2019 Suzuki DR650
Steve G.
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Re: freekin’ HOT!
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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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