Why is it sooooooo hot ?

Howdy fellow newsgroupies,

As a new learner rider, with a meshtex jacket and a cross between a road and
trail helmet. Why is it so hot ?

I was hoping to feel the air through my helmet hair, the wind on my chest
etc. But can't wait to get off the bike so I can peel off the jacket and
helmet. I don't even have my leathers yet !!!

Does this get any better? Or should I just get used to being in a sauna ?

BTW I love the riding !!!!

80km/s on the bike is awesome with my heart in my throat !!!

Does anyone know where I can get a pink Hi Vis vest to go over my black
kinda jacket ?

Oh and 1 more thing. Where does one put thier hand bag on the bike ?

I've looked and looked, but I'm stumped !!!!



Anyway I'm off for now

Go the learner riders !!!! Woooo hoooo

Charmayne

 

Oops I forgot,

Wish me luck at bingo !!!

Cheers
A chuckling Charmayne
hehehehe

PS. No I haven't taken my drugs yet !!!!

 

Toughen up ... wait till you wear full leathers in 40deg heat through Sydney
traffic.

Cam

 

....strapped to a mobile furnace... something like an XX (aaaaagh - no
wearing shorts on this baby - roasted chicken-legs).

Never considered a skirt option though...

Cheers,
Dave ZZR600 => ST2 (stolen) => '03 XX

 

Yup, the furnace of my choice was the CBR954RR .... a lovely little number
that sports a pissweak cooling system. I still say to this day if ever I
meet the fucken engineer who designed the cooling system I would have no
hesitation in kicking him up the arse then throwing a bucket of hot water
over him to to say "now you know what it feels like asshole!"

Can you tell it really pissed me off?

Cam

 

It isn't. Yet.

Cam, probably. Although I wouldn't expect a great deal of safety
out of it ... folks don't see what they don't look for.

Buy one of those hard plastic top-boxes. They're really good for
city commuting and as a handbag/satchel repository. Don't mistake
them for actually secure or anything, they can be stolen easily
enough despite their fancy locks. Best bet is to buy a wallet
or purse flat enough to fit in your riding jacket.

-----sharks with a fringe on top

 

Mate - let me know when you track the bastard down. Seems he had a hand in
the design of same on the XX. Some months ago it was probably close to 40
deg in Sydney and I was on Parramatta Rd, unable to lanesplit for a while
for some reason and the damned thing got to 115 deg. I thought the beast
was about to explode.

So kick that bloke up the arse a few times from me too will you?

Cheers,
Dave ZZR600 => ST2 (stolen) => '03 XX
P.S. I did buy that Nikkor 17-35/2.8 yesterday. Lord knows I shouldn't have
done it but one look through the thing and I'm in loooove! Now I'll have to
wash the bike and get busy on making a few well saturated sharp ones....
(you know what I mean..).

 

Huh? The XX engine is so thoroughly shrouded by plastic bits that you can't
even see the engine, let alone feel any heat off it, especially in winter when
you want it !!... Now the 12R on the other hand, with it's engine exposed, and
the top radiator hose running within a few inches of the rider's right knee
doesn't suffer from that problem at all.

Nev..
'03 ZX12R

 

Pisshead Pete was telling me that you went to extraordinary lengths to cool
your XX engine by scraping off all the lower fairing (on the road) for
better ventilation, yeah?

Mate, clearly you never had to sit on your XX for lengthy periods in 2km/h
traffic. It's worse with panniers on narrow lanes of course but some of our
roads here, especially if you're travelling west through Sydney give you no
lanesplitting chance.

Cheers,
Dave ZZR600 => ST2 (stolen) => '03 XX

 

Yup, the furnace of my choice was the CBR954RR .... a lovely little number

I think you'll find it's extraordinarily difficult to provide the level
of cooling required by a high compression, high revving engine in such
close proximity to a rider without heating up the frame rails, seat,
rider, etc etc.

Never ridden a sports bike that was any different. Just get a car with
aircon ;-)

Jules

 

I'd say just a decent radiator might do the trick atleast. It seemed awfully
pissweak, and the thing heated up far too quickly in general, sweltering
heat aside. Just my gripe with the bike that's all. Some heat shielding of
the engine to the spars/fuel tank etc would go down a treat too. If I
happened to have the bike a bit longer and got an aftermarket exhaust, I
would have had it ceramic coated to chop out a fair bit of heat too.

Cam

 

The coolest bike (temperature-wise) I ever rode was the oil-cooled R1100RT.
Even in inland heat the fairing ducted the hot air out the back, and
stationary it wasn't too bad - in Toy Runs etc where you're sitting still or
riding slowly it was much much cooler than the water-cooled bikes around it.
You could tell by the beetroot-red faces on the others.

In the winter you flipped the levers beside the dash and hot air from the
oil-cooler flowed up your arms & over your chest. Combined with the heated
grips and electrically-adjustable screen it was a beautifully-warm bike in
winter. If it looked like raining heavily I dropped the seat to its lowest
setting and rarely got wet except for riding slowly around town.

 

XX? Hot???

HA!!!!

On my old T595 Daytona (may it rot in hell forever) the frame would get so
hot I had to wear leathers because it would burn my leg and arse through
jeans. Lanesplitting throught traffic with the sound of rattling bolts in
your ears and the smell of burning flesh in your nostrils. Aaaahh that was a
bike! A very very very horrid bike ....

And those are its good points ....

MIKE

 

I'd say just a decent radiator might do the trick atleast. It seemed awfully

Carrn ya wimp, it's a sportbike! heat-shield = unnecesary weight!

Don't ya know those things are racetrack-only these days? Trust me, you
need lots of ambient heat when you're scooting toward Bass Strait at
270kmh ;-)

Plus it's a Honda; how can you expect them to efficiently deep fry the
rectifier without dobs of very hot air circulating around? Part of the
design brief, you see...

Jules

 

BMW levers are not "flipped", they are "operated".

-----sharks

 

Heatwise, the worst ride I ever had on the XX was following on the Cumberland
Hwy from Hornsby to Liverpool in the middle of the afternoon on day last
summer, with panniers. Was the first and only time the temperature gauge
started to flash, as it does when the bike reckons it's a good time to shut
down the engine and let it cool down.

Nev..
'03 ZX12R

 

Charmayne is of the opinion:

Just keep moving. You'll heat up while stationary, but normally some nice
cooling air should be flowing while moving.

I sometimes unzip the jacket about half way to get a bit of extra airflow if
necessary.

Check the safety shop on Gladstone Ave at Unanderra (about 100m south of
Five Islands Rd). I dunno if they'd necessarily have them in pink, but if
they exist I'd imagine they'd have it. Dunno the name of the place, though.

Tank bag. I like the expandable RJays one. Magnets (and a strap around the
steering head if you're paranoid) holds the bag to the tank, and then you
just throw all of your odds and sods (house keys, wet weather gear, etc)
into the bag and roll on.

- Matt

 

I don't recall the 595 being particularly hot (I wasn't stuck in traffic)
but I was on an older 3-series Daytona, stationary in traffic when the fan
cut in and I reckon I know what the inside of a fan-forced oven must be
like!
Far canal!
Subsequently I bought the half-faired Sprint and never regretted it....
(OK: I really really regretted the lower footpegs and shit ground-clearance
but that's not the point!)
Clem

 

It's the heat that does it.

It does get better.....autumn and winter.....

It's pretty hard work for a while until you get the hang of it.

Like as not, you are still hanging on with a vice like grip, and
generally straining muscles, which you'll later be able to relax.
(This adds to the hot and sweaty feeling.)

Ah, a black jacket...that doesn't help.

Try the likes of Gowings and see if you can find a white, long-sleeved
Tee shirt big enough to wear over the jacket.

On a long strap round ones waist or ones neck.

regards,
CrazyCam

 

<snippity snip>

Easy.. sweat more
HTH

TB