Long hot trip coming any advise?

[Nevada]

Too late now, but I hope you're taking the interesting route to Cedar City, rather than running straight up I-15, although rolling through the Gorge is always fun. BTW, Stateline, nee Primm, to Cedar City is about a 3.5-4 hour ride, with a single stop. Enjoy, and be thankful for the clouds today.

 

[roadriderg]

Too late now, but I hope you're taking the interesting route to Cedar City, rather than running straight up I-15, although rolling through the Gorge is always fun. BTW, Stateline, nee Primm, to Cedar City is about a 3.5-4 hour ride, with a single stop. Enjoy, and be thankful for the clouds today.

Did go thru the gorge and it was great. But the ride from Salina to Jackson felt like I was in europe the hills and valley Great!! Stayed at the Kuda hotel which is a very biker frendly hotel.

going from Jackson to cody took us thru yellowstone were we hit every kind of weather sunny, rain, hail! St took all these with ease although the hail we had to stop and run for cover.

Tourist blocking the roads to look at wildlife was almost out of control. Long traffic stops. Roads were torn up at a few location into and out of the park. Just before cody was a long muddy strech.

We stayed in cody at a great little hotel cokeciyalpine hotel. Real nice people in that town.

The a great ride over beartooth pass up to 11000 feet best ride ever. I think I will do it again on Weds

I am now in Billings montana and will be here until friday. Lots of local rides to do!

Yesterday I Cut of the freeway just to check out a local back road Hardin road I believe. When a roadliner passed me. So I picked up the pace and followed him thru a rolling backcountry isolated road and I do mean isolated.
Man that guy could ride. After 30 miles he finally pulled over and we talked. It seems that he is a local here and rides this road for fun quite often for years.His favorite road! After riding in a group and sometimes very conservitive speeds it felt great to open her up. Well tomorrow beartooth pass again.

Gary

 

[Phartz]

I'm jealous.

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[Ripshod]

It sounds like you're getting along great. Hang in there and have fun.

 

[Spike]

Just a quick CamelBak tip I use... Freeze two of the 20oz prepackaged waterbottles, brand of your choice... once frozen, use your handy-dandy pocket knife to strip off the plastic, leaving your frozen water cylinders for insertion into the CamelBak... Assuming of course, you have the newer, wider-mouth model - Fill with cold water from the fridge and you will have refreshing cold water for the next 8 hours, regardless of the ambient temp... I ride deserts often, it's never failed me - Another tip... perhaps too unsanitary for some, but after sucking from my CamelBak tube, I blow the water down the tube and back into the reservoir... This eliminates the long draw of warm water one would experience without performing the blow-back exercise, as suggested...

And, feel free to stop in to visit whilst traversing our great state, while enroute - Surely a cold one or three would help....

 

[roadriderg]

Well finally back. What a great ride! Went thru every kind of weather. Blazing hot, Rain, Hail , some cold mornings. All went well thanks to the many varied advice gotten from all you forum members, thanks!!

The only scary part was the amount of dead animals on the side of the roads that where hit by cars, deer(plenty around Jackson hole and the back roads of montana. Raccoons,various small animals,one rather large Moose around park city Utah.

Saw lots of deer and bucks with full racks, velvet still on hiding in the grass around the back roads of montana near Beartooth pass.

Also I found that the St is a little rare up around those parts, this was indeed harley country. Quite a few riders asked just what was that bike I was riding.


Gary

 

[VinceDee]

Good to hear the trip went well. After all the discussion about hydration, what did you end up doing?

 

[roadriderg]

Re: Long hot trip coming any advice?

Most of the time I was dressed in short t-shirt and airglide mesh jacket. Kevlar jeans and full face helmet. Under I had on Under Armour moisture wicking shorts. I always started out with a good dose of anti monkey butt powder.

I started out with beaded seat cover which I soon took off. The seat I have (Russell) was comfortable without. Under the seat I made a insert of heat barrier padding that kept the seat from getting hot.

I have the wind deflectors and sealed the side covers with the 2008 covers so my legs did not get the engine heat either.

When the temp started getting hot 90 up I put on my cool vest that I kept in cool water in a zip lock bag. The vest was of the greatest help,remarkably cool. At every stop about 120 miles I drank a bottle of water. On my bike I have a drink caddy that I sipped water as needed. I was remarkably comfortable the whole ride.

Kept sunscreen on at all times. Hat when not on the bike.

I felt a little odd duck as I was the only sport touring rider, most others where half helmet , no jacket short shirt riders. ATGATT was not in their philosophy. Lets say the jacket on all the time had them concerned. But those that have the airglide jacket we attest that the jacket is very well ventilated. And the pads on the back and shoulders keep the heat off your body.


Gary

 

[RCS]

Re: Long hot trip coming any advice?

Most of the time I was dressed in short t-shirt and airglide mesh jacket. Kevlar jeans and full face helmet. Under I had on Under Armour moisture wicking shorts. I always started out with a good dose of anti monkey butt powder.

I started out with beaded seat cover which I soon took off. The seat I have (Russell) was comfortable without. Under the seat I made a insert of heat barrier padding that kept the seat from getting hot.

I have the wind deflectors and sealed the side covers with the 2008 covers so my legs did not get the engine heat either.

When the temp started getting hot 90 up I put on my cool vest that I kept in cool water in a zip lock bag. The vest was of the greatest help,remarkably cool. At every stop about 120 miles I drank a bottle of water. On my bike I have a drink caddy that I sipped water as needed. I was remarkably comfortable the whole ride.

Kept sunscreen on at all times. Hat when not on the bike.

I felt a little odd duck as I was the only sport touring rider, most others where half helmet , no jacket short shirt riders. ATGATT was not in their philosophy. Lets say the jacket on all the time had them concerned. But those that have the airglide jacket we attest that the jacket is very well ventilated. And the pads on the back and shoulders keep the heat off your body.


Gary

Did you end up taking a computer or PDA? If so, what kind and how did it work out for you?

 

[roadriderg]

Re: Long hot trip coming any advice?

Did you end up taking a computer or PDA? If so, what kind and how did it work out for you?

I took a little asus 1005hab that I bought at bestbuy. This had a 10" screen and a little bigger keypad. It worked great! Before I left I transfered installation disk's of the software I needed to sd cards then installed them.

I had hookup where ever I went. The only hotel that I had to pay for wifi at was Buffalo bills casino at state line Nevada. 6.99 per hour. All the others had free wifi. It was more than enough to keep in contact with my office without having to call, which I defiantly did not want to do. Small, light it fit nicely into my top box. I had bought a little carry case to protect it with pockets to hold the powercable and mouse.

I also used it to make new maps for the day and download into my zumo.


Gary

 

[islandstar]

Gary,

I missed you in Billings, MT on Friday. We were only there a few hours at STar Days but since it was so close to Cabellas, that's were a few of us spent our time. The 230 and 345 did a much better job for our High Sierra BBQ

That camelback I bought for the trip was a lifesaver as I didn't have the cool vest and no means of drinking anything while riding.

Glad you had a good trip and everyone made it back

 

[DsrtRngr]

I live where it's gotten up to 100-110 a few times, since late June. Get one of these;

http://www.aerostich.com/aerostich-evap-o-danna.html

 

[PopJack]

I blow the water down the tube and back into the reservoir... This eliminates the long draw of warm water one would experience without performing the blow-back exercise, as suggested...

DANG! I wish I had thought of that! Every time I took a drink on my recent "hot parts" trip, I would try and get water to run out of the tube and onto the road... never waited long enough and got more nasty hot water than you can shake a stick at!

 

[Ripshod]

Or if the 'bak and the hose are in a good position for it, you can grab the bite valve and squeeze it while holding it up high to let the water drain down. Either way it's good to let that first sip come out ... well if not exactly cold, at least not hot.

 

[roadriderg]

Gary,

I missed you in Billings, MT on Friday. We were only there a few hours at STar Days but since it was so close to Cabellas, that's were a few of us spent our time. The 230 and 345 did a much better job for our High Sierra BBQ

That camelback I bought for the trip was a lifesaver as I didn't have the cool vest and no means of drinking anything while riding.

Glad you had a good trip and everyone made it back

Sorry to have missed you guy's. I had heard that you came thru. I had a great time and it was very new for me (first star days}. Venders where a little sparse but good ones. Interesting was the international chapters that showed up. Czechoslovakia,philipines and a few other's . This one had a attendance of 1500. Next year will be Lancaster county in Pennsylvania.

Anyway I bet you guys had a great ride how many miles did you post? Mine was 3200.

Gary

 

[RiderBud]

For sure, wear the AirGlide pants and jacket. We have major temperature extremes here in the Washington, D.C. area. I wear this gear all four seasons and really like it.

RiderBud

 

[Birdman]

Solutions that I have used a number of times:
Use a helmet liner and soak it in cold water before putting in on.
Buy a bag (7-10#) and sit in your lap (don't laugh) it works, plus you can suck on ice while you ride.
Keep a bottle of water available and pour it down your neck area.
Stop in the hotest part of the day and sit in a cool place, rest, eat and drink water. Then you will be able to ride later in the cool.

 

[islandstar]

We broke the 4600 mile mark as we extended the trip by another day and returned home on Sunday. That was my first Star Days as well.

I assume 3200 is not your longest trip

Sorry to have missed you guy's. I had heard that you came thru. I had a great time and it was very new for me (first star days}. Venders where a little sparse but good ones. Interesting was the international chapters that showed up. Czechoslovakia,philipines and a few other's . This one had a attendance of 1500. Next year will be Lancaster county in Pennsylvania.

Anyway I bet you guys had a great ride how many miles did you post? Mine was 3200.

Gary

 

[womantriker]

USE A COOL VEST....when it dries out, pour some water from a water bottle onto it.

Worked great for me today.....through Nevada....105+ a murderously hot day! Mac and I are on our way to YooperSToc.

womantriker

 

[GSMetal]

Like everyone else said: Camel Back with ice water is the best.

I also have a cooling vest which helps and I wear riding pants over shorts.

But the best advise I can offer you is to start VERY early in the morning (wheels up at 3:30 AM) and by the time it really starts heating up you've already got 8 or 10 hours of riding in and it's time to call it quits and head for the hotel pool and Margaritas.

Also, no traffic that early so you can ride with no obstructions.

This early start thing is great if you're traveling alone since just about everyone else will cry like a little girl about shagging their butts out of bed early.