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[fiddle mike]

This will mean year-round riding for some of you folks.  

Motorcycle Air Conditioning by EntroSys

[Tropic traveler]

I can understand the need for heat but A/C on a bike?? Where does it get hot enough that twisting the throttle won't cool you down? Nowhere in Florida does it ever get that hot. 
Might as well take the car if the damn heat bothers you that much.

[Black Pearl's Captain]

It wont work for me. I get hot nuts.

Raymond

[RP#62]

I can understand the need for heat but A/C on a bike?? Where does it get hot enough that twisting the throttle won't cool you down? Nowhere in Florida does it ever get that hot. 
Might as well take the car if the damn heat bothers you that much.

Come see us in Phoenix between May and September.  I've found that above 108°, you're cooler if you're not moving.  Coming back from Inzane last year, it was 115° when we got back to the valley.  We stopped and completely saturated our shirts with water and proceeded on home.  Our shirts were bone dry within 10 min.
-RP

[Gryphon Rider]

What I found coming home from Inzane VI through Wyoming at about 105° - 109° or more was that if I soaked my t-shirt down to just above my jeans, then put an armoured mesh jacket over it, I was comfortably cool for about 45 minutes.  This is with the Tourer windshield and no other air deflecting accessories.

[Gear Jammer]

I use a system like this which I made more like a NASCAR system due to it's higher water/ice capacity in an ice-cooler.  Having chilled water circulate around your torso does help keep your core temp lower.  The ice lasts longer than your fuel supply, so you can always get more ice at the next fuelstop.  Makes riding in Houston's miserable hot humid temps tolerable.  

http://www.coolshirt.net/motorcycle-cool-bag-2up.html

[art]

Just try riding the Az. desert in june to sept. It can kill you when it gets to 120% +.Been there done that an do not like it.I tried to cool off during the Laughlin river run in april at a gas station .the water coming out of the hose was hot .It took 15 min.to get some cooler water.this was in needles Ca.  A must is carry as much water as you can.Art

[fiddle mike]

What I found coming home from Inzane VI through Wyoming at about 105° - 109° or more was that if I soaked my t-shirt down to just above my jeans, then put an armoured mesh jacket over it, I was comfortably cool for about 45 minutes.  This is with the Tourer windshield and no other air deflecting accessories.

I find that a vented denim riding jacket works fine, sometimes with a soaked bandanna around my neck. I have only a Memphis Fats bug catcher on my Valk.
Since I live on the coast, riding in the desert SW was a trip, though.  I never felt dangerously hot but it was so dry I couldn't even work up a decent booger.  

[Willow]

I've found that above 108°, you're cooler if you're not moving. 

My observation is pretty close to RP's.  I've found that somewhere around 106F the air moving over my skin will no longer cool me.

No, I don't think I see a use for me of air conditioning on a bike.  For some folks it may be what it takes to keep them on two wheels, much like Gerbings do for others.  Some just park the bike.  I'm not willing to share my criticism.    

[Michael K (Az.)]

I was behind Rp and Cheryl's bikes on the way back to Az. last summer. I just kept squirting myself w/ h2o with increasing frequency as the temps went up up up! Didn't stay cool for long but I think I started to mold.

[Tropic traveler]

I can understand the need for heat but A/C on a bike?? Where does it get hot enough that twisting the throttle won't cool you down? Nowhere in Florida does it ever get that hot. 
Might as well take the car if the damn heat bothers you that much.

Come see us in Phoenix between May and September.  I've found that above 108°, you're cooler if you're not moving.  Coming back from Inzane last year, it was 115° when we got back to the valley.  We stopped and completely saturated our shirts with water and proceeded on home.  Our shirts were bone dry within 10 min.
-RP

RP, visiting the desert is on my bucket list. I can tell that the desert dryness will not set well with my body    , I gotta have my humidity! I am very well versed on staying hydrated in the heat, it's just common sense to native Floridians. Double 90's {90+ degrees & 90%+ humidity} is the norm for 5-6 months here and I just love riding in those conditions. We catch an few days of 100+ every year but past May-June it stays in the 90's, sometimes into late October. I can recall many very warm Halloweens!
I really despise the cold, guess I should move further south.    I don't like all the bundleing up I have to do to ride in the winter and that a/c unit looks like a warm weather bundle-up to me. 

[Michael K (Az.)]

Hey Eddie, it's hotter here, trust me on this.

[Tropic traveler]

Hey Eddie, it's hotter here, trust me on this.

Sounds like I found me a vacation  spot. 

But I still aint gonna wear no a/c vest!

[Big IV]

I've ridden on days where sitting still felt like being an oven and twisting the throttle only made it feel like I was riding in an oven.
Long sleeve shirts keeping the sun off of my arms helps some, but there are some days when a little cool air on the motorcycle would be nice.

[RP#62]

I can understand the need for heat but A/C on a bike?? Where does it get hot enough that twisting the throttle won't cool you down? Nowhere in Florida does it ever get that hot. 
Might as well take the car if the damn heat bothers you that much.

Come see us in Phoenix between May and September.  I've found that above 108°, you're cooler if you're not moving.  Coming back from Inzane last year, it was 115° when we got back to the valley.  We stopped and completely saturated our shirts with water and proceeded on home.  Our shirts were bone dry within 10 min.
-RP

RP, visiting the desert is on my bucket list. I can tell that the desert dryness will not set well with my body    , I gotta have my humidity! I am very well versed on staying hydrated in the heat, it's just common sense to native Floridians. Double 90's {90+ degrees & 90%+ humidity} is the norm for 5-6 months here and I just love riding in those conditions. We catch an few days of 100+ every year but past May-June it stays in the 90's, sometimes into late October. I can recall many very warm Halloweens!
I really despise the cold, guess I should move further south.    I don't like all the bundleing up I have to do to ride in the winter and that a/c unit looks like a warm weather bundle-up to me. 

The wife and I both grew up in Key West.  I graduated highschool there in '72 and we moved to the big city (Ft Lauderdale in '79).  Jobs took me further north over the years and finally out west.  We know all about humidity and are glad to be out of it.  I'd say 95° in FL feels like 105° here.  The difference here is that if you're in the shade, you don't sweat.
-RP

[rmrc51]

I could never tolerate the heat in any fashion. If I had my way, I'd be living up in northern Maine. I basically don't ride at all once it gets hotter than 85. But that's me an I know I'm in the minority. Most people prefer the heat over the cold. I can always put on more clothing to get warm, lol. Each to their own. 

[Big IV]

Most people prefer the heat over the cold. I can always put on more clothing to get warm, lol. Each to their own.

I almost agree with you. I feel like there is at least more that I can do in cold weather (clear roads) to warm myself than in hot weather to cool myself. Once you reach the point that the air doesn't cool you off moving what else can you do? A little hydration pack only goes so far some days.