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will england :: motorcycle notes and tipsYou don't have to sacrifice crash protection to stay cool. There are several better alternatives for hot weather riding than taking your protective suit off. #1. Soak your T-shirt in water and then open your sleeves to direct air inside the jacket allowing the jacket to puff up and cool you. This works very well to a point (the point is quickly reached when the t-shirt dries out in about 15 minutes to 1/2 hour). #2. Get yourself a Coolvest or similar product and wear it under your riding gear allowing wind to run up your sleeves and cool you off. I use a Marsee Cool vest but it's a bit more expensive than others. It seems to last longer though and is less heavy. It recharges quicker than the others too - by that I mean when you soak it in water, it absorbs the moisture much quicker and retains it longer. #3. Close all your vents BUT OPEN your sleeve cuffs and get your sleeves in the breeze so that you get a really good, stiff wind running up your sleeves and plumping up your jacket. In order to do this, you'll need to get some good SUMMER gloves that do NOT have a long gauntlet but a very short one. Olympia makes a very good summer glove that has leather palms and crash protection on the knuckles and yet allows air to vent through the rest of the material. The key thing is not to restrict the flow of air up the cuff of your sleeve. I ONLY open my jacket vents when I'm at a stop or moving very slowly (i.e., stop-n-go traffic). I guarantee you that if you follow these steps in high heat, you'll be safe AND cooler plus, you'll avoid dehydration (if you drink fluids reqularly) and avoid heat stroke. I've ridden this way for over 40,000 miles I'm sure as half of my riding on the ST has been in very hot weather. Joe Zulaski "02 Rendezvous" Co-Rallymaster
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