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This may already exist, but if it does, I don't know about it. Nor do I have any idea how you'd build it, so I'm interested in suggestions. What about a climate-controlled function on a motorcycle that keeps you warm when you're riding on less-than-warm days? Sort of like the heater in your car, but
on your motorcycle.
Or c)...
http://www.halfbake...Heated_20Underpants
[Monkfish, Jan 19 2001, last modified Oct 17 2004]
Widder: Electrically Heated Riding Apparel
http://www.widder.com/
Baked (thanks, egnor) and soon you can be toasty, too! Vests, Gloves, Chaps. [jutta, Jan 19 2001]
Gerbing's Heated Clothing
http://www.gerbing.com/
Jackets, Jacket Liners, Vests, Pants, Gloves, Socks. [jutta, Jan 19 2001]
Climate control for motorcyclists
http://www.spacedai...s/car-tech-03a.html
Re the "climate control" comments below, an article on cooling tech used during the Dakar desert race last year, including an in-helmet heat pump. [pbx, Oct 17 2004]
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This is called, I believe, 'a car'. Or possibly '<intimate friend of appropriate gender>'. |
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No, a "car" is an enclosed vehicle with four wheels and a trunk. A MOTORCYLE is not enclosed, has two wheels, and puts its rider at constant risk for injury and death--or at least a different kind of injury and death than a car does. What I'm proposing is something to keep the rider warm right before he tips over and becomes a statistic. Duh! |
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Wind-chill is much more difficult to deal with in an unenclosed vehicle. Heat which is produced will instantly be blown away. So basically you'd either need a) something that generates an incredible deal of heat, or b) an enclosure which doesn't appear too car-ish. I'm thinking giant hamster ball. |
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Electrically heated motorcycle suits (they plug in to an outlet on the bike) are baked and common. |
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<makes a 'whoosh!' motion over Rachele's head...> I am fairly well acquainted with what a motorcycle is. This was 'humor'. 'A vehicle with a climate control'. |
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The second half was 'get someone to sit behind you with their arms around you'. |
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On rmutt's only expedition on a snowmobile (horrid obnoxious loud things, but kind of a gas to drive) he was quite pleased to find that the hand grips were heated; quite effectively in fact. |
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Seriously? Heated hand grips? That's great! I've driven a snowmobile since I was a wee lass of seven years old, yet I've never driven one with heated hand grips. Then again, the ones I've driven are circa 1968 and some from the '70s. Too, I've lived in the South for 10 years. So this is news to me. I had no idea that such a thing existed! |
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Yeah, snowmobiles are loud and obnoxious. But they're SO MUCH fun. Even tipping the things over is a blast. |
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Anyway, as cold as it gets in Michigan, which is where I'm from, I can't imagine how heated hand grips are all that helpful. You're bundled up in about 900 pounds' worth of a snowmobile suit and you're wearing big fat gloves that suggest the ones worn by boxers, so how could you even feel the heated hand grips? |
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A radiant heater could help the driver "feel" warmer, without having to heat up the constantly-moving air. Wind-chill would still be a problem, but the heater's effects might still be helpful. |
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A full leather outfit (which I always wear) pretty much eliminates wind-chill. There's also usually a pretty nice amount of warm air around the engine on my motorcycle. I have the heated handgrips - very nice in Winter.
I also have a wind screen on my cycle (just for looks) and it deflects a lot of the wind.
Some cycles have heaters in the seats. |
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In hot climates, though, a full leather outfit would be really uncomfortable. So then you'd need AC, too. You know, when you're at stop lights and stuff. I think a full climate-control system is what's needed. |
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...one possible advantage of a system which piped hot exhaust gases from the bike through piping sewn into your suit would be that your whole body would throb attractively as you revved your bike while sitting at red traffic lights.
Back to work now... |
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Bike air-con - what an idea... |
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Full leathers are fine when it's hot... as long as you keep moving. |
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Winter weather is horrible, though I do achieve a state of bliss by putting the bike into neutral at traffic lights, sticking my (gloved) hands into the sides of the bike and holding onto the top of the engine. As long as I still have feeling in my fingers before I do this then it's lovely. If I'v elost feeling by that point then it hurts. |
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Thought about heated grips last winter but opted for the cheaper (and easier to attach) option of bar muffs and lots of layers. |
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Divers' neoprene suit, maybe special cold-water model? Or a drysuit over polypropylene fleece? |
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sure, it'd be warm, but who wants to be seen on a motorcycle wearing a diver's suit?? |
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You could wear a tux over it, though. |
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You're all soft shites. Real bikers go out in all weathers. |
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I take it that none of you have ever ridden a Goldwing? They have a hot/cold lever on them that controls the vent on your lower legs. It will throw some serious heat on them at slower speeds, say 40 mph and less. I ride mine down into the 20's with just a pair of jeans on without getting too cold. |
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BMW already has a suit that plugs into their motorcycle that keeps you warm. It has been around for a number of years, but is quite expensive so not everyone purchased the option. I heard from someone else, but have not yet substantiated it that Yamaha has started having the warm-suit adapter available as well. |
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