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Stay Comfortable.
Well, the heat is finally here, and summer is in full swing. We are so blessed to have the technology that has made current riding gear so fantastic, for example
mesh riding jackets. You wouldn’t think you could be comfortable in real hot weather, but you can and will be if you use mesh riding gear.
When I was young, I used to just take off clothing to try to stay cooler on hot rides. This was really dumb! You need to stay covered, protected, and ventilated. The modern jackets and pants have armor to withstand impact and abrasion resistance to help you in case of a get off. There are also mesh gloves that work great too. We know that riding can be dangerous so always wear the best gear you can.
I always wear a mesh riding jacket in the summer, and even though my riding pants aren’t mesh they are well ventilated and have armor. Along with my mesh gloves, my outfit has kept me comfortable through some pretty intense heat.
And believe it or not a full-face helmet is more comfortable than an open face helmet in bad weather.
Suspension Travel
Long live long travel!
The motorcycle began as a bicycle with an engine added, but the harder jolts of higher speeds soon required a degree of front suspension to stop forks from breaking and to protect the rider’s hands from road shock. Even an inch of movement greatly softened bump impacts.
Rear suspension was tried and offered for sale before World War I (1914–1918), but early designs lacked stiffness and acquired a reputation of failure.
“Yes, we do need suspension, but because its side effects are so troublesome, the less of it we have the better.”
Until the 1930s, the dominant form of motorcycle chassis was therefore a spindly girder fork up front, providing maybe an inch and three-quarters of wheel travel, with the rear wheel attached rigidly: the hardtail. The ride was softened by sprung seats and large-section lower-pressure rear tires.
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