Moto Air-Conditioner

[justinrhenry]

looks terrible, but the idea is great.  for those of us that use our bikes to commute to work and don't want to be covered in sweat when we get to work a/c would be  wonderful. 

[aaronb]

It's a bike people. 

You know...  A way to ESCAPE the fangled luxuries of the cages?!?  Just like radios on bikes....   

hey, this steppenwolf CD ain't gonna play itself.

dun..dunun.du.du.dununun

[ducatiz]

OMG!!!  LOL

I do have to say that I have and use one of the evaporative cooling vests that I wear over Under Armor heat gear T-shirts with my mesh jacket on the outside.  The vest is here but I've seen them elsewhere also:

http://store.mm411.com/catalog/index.cfm?fuseaction=product&theParentId=294&id=1005

Living near Houston, summer heat + humidity can be pretty brutal.  I only wear it on longer trips though.

school me, how does that work?

[1KDS]

school me, how does that work?

They are soaked in water.  Your body heat evaporates the water therefore taking heat out of your body to evap the water.

[ducatiz]

They are soaked in water.  Your body heat evaporates the water therefore taking heat out of your body to evap the water.

are you in direct contact with the water?

[NAKID]

are you in direct contact with the water?

Yes. You will get wet. Buddy of mine had one, worked great. Not something he could wear with work clothes though...

[Triple J]

I had a friend use an evaporative cooling vest at Miller during a trackday a couple summers ago...it was about 100* out...he said it worked great. I never put mine on because I didn't want to get wet (actually, damp). Turns out I was wet at the end of every session anyway. 

[NAKID]

Oh, BTW:

http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=34139.msg593714#msg593714

[NorDog]

They are soaked in water.  Your body heat evaporates the water therefore taking heat out of your body to evap the water.

You've just described a perpetual motion machine.  Actually, the ambient heat evaporates the water.

[DucVixenReturns]

The evap vests are a godsend here in TX 

[Raux]

this brings up a good point. once you start sweating it does the same thing as this vest IF you have the right kind of clothing on. I bought some BMW full body stuff that in 100 deg heat feels cold while riding with leathers.

[Monster Dave]

http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=34139.0

[arai_speed]

Oh, BTW:

http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=34139.msg593714#msg593714

http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=34139.0

Is this like a Triple Derby then?

[Jarvicious]

As if going 80 miles an hour isn't enough....

100 degree air blowing at you at 80 miles an hour is still 100 degree air and some folks can't afford a jacket for all the different riding seasons.  I'm not saying buying an A/C unit would be cheaper ........

It seems like an ok idea to me.  Like some of you already said, it's a case of over-luxurizing (what??) something like motorcycling that was originally exactly the opposite, but people still buy goldwings, ultraclassics, and trikes with radios, cd players, adjustable windshields and mp3 hookups so imagine this will be a hit.  People probably said the same thing when heated products got released for bikes.  At the same time, the guys who ride around with no shirt on, no helmets, and no gloves probably think us folks that go out in full leathers and armor are idiots too.  To each their own.

[NAKID]

http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=34139.0

Psst, Dave, that's the same link I already posted....