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Nightrain Ex Member	Wind chill factor on a bike 03/22/05 at 11:19:47 Just found this on the web and figured I'd post it. Try not to freeze you balls off http://www.webmaster10.com/ldr/windchill.html http://motorcyclecity.com/chill.htm
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Re: Wind chill factor on a bike
Reply #1 - 03/22/05 at 11:30:39

but it doesn't figgure in all the factors. if the winds are still and you are moving at 50 whats the wind chill because your movement is like being in the wind.

next whats the difference between riding with or against the wind that would change the equation.

to many factors to get a read. best way attach a thermometor (sp) to you chest and read it. Shocked

just a thought.

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Re: Wind chill factor on a bike
Reply #2 - 03/22/05 at 12:03:52

sluggo wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:03:

to many factors to get a read. best way attach a thermometor (sp) to you chest and read it. Shocked

just a thought.

A thermometor does not read windchill. Only living things do, such as people, and animals. The thermometor will read the same temperature, whether moving or still, provided it is in the same area, (sun or shade, and location.)...wind chills are not an exact science, and are estimates only. Below is a quote from my local weather website.

"Wind chill is the cooling effect of the wind in combination with low temperatures. When it is windy, we feel colder because our skin temperature is lower. This sensation of cold is what the wind chill index quantifies: as such, the index is not a real temperature and is expressed without units, even though it is calibrated according to the Celsius /farenheit temperature scale."

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sluggo Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline big singles lead, twins follow the pack Posts: 4744 moses lake washington Gender:	Re: Wind chill factor on a bike Reply #3 - 03/22/05 at 12:18:39 i'll try it see what happens, and report the results. and what about the other factors i mentioned, do you think they figgure in the equation ??? bikes all warmed up. ready for a 1 mile experment. i will take photo before i start and at one mile. brb
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Re: Wind chill factor on a bike
Reply #5 - 03/22/05 at 12:53:38

Gitarzan wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:03:

Windchill is for sissies. Grin

really those are my thought, if your spending time worrying about it, your just over thinking it.

i raised the questions about which direction to show that wind chill is really not an excat science. then did the experment to see. i found a 4 degree drop after riding 60mph for one mile.

if i was really that concerned about it i wouldn't have ridden all winter. Shocked

but enough of this idle chatter i'm all dressed up and ready to ride [glow=red,2,300]c=ya [/glow]

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Nightrain Ex Member	Re: Wind chill factor on a bike Reply #6 - 03/22/05 at 13:23:10 What kind of gloves are you eskimos riding? My fingers are always the first to go.
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Paladin. Serious Thumper Offline Hamster Posts: 4929 Sunny Southern California Gender:	Re: Wind chill factor on a bike Reply #7 - 03/22/05 at 16:20:29 I was up in Canada hunting back around 1980 when we ran out of something and I went 15 miles to the store on my Enduro -- thru a snowstorm. Had down vest, wooljacket, etc. and still near froze. But I had down hunting mittens and my hands stayed warm.
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sluggo Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline big singles lead, twins follow the pack Posts: 4744 moses lake washington Gender:	Re: Wind chill factor on a bike Reply #8 - 03/22/05 at 17:54:35 Nightrain wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:03: What kind of gloves are you eskimos riding? My fingers are always the first to go. above freezing gauntlet gloves belowe freezing leather gloves insterted in gauntlet gloves. below 0 degrees i drive the cage.
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Re: Wind chill factor on a bike
Reply #9 - 03/23/05 at 05:57:32

Hello, you penguins Grin

It never freezes here in wonderful Chile, but IMHO, wind chill is not a problem unles it's raining and you are not wearing proper rain gear.
I wear a heavy leather jacket, leather pants (not chaps, real jeans-style leathers), long johns under them, wool socks, heavy Russian-style boots, and leather gloves over knitten wool gloves, and a full-face helmet, sometimes with a balaclava... BTW, all my leather is waterproofed in early fall with horse grease, 3M spray and shoe polish. Works great so far.

It's 23°C out there and the sun is shining and we have a nice breeze, gotta go to the bank... riding Grin

take care,

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Ed L. Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline "We All go a Little Crazy Sometimes" Norman Bates Posts: 2808 Sunny Florida Gender:	Re: Wind chill factor on a bike Reply #10 - 03/23/05 at 16:29:04 Rub it in Red, got a short ride in yesterday with the temp around 46 F. Right now I'm looking at snow, you know the stuff, cold, wet, can't ride in it :'(. Every time I see fruit from Chile I think of you, wish you well. Ed L.
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WD Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Professional "scooter trash". Posts: 5207 Rosemark TN Gender:	Re: Wind chill factor on a bike Reply #11 - 03/23/05 at 20:24:51 Ed, would you like the directions for how to run a Savage (or other street bike) on snow, safely? It isn't that hard to do. -WD
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Re: Wind chill factor on a bike
Reply #12 - 03/24/05 at 08:38:43

Ed L. wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:03:

Rub it in Red, got a short ride in yesterday with the temp around 46 F. Right now I'm looking at snow, you know the stuff, cold, wet, can't ride in it :'(. Every time I see fruit from Chile I think of you, wish you well. Ed L.

Hi Ed,
sorry to hear it's still snowing in PA, our fall has been unusually warm so far (knock on wood), Grin

today we expect 30°C Shocked

so it's riding weather still... Grin

Hope spring gets there soon, but winter never makes its way down here... Wink

Take care,
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Re: Wind chill factor on a bike
Reply #13 - 03/24/05 at 16:42:56

WD, thanks, but no need for instructions on how to ride in the snow. For once in my marrage I am agreeing with the ol ball and chain and am planning to get out of the northeastern US and move to the east coast of Florida. Will be down below Daytona, just need to find the right property. Been packing the shop over the last few months and am getting ready to tackle the house. Everybody thinks I'm heading down there for bike week, I'm just getting out of the cold and snow. Will be riding my Savage down camping out on the way.really looking forward to the ride, need to get my last job out of my skull. Ed L.

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Paladin. Serious Thumper Offline Hamster Posts: 4929 Sunny Southern California Gender:	Re: Wind chill factor on a bike Reply #14 - 03/24/05 at 19:23:32 Ed L. wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:03: ....northeastern US ... to the east coast of Florida. .... Will be riding my Savage down camping out on the way.... Color me green. If you do not have a digital camera I'll lend you one.
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