There are times NOT to ride

[Jagster]

I L-O-V-E Death Valley and have ridden it like 10 times.
Living in Northwest WA State, the weather is moderate and not a huge factor in our daily lives.
DV is s lot like motors, respect the danger, pay attention, or die!
I love the challenge of enjoying both activities.
I find contesting and surviving danger intoxicating to my brain. The famous father of the Flying Wallenda high wire family, when asked why he continued walking the wire after losing family members?
"Walking the wire is LIFE! Everything in between is only waiting!"

Your tolerance to heat is most likely much better than mine, but I quite like the idea of Justdad's night time excursion.
I guess the main priority for a first time ride through DV would be to not ride alone.

I'm a big fan of a challenging terrain. Not so much a fan of challenging climate/weather, but of course the weather/climate can't always be avoided.....got to work with what we have given to us.

 

[Kevin frazier]

Todays one of those days

, tomorrow is supposed to be warmer

 

[stingray]

Todays one of those days

, tomorrow is supposed to be warmer

I came through TN this past Sunday and it was so hot I didn't see any motorcycles out riding. I did see the Oscar Myer Wiener mobile going down the interstate in Kentucky. It was roasting hot there too.

 

[TURBO200R4]

I came through TN this past Sunday and it was so hot I didn't see any motorcycles out riding. I did see the Oscar Myer Wiener mobile going down the interstate in Kentucky. It was roasting hot there too.

Looks about normal to me just have to get up early and be home before 11:00

 

[Idaho Red Rocket 3]

That's how we have been getting some riding in this summer. Start at sunrise and get home before lunch.

 

[1olbull]

Your tolerance to heat is most likely much better than mine, but I quite like the idea of Justdad's night time excursion.
I guess the main priority for a first time ride through DV would be to not ride alone.

I'm a big fan of a challenging terrain. Not so much a fan of challenging climate/weather, but of course the weather/climate can't always be avoided.....got to work with what we have given to us.

My hottest ride ever
In August, I rode thru Barstow at 118*, then Bishop at 122*. Cooled off a tad the last sixty miles to Shoshone, CA where it was only a hundred and three. Spent the evening in the motel pool, had a good steak dinner, then rode to Furnace Creek at daybreak.
Was just a 42 year old buck then. The 2 of us must have drank about a gallon of water" each! That was my first and last DV ride in August, about 8 runs since then in June or September.
"Why son, when I was your age . . . . ."

 

[Azisbest]

The age of rider has to be considered. The young can endure lots of abuse that older people can't. The miles I daily rode at 100f+ and hotter as a youngster are long gone. A couple of few hours in that heat now at age 62 and I'm whooped.

That article mentioned he was in a group ride with many others. Was he the oldest?

I am 67 and I can still take more heat and do more miles than the youngsters (40 year olds, lol) in out group. But 110f is about my limit, always has been.

 

[webmaster]

This a tough story.

 

[Gimlet]

I live in the north east of England. What is this heat thing that everyone's going on about?

 

[Jagster]

I live in the north east of England. What is this heat thing that everyone's going on about?

Well........heat is like the opposite of what you ride in