| Author | Message | ||
     Schwartzkm |
I am finally close to pulling the trigger on a new uly and took my wife out on a test ride today. She doesn't ride much with me but we do an occasional 2 hour dinner/lunch run with the local CMA chapter. Anyway, long story short, the heat on her right foot was unbearable so it looks like the ULY might be out of the picture. Is there anything the dealer might be able to do to help secure the deal? They really seem to support the Buell line but do not seem aware of the issues surrounding this bike (hope that statement makes sense!) She loves the seating position and everything about the bike BUT the heat. btw, it was a 2009 xb12xt. thanks in advance. | ||
| Froggy |
Don't wear sandals? I have never heard of a passenger complaining of heat on any Buell before. | ||
| Hughlysses |
+1 to what Froggy said. If you were riding in a strong cross-wind that can cause the hot air off the engine to blow in strange directions, especially if the fan's not running. The bike will run somewhat cooler once it's broken in. | ||
| Schwartzkm |
No sandals, guys. She was wearing tennis shoes, however, so next demo I will have her in her usual riding boots. Hmm...the vertical twin Triumph has her spoiled as far as the heat goes. | ||
| Etennuly |
The only complaint I have heard from a passenger about heat was on a long ride with the sun on her back on a +90F day. I usually feel more heat with a passenger because they limit my ability to move around. | ||
| Fung |
yes tennis shoes are not riding foot ware. my sensitve gal has never had a heat issue, she does ware boots 98% of the time we ride. | ||
| Cpilot |
Just finished a 1,800 mile 2-up 7 day ride here in Colorado. We did have some high temps in Moab and the heat was noticeable at times. As said a cross wind can cause heat to be felt even through riding boots and pants for both driver and passenger. The biggest area of heat my wife experienced was through the seat, even with Air Hawk seat pads. We had tried the heat blankets, but that seemed to have created more heat coming out the rear section of the seat. Fortunately most of our trip was in cooler temperatures and we didn't have much problem with the heat issues. It was an excellent ride as the Uly preformed great. | ||
| Hooper |
Etennuly is right on. The only time I've ever had a passenger complain about heat on the Uly was when we were stuck in a line of traffic on our way into the Rush concert at Nissan Pavilion in VA last summer. It was my idea to take the bike because we could get primo parking right at the entrance, and easy exit benefits. Well, it just happened to be a 95-degree, swelteringly humid day in the DC area, and I misjudged my "secret road" into the concert. It was miserable. I was fully ATGATT and she had everything but armored pants. The Uly was throwing off so much heat with the fan and the general radiation, combined with the misery of a DC summer, that she had to get off and walk alongside me (I guess I'm just tough...or dumb) until traffic starting moving again. I think anyone on any bike would have had the same problem. It was just a bad idea...once I got over my usual respect for certain traffic laws (not usually involving speed), I zipped around a line of slow traffic and pulled in front of a minivan. The driver just about lost it on me. He was clearly tired of waiting too, and didn't appreciate my bending of the rules, even more so that I was on two wheels (because we're all more or less outlaws, right?). I almost hoped that he would escalate the situation, because I was hot enough to put the sidestand down and throw down...heck, I was fully armored. On the other hand, my then-girlfriend-now-wife both lost eight pounds on that trip.  We also rocked out to an incredible Rush concert (my 10th since 1986), featuring our two-wheeling friends Neil Peart [BMW R1200GS], on drums, and Alex Lifeson [H-D Heritage Softail] on guitar. “You can go out, you can take a ride And when you get out on your own You get all smoothed out inside And it’s good to be alone” -Neil Peart | ||
| Cyclonedon |
Is there anything the dealer might be able to do to help secure the deal? have her get her own bike!  | ||
| Electraglider_1997 |
It's way way way better to have your wife ride on her own bike than to have her lips 1/4" from your ear canal telling you you're going too fast. | ||
| Crusty |
+1 | ||
| Ironhead1977 |
+2 |
