I keep reading threads like this one wondering if someone slipped me some acid or something and I've wandered onto " Hiking the Appalacian Trail in Winter " or " Conquer Katadin " DUDES, what do you do .stand up turn around and point your asses into the breeze ? The only part of me that every gets cold is my hands and face. The only part that gets hot is my head. I wear regular cotton socks, H-D boots, chaps, multiple layers of cotton shirts, sweatshirts etc and either a leather jacket and leather chaps or a rain suit. Full helmet when it gets cold ( why I didn't have it on leaving MV is a question I've asked myself 1,000 times) and different weight gloves. I could solve all my problems with a pair of Widder gloves but the old school in me can't go that far. It's a free country and far be it from me to tell anyone how to live their life. Anyway, please do not stop posting threads like this one. No matter how bad my day has been, I come home, light up the laptop and read this stuff and the problems of the world somehow see trivial in comparison to the weighty matters being discussed here 
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That was a cool expression of your thoughts, but I guess my context was lacking or I'm not sure if I got your point, which is, I suppose, that the triviality of the clothing issue is entertaining to you. I'm glad it is if it is. But, as far as my context goes, it is definitely not the cold I am concerned one bit about, it's the heat--of course, being in Florida and all. What turned me on to this, and I'm sure some of you may have read it, is the article, last months I think, in the Enthusiast, towards the end, about HD's desert proving grounds or the rider/employees that test the extreme heat/cold conditions from before dawn to late nights almost everyday of the year. Anyway, the article dealt with clothing to handle extreme heat conditions; and, in it, there was a recommendation for wearing the new "high tech" under-clothing beneath leather bottoms, high top boots--with wool socks, a mesh upper jacket--with armor, and a full-face helmet. I thought, at first, that a guy would die from the heat but apparently the opposite is true. The high top boots and wearing leathers over the high tech underwear--whatever you wish to call them--protects from the "ground" heat, which is the most important issue I got from the article. Moreover, a full-face is used to, again, protect direct exposure to the heat coming off the road. It's a good article and worth the read, but, what mainly got my interest, the high tech underwear use made the wearing of the leathers and jacket with armor feasible, according to the article. Here in Florida, I have always used regular cotton everything; I get soaked thoroughly, the cotton clings and makes me feel miserable. In fact, in the past, I have gone looking for rain to get into just to cool off. I'm thinking that use of one of these new materials will enable me to dress with better coverage, and that's what I'm looking for. As for my part, I've got a couple different material types coming and, eventually, after giving them a try, I'll come back and say something about it, the kind of info I was looking for in starting this little thread. Safe riding.
Regards,
axe103
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