Hot? Must be a function of the humidity in your area. My best rides
with the skin on my TE are across the deserts of Idaho and eastern
Oregon where the primary function is sun protection. Fluid dynamics,
Bernoulli and all of that, provide plenty of ventilation while the
bike is moving. Heat rising off pavement can get stuffy when I'm
stopped.
It is very easy to be enthusastic about one's body skin. It is a very
cool upgrade. After a few thousand miles, it's no big deal. You learn
how to stow it and deploy it without thinking about it much, you learn
when it's probably a waste of time, you learn how to climb in and out.
What drives me nuts about the rig is the rear standoff pylon that
requires the rear rack. I'm trying to figure out a better system.
There are two interesting mods I've seen recentlythat you might
consider:
1. Mesh top panel, adds ventilation and an easy view of your
dashboard.
2. Side slits, allow you to extend an arm for legal turn signals.
If you're thinking of adding a fairing to your ER bike, (a fairing is
the first major upgrade everyone should make) I strongly urge you to
consider investing in the heavy duty model so you can add a body skin
later without having to buy another fairing. (Although we've been told
by Wo that the regular fairing can be rigged to support the tension of
the body skin.)
david boise ID
[email protected] (mike s) wrote in message news:
>
> My wife has a bodysock on her Gold Rush. The sock makes here
> incredibly fast under the right conditions. On the flats or on a
> slight downgrade (minimal) with no headwind she can cruise easily,
> without pushing hard, between 25 and 30 mph. The sock isn't difficult
> to ride in moderate crosswinds. And it really flies downhill. The
> negatives are that it is hot (midwest summers are hot anyway but it
> certainly cuts down on the breeze), unless you do a modification for
> the mirror you will need a helmut mirror, you get asked a lot of
> questions which she feels she needs to answer, and it is killing me
> trying to keep pace. All in all she likes it but will probably use
> her tailsock when the weather heats up.
>
> Mike S.
> St. Louis, Mo.