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Title: Do riders really need this
Post by: Yamifj1200 on January 23, 2010, 09:42:51 AM
I saw this on another site and it made me laugh.

Motorcycle Air Conditioning by EntroSys (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnEibndWyQU#normal)

Do we really need this????

Eric M
Title: Re: Do riders really need this
Post by: Pat Conlon on January 23, 2010, 01:15:06 PM
Hey Eric, yea kinda corny... but....but...I painfully recall a August afternoon run from Needles to Palm Desert  where that a/c would have been handy. Wowzer, that was a hot ride. Never again for me. I'll spend the day sleeping in a motel, and cross the desert night.

I could imagine those extreme Paris-Dakar blokes might need one.
Title: Re: Do riders really need this
Post by: delarbreavous on January 23, 2010, 02:05:30 PM
How much dose this gadget cost?
Title: Re: Do riders really need this
Post by: mst3kguy on January 23, 2010, 06:52:47 PM
otherwise known as "how can we make our motorcycle more like a car, which is something we're trying to get away from to begin with"...  ( :

i wonder if i can make some fine adjustments to that, to make it an onbike port-a-johnny...
Title: Re: Do riders really need this
Post by: rktmanfj on January 23, 2010, 07:13:51 PM
Quote from: mst3kguy on January 23, 2010, 06:52:47 PM
otherwise known as "how can we make our motorcycle more like a car, which is something we're trying to get away from to begin with"...  ( :

i wonder if i can make some fine adjustments to that, to make it an onbike port-a-johnny...

You looking to retire the Texas Catheter?      :biggrin:

Randy T
Indy
Title: Re: Do riders really need this
Post by: FJmonkey on January 23, 2010, 07:17:33 PM
Quote from: mst3kguy on January 23, 2010, 06:52:47 PM
i wonder if i can make some fine adjustments to that, to make it an onbike port-a-johnny...

A handlebar switch to use a "discharge to rear" option would be handy after passing the cagers that failed to use the last two turn outs. On Angles Crest WHY the mountain hides the on coming traffic in many places so the Kookaloo cannot always be used when justly needed.  :blum1: 
Title: Re: Do riders really need this
Post by: ddlewis on January 27, 2010, 10:45:02 AM
more proof that vstrom riders are a bunch of pussies.
Title: Re: Do riders really need this
Post by: rktmanfj on January 27, 2010, 03:38:47 PM
Quote from: ddlewis on January 27, 2010, 10:45:02 AM
more proof that vstrom riders are a bunch of pussies.

Like any more was needed...    :unknown:

Randy T
Indy
Title: Re: Do riders really need this
Post by: rlucas on January 27, 2010, 03:57:50 PM
Quote from: ddlewis on January 27, 2010, 10:45:02 AM
more proof that vstrom riders are a bunch of pussies.

Damn straight.
Title: Re: Do riders really need this
Post by: rktmanfj on January 27, 2010, 06:15:48 PM
Quote from: rlucas on January 27, 2010, 03:57:50 PM
Quote from: ddlewis on January 27, 2010, 10:45:02 AM
more proof that vstrom riders are a bunch of pussies.

Damn straight.

Hey Rock, good to 'see' ya!     :biggrin:

Randy T
Indy
Title: Re: Do riders really need this
Post by: racerman_27410 on January 27, 2010, 07:03:13 PM
Quote from: rlucas on January 27, 2010, 03:57:50 PM
Quote from: ddlewis on January 27, 2010, 10:45:02 AM
more proof that vstrom riders are a bunch of pussies.

Damn straight.

Good to see you online again ROssi!

KOokaloo!

FM
Title: Re: Do riders really need this
Post by: the fan on January 27, 2010, 08:44:42 PM
Quote from: rlucas on January 27, 2010, 03:57:50 PM
Quote from: ddlewis on January 27, 2010, 10:45:02 AM
more proof that vstrom riders are a bunch of pussies.

Damn straight.

Hey Rock, where the hell ya been. (If it was a gender-swap thing make something up...)

Title: Re: Do riders really need this
Post by: tqmx1 on January 28, 2010, 12:16:11 AM
The only thing they never sais was how many $$$ to buy into it. Well I guess if you have to ask you can't afford it. :sarcastic:
Title: Re: Do riders really need this
Post by: Kopfjaeger on January 28, 2010, 03:13:23 AM
holy cow. bunch o' fair weather fairy's or what.... next you ll be wanting cruise control, steerign dampers....... just buy a car and be done with it :blum1:
Title: Re: Do riders really need this
Post by: mst3kguy on January 28, 2010, 07:43:01 PM
wow, this post caused both rock and the little fucker danny lewis to come out of the woodwork.  impressive!
Title: Re: Do riders really need this
Post by: the fan on January 28, 2010, 08:33:36 PM
I think the we-stromtroopers felt a disturbance in the fjorce when someone mocked a fellow stromtrooper.
Title: Re: Do riders really need this
Post by: FJ Flyer on January 29, 2010, 03:19:09 PM
Quote from: tqmx1 on January 28, 2010, 12:16:11 AM
The only thing they never sais was how many $$$ to buy into it. Well I guess if you have to ask you can't afford it. :sarcastic:

But you can get a 20% discount!!!

Hmmmm....sitting in stop and go DC traffic in August at 98 deg and 98% humidity....hmmmm.....
Title: Re: Do riders really need this
Post by: rktmanfj on January 29, 2010, 04:07:35 PM
Quote from: mst3kguy on January 28, 2010, 07:43:01 PM
the little fucker danny lewis


:rofl2:

Randy T
Indy
Title: Re: Do riders really need this
Post by: Marsh White on January 29, 2010, 05:37:53 PM
Quote from: FJ Flyer on January 29, 2010, 03:19:09 PM
Quote from: tqmx1 on January 28, 2010, 12:16:11 AM
The only thing they never sais was how many $$$ to buy into it. Well I guess if you have to ask you can't afford it. :sarcastic:

But you can get a 20% discount!!!

Hmmmm....sitting in stop and go DC traffic in August at 98 deg and 98% humidity....hmmmm.....

Chris, I take it that you put your name down for the discount?  Let us know when they announce pricing.  I did do a little bit of google research on "solid state cooling" after seeing this thread...   Such a gay video...and some lame design choices with the unit...but if the tech is sound it could have merit...especially if you ever ride your FJ to Palm Desert to visit Pat C.         I was on the FJ there with my now wife several years ago in 116 heat....we became very bitchy....
Title: Re: Do riders really need this
Post by: FJ Flyer on January 30, 2010, 10:55:49 AM
Compressor tech for cooling isn't anything new.  Tactical aircraft use a turbine/compressor to create cooling air - just compress some bleed air, then expand it, and presto, air conditioning. 

No - didn't sign up.  I'm not big on even having to hook up the electric gloves when it gets below 30.  (Love the heated grips, but they don't cut it below 30). 

But by the time I get home from work in the summer, I'm a big dripping sweat ball.  Still, A/C on a bike?  Um....probably not.   :negative:
Title: Re: Do riders really need this
Post by: ddlewis on February 01, 2010, 10:22:19 AM
Quote from: rktmanfj on January 29, 2010, 04:07:35 PM
Quote from: mst3kguy on January 28, 2010, 07:43:01 PM
the little fucker danny lewis
:rofl2:

Randy T
Indy


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Title: Re: Do riders really need this
Post by: rktmanfj on February 01, 2010, 01:48:17 PM
Quote from: ddlewis on February 01, 2010, 10:22:19 AM
Quote from: rktmanfj on January 29, 2010, 04:07:35 PM
Quote from: mst3kguy on January 28, 2010, 07:43:01 PM
the little fucker danny lewis
:rofl2:

Randy T
Indy

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Randy T
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