Did a very nice loop from Hoboken—>New Paltz—>Woodstock—>Hunter—>Phoenicia and back. Wonderful trip and loved being in the mountains. Main Course restaurant in New Paltz was a great stop for lunch
Hey everyone. I work as a delivery courier here in NJ on an air-cooled sport bike, and the recent weather is getting completely out of hand. One day it's a 100+ degree heatwave, and the next it's a torrential downpour causing massive gridlock on the highways.
Sitting dead-still in stop-and-go traffic is completely running our bikes into the ground. My air-cooled engine has no radiator; it relies entirely on moving air to stay cool. Constant idling in severe heat causes major mechanical stress—I've already had my clutch cable snap in a live lane, and I even passed out from heat exhaustion while trapped behind a bus inhaling toxic exhaust fumes.
We aren't asking for high-speed lane splitting. We just want common-sense, slow-speed lane filtering under 15 mph when traffic drops to a crawl so we can protect our lungs, our machinery, and stay out of the dangerous rear-end crash zone of distracted drivers. Car drivers sit safely with AC or heat, but we are completely exposed.
Anyone else out here on an air-cooled bike getting absolutely cooked lately?
I'll leave my house in Barnegat between 630-7 and will go any direction to meet up if there's interest. Just trying to put a couple hours down and get home, nothing too crazy. Even just a ride in to have coffee is great with me.