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I am planning to ride a motorcycle from DC to Florida in early January. I live in Florida and I am going to DC in December, and I will buy a motorcycle there. I want to ride it all the way back on January 10. I assume it is going to be freezing cold. Has any of you tried this? Is it feasible? I just don't want to pay hundreds of dollars for shipping the motorcycle.
Please help.
Thank you.
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I used to ride from Missouri to Florida every year in late winter. The coldest was when I left Missouri on January 31 @ 25F. The first 4 miles was packed snow but the rest of the riding was on dry roads. I put on 500 miles the first day and was suffering from hypothermia even with a full dress bike and wearing snowmobile gloves, electric vest, 2 pairs of jeans, insulated underwear top and bottom, sweater, hooded sweatshirt, heavy duck insulated coveralls, leather jacket over that, insulated rubber work boots and a balacave over my face. Oh, and a helmet. I looked like the Michelin man. The highest temp was 39F but it was the long term exposure to the cold without physical activity that got me cold. By that evening, my hands were so cold that when clutching, it was either on or off because I couldn't modulate the lever. My thinking processes were slightly impared, but not excessively. I got a motel and had to soak in a tub of warm water for a half hour to stop shivering.
If you're going to do it, you must have a good windshield if you plan on riding any distance at all and wait (or hope) for a warm spell. Layers of clothing is the secret, electric clothing helps immensely and leather breaks the wind without trapping body moisture inside like plastic does. Stop often to eat hot foods and drink warm fluids. Forget coffee because that'll make you have to pee and take my word for it, digging through five layers of clothing for the puckered up little guy is taxing to say the least. If the bike has no fairing or only a little sport type fairing, forget the idea of making any kind of miles.
As mentioned, look at shipping the bike, buying closer to home or if oyu know anyone in the DC area, see if you could hire someone to take your bike with theirs when they go to bike week at Daytona. You could probably save money and the person would be able to cover some of their gas bill on the way down.
I used to ride from Missouri to Florida every year in late winter. The coldest was when I left Missouri on January 31 @ 25F. The first 4 miles was packed snow but the rest of the riding was on dry roads. I put on 500 miles the first day and was suffering from hypothermia even with a full dress bike and wearing snowmobile gloves, electric vest, 2 pairs of jeans, insulated underwear top and bottom, sweater, hooded sweatshirt, heavy duck insulated coveralls, leather jacket over that, insulated rubber work boots and a balacave over my face. Oh, and a helmet. I looked like the Michelin man. The highest temp was 39F but it was the long term exposure to the cold without physical activity that got me cold. By that evening, my hands were so cold that when clutching, it was either on or off because I couldn't modulate the lever. My thinking processes were slightly impared, but not excessively. I got a motel and had to soak in a tub of warm water for a half hour to stop shivering.
If you're going to do it, you must have a good windshield if you plan on riding any distance at all and wait (or hope) for a warm spell. Layers of clothing is the secret, electric clothing helps immensely and leather breaks the wind without trapping body moisture inside like plastic does. Stop often to eat hot foods and drink warm fluids. Forget coffee because that'll make you have to pee and take my word for it, digging through five layers of clothing for the puckered up little guy is taxing to say the least. If the bike has no fairing or only a little sport type fairing, forget the idea of making any kind of miles.
As mentioned, look at shipping the bike, buying closer to home or if oyu know anyone in the DC area, see if you could hire someone to take your bike with theirs when they go to bike week at Daytona. You could probably save money and the person would be able to cover some of their gas bill on the way down.
Do electric cars need wind generators to keep the batteries charged?
Kenneth Ho
An all electric vehicle.
Answer
No, there are a number of ways to charge the batteries. Battery electric cars primarily charge the batteries from a wall outlet.
Solar, fuel cell, and series hybrids can charge batteries using the supplemental power source.
Vehicles that have power transmitted to them can charge batteries in addition to using the transmitted electricity to run the vehicle: http://electric-vehicles-cars-bikes.blogspot.com/2010/10/haloipt-launches-first-wireless.html
There are also a number of ways to capture the power of inertia to charge the batteries these include:
-- Regenerative Braking (usually it is a drive motor that is turned into a generator for regenerative braking but in some cases a separate generator may be used. It is also possible for this to be attached to a fan but this also will have some effect at braking the vehicle.
-- Regenerative suspension (shock absorbers that produce electricity)
It might be possible to park your vehicle at the top of a mountain each night. As you drive down the mountain the regenerative braking could charge the vehicle. However you would have to top off the charge before you climb the mountain again. As they say there is no free lunch.
--A stationary Wind Generator is just one method to produce electricity that can then be used to power the electric grid or an electric car directly.
No, there are a number of ways to charge the batteries. Battery electric cars primarily charge the batteries from a wall outlet.
Solar, fuel cell, and series hybrids can charge batteries using the supplemental power source.
Vehicles that have power transmitted to them can charge batteries in addition to using the transmitted electricity to run the vehicle: http://electric-vehicles-cars-bikes.blogspot.com/2010/10/haloipt-launches-first-wireless.html
There are also a number of ways to capture the power of inertia to charge the batteries these include:
-- Regenerative Braking (usually it is a drive motor that is turned into a generator for regenerative braking but in some cases a separate generator may be used. It is also possible for this to be attached to a fan but this also will have some effect at braking the vehicle.
-- Regenerative suspension (shock absorbers that produce electricity)
It might be possible to park your vehicle at the top of a mountain each night. As you drive down the mountain the regenerative braking could charge the vehicle. However you would have to top off the charge before you climb the mountain again. As they say there is no free lunch.
--A stationary Wind Generator is just one method to produce electricity that can then be used to power the electric grid or an electric car directly.
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