Anyone ride daily in 90-100F and traffic?

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I mean, you are stradling half of a 200+ HP engine.

I'm all for the conversation as to reduce heat. I've largely regulated my bike to track days and occasional street rides, but not looking to see if my left leg is actually smoldering or on fire would be nice.

Fully agree, that if I were street only and had the time for miles, a Multistrada V4 would be in my garage.
 
I am hoping there is pant or some material that we could wear to shield the heat. I got burns on thighs just from 1hr driving.

The pant liner referred before, does it even work? It seems like more for fire related than heat shield?
 
These are worse than most due to the tank extension under the seat. This is the issue. Ducati can fix this by making the tanks 2 separate pieces. Under the seat section constructed of something with poor heat transfer characteristics. I have some carbon fiber cloth somewhere, in the winter i'll make a mold from the tank extension and cover the rear sections top and sides with one piece. I've been messing with this a lot and the key is to get air flowing under the seat. Helps as long as you're moving. Nothing is going to help when you're stuck in traffic. Personally I miss the narrow twin superbike tanks. Way easier to move around and hang off on the twins (material on the seat doesn't help). My rides can last 2 weeks at 375-400 miles a day. Lots of good twisty roads in the west. So the heat issue is my main issue.
 
On my V2, the Pyrogel pad, sandwiched between the metal and plastic pans that make the two parts of the rear exhaust header cover, brought the outside temperature of the cover by 20*C.
I am waiting for the spare header pipe to come back, ceramic coated by Jet Hot. I am going to wrap it in exhaust tape, and am also considering wrapping it in Pyrogel.
When it's hot, I also wear evaporative cooling vest -- Macna Evo. My upper body is comfortably cool, and the butt and legs are steaming, but not burning.
 
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craig bush said:
This might be true but the panigale is standout hot among the others. As one data point, my turbo gsxr 1000 that made 300 whp was nowhere near as hot as the pv4. After riding the panigale, you wouldn’t even notice heat on the gsxr.
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Its got a lot to do with engine configuration, the rear cylinders and exhaust are right under the seat and between your legs.
 
It's not only the exhaust, it's that cylinder head right under your right thigh. Jeez I don't know how you did it. I have a pair of riding pants that have a piece of Kevlar sewn into the inner thigh which helped a little. And any movement over 60 seems to keep it in check. But riding it in traffic to work is not this bike's purpose.
 
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stgatev said:
On my V2, the Pyrogel pad, sandwiched between the metal and plastic pans that make the two parts of the rear exhaust header cover, brought the outside temperature of the cover by 20*C.
I am waiting for the spare header pipe to come back, ceramic coated by Jet Hot. I am going to wrap it in exhaust tape, and am also considering wrapping it in Pyrogel.
When it's hot, I also wear evaporative cooling vest -- Macna Evo. My upper body is comfortably cool, and the butt and legs are steaming, but not burning.
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Hi,
Could you share a pic of how you use the pyrogen pad?
 

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