Where I live, 8 months of the year have an average high above 80F. For a fat guy like me, riding a motorcycle in full protective gear means sweating a lot. Cotton clothing has become my enemy — it’s hot, retains water, and doesn’t take long to smell foul.
Preparing for my motorcycle trip has meant finding some new clothes. First was underwear. My bike dumps a lot of heat in the groin area so even on relatively cool days the “jewels” can get pretty toasty, and as a boxer briefs guy there is nothing worse than walking around in damp underwear.
The hardcore motorcyclists universally love LD Comfort Dryline Shorts, but I’m too much of a cheap bastard to spend $45 on underwear. More searching lead me to Ex Officio Give-n-Go boxer briefs, which aren’t as optimized for motorcycling but can be found for $20-$25 each.
For shirts I picked up some WICKid Active T-shirts at about $20/each.
I gave them a test run with 200 miles of riding in > 90F weather over the weekend. When I got home, by the time I’d put away my gear and emptied my pockets the stuff was completely dry and smelled perfectly fine to wear another day.
The underwear feel pretty damned good too, I may never buy cotton shorts again.
