A buddy and I rode out to an outdoor range today to do a little shooting, and then we took the long way home. It was unusually hot today for May in Michigan, around 96 degrees, and very humid. We had ridden about 140 miles on the way home. We were were on a 3 lane highway doing 80 MPH, and all of a sudden I started to get some slight tunnel vision. I immediately started pulling over from the left lane to the shoulder. I just made it to the shoulder and parked the bike as I got really dizzy, and almost passed out. I took my helmet off, and all started getting immediately better. We had only stopped once for water, and I think I had a bit of dehydration going on. My black helmet was busy cooking my brain as we rode home lol. I rested there in the grass on the side of the road for about 15 minutes, and all was well. I rode about another 5 miles up the road, and pulled off into a gas station, and got some water, and felt much better after that.
Moral of the story, make sure you bikers take enough water with you when you're riding. I normally take more with me, but this was a spontaneous ride today, and we didn't really take anything with us. I can imagine that it would have been a very bad thing, had I waited any longer to pull over.
Just thought I'd share the reminder I was given today :-)
Chris