Hmmm....

I crossed the centre in March with the temperatures hitting 49° plus...

AND it felt great, but hot...
I ALWAYS carried a 4 Litre extra water canister...

...was there in leathertrousers - if you chose the right stuff it is cooler than anything - and a driryder jacket which is textile and protected me from drying out by being plastic and keeping the sweat inside...
...I got used to the heat after a while either - kind of adapting or something...

...BUT I stuck to the main roads...
Mainly...

I WOULD ride the MAIN gravel and sand roads, but would certainly INFORM myself before I go - ESPECIALLY when I have heard, that someone said, he has seen someone talking about...

Anyhow - you can make it without to much of a danger, if you use common sense, ask the locals and have some experience in repairing or some ideas what's a go and a nogo for hot deserts alike...

In any case - if I walk out of my house tomorrow a car can roll over me and all my bad desert-dreams of dying there come to an end...

There are some dos and don'ts as do not leave your vehicle, take water and petrol, inform police stations and roadhouses. Go in groups, that's a good idea either.

There are more people on the road than you might imagine, but there may be less than you hope for, when you broke your leg...

A GOOD first aid kid is an absolute MUST e.g.

But I'm sure there's plenty of ways of going through with not much more danger than crossing the road in Frankfurt a.M., Germany...