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Shoganai
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| Flying Duck wrote: | Good luck getting your legs to turn to ice on a K1100.  |
Best winter bike EVAR! 
Oh, and Hippo Hands 
http://www.hippohands.com/
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Shoganai
Biscuit Fluffer
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Location: Culpeper,VA
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| Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 4:44 am Post subject: |
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| fnord wrote: | | For those of you who ride down into the 20s/30s, do you find that you need heated grips *and* gloves, or can you get away with just the grips? |
I really enjoyed the combination of running heated grips while wearing Gerbing heated gloves. This overcame my chronic problem with my thumbs being cold.
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1993 K1100RS aka The Shop Whore
1994 K1100RS aka Blue Streak
The long road is a rainbow and the pot of gold lies there.
So slip the chain and I'm off again,
You'll find me everywhere. I'm a Rover. - JT
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John Clauss
Flying Brick Rider
Joined: 04 Apr 2003
Posts: 730
Location: Robesonia, PA
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| Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:06 pm Post subject: |
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| fnord wrote: | | For those of you who ride down into the 20s/30s, do you find that you need heated grips *and* gloves, or can you get away with just the grips? |
Well, on high the heated grips could actually burn your hands if you have no gloves on, and the back of your hands would freeze. What i find with the gloves is that the heat transfers through the leather of the glove and keeps the whole hand warm not just the palm.
But really you should always wear gloves anyway.
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Off the grid
Chaotic Good
Joined: 05 Jul 2006
Posts: 3414
Location: At the local taco truck waiting for Jo.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 2:39 pm Post subject: |
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John...I think he was talking about heated grips AND heated gloves rather than JUST heated grips.
And yes, if you get the right gloves you don't NEED heated gloves. They are nice though.
| Quote: | Well, on high the heated grips could actually burn your hands if you have no gloves on, and the back of your hands would freeze. What i find with the gloves is that the heat transfers through the leather of the glove and keeps the whole hand warm not just the palm.
But really you should always wear gloves anyway. |
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fnord
Mad Brick Rider
Joined: 23 Oct 2008
Posts: 147
Location: Colebrook, CT
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| Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Off the grid wrote: | | John...I think he was talking about heated grips AND heated gloves rather than JUST heated grips. |
That be correct.
I have a pair of Olympia medium-weight gore-text gloves that I bought because they were the cheapest ones in the shop and I needed something to wear home when I unexpectedly bought the bike on the spot.
I freaking *love* these gloves. After 2 hours of brutal downpour, my hands were still bone-dry. After an hour of 27-degrees on the slab, my hands were still toasty warm.
My Synergy jacket arrives on Friday 
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dietric
Brick Rider
Joined: 03 Aug 2008
Posts: 31
Location: Yonkers, NY
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| Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 8:35 pm Post subject: Re: Thanks everyone! |
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Just wanted to thank everyone for the valuable feedback and give an update:
I've done the following to get ready for winter:
- Parabellum wind shield
- Tourmaster jacket liner & gloves
- Olympia Phantom One Piece Suit
I really love the suit, heated jacket and windshield. I can't possibly imagine when I would ever need the liner the suit comes with, or when I would need to set the jacket liner to anything higher than the lowest setting.
I only had the gloves for a week or so, but they definitely are an improvement over what I had before, though I am considering using a separate controller for them so I can run them independently of the jacket liner!
I will post some photos soon...
| dietric wrote: | Thanks everyone for the extensive and helpful replies.
I have been able to secure a used Aeroflow windshield from Craigslist, and purchased the Tourmaster Heated Jacket Liner and Gloves.
Hopefully, that combination, along with thermal pants and extreme winter hiking socks will keep me going. If my legs turn to ice, I will go for the Tourmaster Heated Chaps too, but hopefully I won't need the hand guards and the heated grips.
Dietrich |
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