K11 Owners Group

[dietric]

It's starting to get a little chilly out there, and this will be my K1100RS's first winter (with me as a rider).
Her previous owner seems to have been a weather wimp, therefore I have no heated grips, tall enough wind shield or hand guards.
I'm planning to ride as long as there's no ice on the ground, what are your recommendations for above mentioned gadgets?
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1996 K1100 RS Special Edition

[Flying Duck]

See here:

http://www.k11og.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5079

And buy a fleece neck gaiter.
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93 LT (x2)
94 RS
86-97 K75F(K75/100/1100 Frankenbrick)
86 K75C w/paralever, hi perf cams,TURBO!
91 & 92 K75Ss
91 K1
86 custom K100
14 WR250R
IBA #17739 (SS1K, BBG, 50CC)
Buy parts HERE

[Mystic Red]

Heated vests are AWESOME! Look for a used one here.

http://www.ibmwr.org/market/
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Scott Hespelt, '94 K11LT
K11 OG #466

[owrstrich]

the heated grips work good for me down into the 40s with glove liners...

have not been on the r s colder than that... maybe at christmas... im still looking...

this works good for micki...

http://www.warmnsafe.com

the ultimate carbon gloves... jacket liner... dual heattroller...

owrstrich
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[mnb]

If your core is warm (your torso), then your body can maintain the extremities much easier. So with a heated jacket (vests don't warm the arms) and heated grips, you'll probably be good in rather frigid temps.

I bought the TourMaster stuff last year. I wanted to try the new carbon technology. I was hoping all the wiring wouldn't be so noticable. It's just as noticable as on a Gerbing. Works fairly well, although the gloves don't crank up nearly as much as the jacket. But they do keep the fingers from turning into popsicles. I like that they don't nickel and dime you for controllers, although there's no dual controller option. You can run two separate controllers, though (or more if you have the chaps, too - they call em pants).
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1997 BMW K1100LT ABS Special Edition
2003 Husqvarna TE610e
2007 Harley Davidson Road King
2009 BMW F800GS
2011 Husqvarna TE310
2014 Ducati Multistrada Pikes Peak MNB Edition

[Off the grid]

Invest in a good jacket and get your heated grips up and running, you can get an aftermarket set for 40 and get them installed for 100ish.

I live out in Nassau and ride in to Brooklyn 2x a week, it was cold coming home at 9pm.

I ride year round as well so it can be done in our area.
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Bane of your existence since July 2006
2007 Triumph Tiger ABS. "Sabertooth"
2009 Husqvarna TE610. "The dirty Italian mistress"

[LordGondor]

I put on the heated grips as well. I ride year round in NJ and the grips were enough for my 30-40 min commute each way. I do put on long underwear for my legs. My torso is completely bundled up and is fine.
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93 K1100RS
60K miles now. 30K by me.

[Scott_Anderson]

When I first started riding I had like a $0 budget so I wore my work Carharts to keep warm.

I have since moved up to a set of Gerbings jacket and gloves.

My 1st bike didn't have heated grips, and my new(to me) one has em, but I havn't used them yet, maybe this morning, it's around 40.
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Ride safe.



1995 K1100LT 0302044
1997 R1100RT ZC62149
2017 FLHTK Ultra Limited
Garmin StreetPilot 2820
Garmin Zumo 550
Garmin Zumo XT
"One who does not ask questions is ashamed to learn" Danish proverb
1997 K1100LT 0302488(R.I.P.)

[jpberens1994K1100RS]

On the RS keeping the weather off REALLY helps keep you warmer.

I got my 93 RS with an Aero Flow that is easy on & off and works really well keeping the weather at bay.

If you do not mind replacing the entire windshield, Parabellum makes a system that bolts on. There's a used one for half price on the IBMW riders web site.
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1993 K1100RS that I'd rather be riding FAST!
2014 Moto Guzzi Norge

[John Clauss]

The core is key to survival, but nothing makes you more miserable than cold hands and feet. My BMW grips keep me toasty well into the ten's, cranked on high with fleece lined gloves, no liners needed.

I have a parabellum windshield and fairing on mine, and it works awesome. I can be taken off easily enough to simply take on and off for the colder months.

Beside my grips I do not use electric gear. I do not trust it enough to not blow a fuse 100 miles away from the nears auto parts place, or have a wire break inside the vest and not get any heat at all. So I use thermal gear and layers. I have a killer pair of snowmobiling pants that are not bulky, but warm as all get out. Water and windproof I need to put them on outside or I get overheated very quickly. They come up to the chest, so usually a long sleeved t, a sweat shirt and then my waterproof armored jacket are good enough for me to ride down into the 10's as well.

Helmet keeps the head and face warm, and a fleece neck tube, I am all set.
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1997 K1100LT
1975 R75/6

It will bring you so close to nausea, it will make you sick! - Big Al

[Flying Duck]

+1 on heated vest/jacket. I picked up a used aerostich heated fleece vest for $70 a few years ago and keeping at least your core warm is where it's at. Mine just has an on/off siwtch which is alll I really need.

If you want to mess with the wires heated gloves are supposedly better than heated grips but I find that heated grips with Thinsulate lined winter gloves do OK in the 30s.
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93 LT (x2)
94 RS
86-97 K75F(K75/100/1100 Frankenbrick)
86 K75C w/paralever, hi perf cams,TURBO!
91 & 92 K75Ss
91 K1
86 custom K100
14 WR250R
IBA #17739 (SS1K, BBG, 50CC)
Buy parts HERE

[dietric]

[SugarHillCTD]

[K11Martin]

I use Gerbing heated pants liners and Chili heated socks, controlled through a Gerbing 'Heat-'troller'. I converted my own jacket to heated, using the heat4u kit available from the 'net. By trimming 6 feet from the supplied cable, I still stayed within safe levels for the wiring and control gear (I use another heat-'troller just for the jacket), but now I can really turn it up to 'sweat-inducing' levels if needed .

Of course we never get weather really cold enough to give it a thorough workout, and even if we did, I'm not stupid enough to ride in it when there's a perfectly decent car outside , but the kit has come in useful on a few occasions.
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Currently riding a '93 K1100LT (ABS1) decked out with lights and aerials (Ex 70's Vespa rider)

Why not join the UK owners club at http://forum.bmw-club.org.uk/

[dietric]

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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1996 K1100 RS Special Edition

[Flying Duck]

Good luck getting your legs to turn to ice on a K1100.
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93 LT (x2)
94 RS
86-97 K75F(K75/100/1100 Frankenbrick)
86 K75C w/paralever, hi perf cams,TURBO!
91 & 92 K75Ss
91 K1
86 custom K100
14 WR250R
IBA #17739 (SS1K, BBG, 50CC)
Buy parts HERE

[Scott_Anderson]

Being up thar in NY, he'll have an easier time with the roads turning to ice before his legs.
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Ride safe.



1995 K1100LT 0302044
1997 R1100RT ZC62149
2017 FLHTK Ultra Limited
Garmin StreetPilot 2820
Garmin Zumo 550
Garmin Zumo XT
"One who does not ask questions is ashamed to learn" Danish proverb
1997 K1100LT 0302488(R.I.P.)

[fnord]

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?

[owrstrich]

i always wear gloves regardless of the temperature... both when i got the grip heaters on... and when i got the grip heaters off...

j o
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[Flying Duck]