Do it right and you will NEVER regret the admittedly substantial investment.

 

If you are limited gloves are the priority. You can layer up everywhere else.

 

www.rockheadbikes.com is offering a discount on their Firstgear/Warm and Safe products. More of a discount if call and for all LEO, Military and Motorcycle safety instructors. 718-676-5068

 

If you can only do 2 pieces, make it gloves and jacket liner. If your hands and core stay warm, the rest of you will be good. I finally got a pair of Gore-tex pants this year but even with out them my feet and legs were never cold with gloves and the jacket liner.

 

I bought Gerbing glove liners for both me and my wife. Best investment for cold weather I have ever made. The next piece I would buy would be a jacket liner, but for now, my glove liners with chaps, leather jacket and a full face helmet are really doing the trick. The reason I choose glove liners over heated gloves is I like to be able to put the liners in what ever pair of gloves I choose. I like to wear the thinest gloves I can get away with rather than be strapped to a single pair. The liners just slip in any of the multiple styles I have, and I can choose what pair based on the outside temps. Plus, as the gloves wear out, I just get new leather gloves. Really good leather gauntlet gloves are 30-40 bucks. Heated Gerbing gloves are 140 dollars.

 

So far I like the gerbing/hd items. As mentioned earlier how many items can our dynas support? Keep the advice coming!

 

Gerbings gloves and jacket here. Love the stuff and well worth the money. I had a gerbings liner too which was great. IMO Gerbings is the only way to go

 

Give a look to the Powerlet products.

Their liners are windproof and that is a huge advantage even under a good overcoat.

The Powerlet liners are also dual wattage with a higher output than any other brand. They incorporate a carbon fiber heating element that is a higher-tech design than the Gerbing microwire items.

Powerlet also has the wireless controller that they licensed (my understanding) also to First Gear.

I've had them all and I have done some long distance cold weather riding for many years. I tried but did not like both the older Gerbing products and the newer "microwire" stuff. Gerbing items produce too many hot spots for me. The Powerlet offers a more even heat.

Also, the windproofness of the Powerlet creates a better warmth than offered by the Gerbing. I don't know why everybody doesnt go to windproof fabrics. I expect that eventually you'll see more of it.

The only other windproof liner that I know is the Aerostich Kanetsu models. These are very very fine electric garments. I still have a wear one. They even have one with blow-up bladders so you can get them to fit close to you. The key to good electric performance is to have it closely fitting with some but not too much clothing between you and the electrics.

The only problem with the Kanetsu liners is that none of them have wire stub-outs on the sleeves for electric gloves. Aerostich does not offer electric gloves so their products are not designed for them ! To use gloves with an Aerostich, you have to run a cumbersome separate wiring harness to the gloves.

Gloves. I used to carry separate electric gloves. They are big and bulky. Nowadays, I just carry electric glove liners. When I need heated gloves, I fit the liners into my non-electric winter or summer gloves. Works like a charm.

Here again, the Powerlet is even more superior to the Gerbing. The Powerlet technology makes their glove liners much thinner than the Gerbing microwire, substantially thinner. The Powerlet liners look like they are made from Danskin type material but they work great.

By the way, all the Powerlet items utilize the same coaxial fittings as Gerbing. Many Gerbing wearers buy and use the Powerlet wireless controllers.

I bought my Powerlet items from lockitt.com in NC(?)

 

I can't give you specifics, but I can say I've ran 6 pieces all day long and never noticed a problem.
Getting wifey & I some Gerbings gear only lead to a full on neck-to-toe investment.

 

Not having the specs I will guess that you will be safe w/ a jacket liner and glove liners. You may be able to add to that easily but this would be a really good start. And the Moco jacket liner makes a very good looking and practical lightweight jacket, on its own, when you get to where you're going and don't need the heavy leather.