Riding 32 and below...
Road Master
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 940
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For short distances:
Good gloves and layers (fleece under windproof leathers) will get you by.
For longer distances:
Heated gear under your leathers. There's no substitute. With layering, once you get cold, the only way to get warm again is to get off the bike and go somewhere warm. After that, you'll get cold again faster if you get right back on the bike.
With heated gear, your body doesn't have to heat up the dead space between your skin and the surface of your outer gear--the heated gear does that. If you start to get cold, turn the controller up a little bit and you'll be warm again. If the controller is at the highest setting and you're getting cold, slow down!! You'll warm up! If that doesn't work, you're riding in colder weather than I've ever ridden.
I've used heated gear on a snowmobile in about -25 weather (not counting windchill) and not had the controller all the way up.
Good gloves and layers (fleece under windproof leathers) will get you by.
For longer distances:
Heated gear under your leathers. There's no substitute. With layering, once you get cold, the only way to get warm again is to get off the bike and go somewhere warm. After that, you'll get cold again faster if you get right back on the bike.
With heated gear, your body doesn't have to heat up the dead space between your skin and the surface of your outer gear--the heated gear does that. If you start to get cold, turn the controller up a little bit and you'll be warm again. If the controller is at the highest setting and you're getting cold, slow down!! You'll warm up! If that doesn't work, you're riding in colder weather than I've ever ridden.
I've used heated gear on a snowmobile in about -25 weather (not counting windchill) and not had the controller all the way up.
Road Captain
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 621
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From: Newport TN
I ride with a couple Beemer guys who ride everywhere all year long. and on the Ultra I wear heated gloves, heated jacket liner with sleaves, heated pants liner and heated socks with bottoms. and man if it aint snowin and the roads are near dry we ride. we roll up in the mid 20K a yr atleast and we stay warm. yea 700bucks is expensive but it has opened up 4 more months of ridein comfortably for me. Ive had the stuff for near 5 yrs so thats what a hundred bucks or so a yr. buy what ya can gloves and socks are a Must have!!
Elite HDF Member
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 3,863
Likes: 21
From: Kennewick, WA
Agreed! The worst part for me are my hands, I hate having bulky gloves so I just wear work gloves. The rear cylinder makes a great heater for the hands! I don't have issues with cold feat as long as they are dry.
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