Took a ride up to Gerbing's today, 250 miles RT. Picked up a full heated outfit. Socks, pants, jacket liner, and gloves. Got it all for $600. Might seem like a lot of money but I know it is money well spent. I know it's going to make riding so much more enjoyable.

Gerbing's is located in the middle of nowhere on highway 101 west of Olympia, WA. I found it pretty easily thanks to the directions from their web site: http://www.gerbing.com/locate/location.html

I was able to save a few bucks by digging though their discount room. Picked up gloves, socks, and jacket liner at a substantial discount.

I'm ready for the ride to Yuma at the end of the month. Heated clothing and rain gear just in case of bad weather. All we have to do is avoid snow and we'll be in good shape.
Steve

 

I would love to buy my wife all the heated gear.

 

Kewl Steve...
Looks like you're all set & ready!!! Hopin' for good weather for ya... We All Know SNOW SUCKS!! (lol)

 

Did you pick up an extra battery for your bike too? Just kidding. Sounds like they treated you right.

 

Hoping you picked up a thermostat as well?

 

I use the socks and gloves, one of my better investments.

 

I have a question for you with all of this heated clothing from Gerblings, did you check to see if you're charging system will put up with all this stuff? I remember looking into this several years ago, and eventually walked away with just the gloves and the heated jacket liner. Even with that I use the thermostat, in order to bring my wattage to a reasonable level. Harleys definitely do not have the best charging system available, electrical sorceries such as these really can Texas system if you're not careful. By the way, Gerblings stuff and warranty are just great. Since I invested in their jacket lining, they've improved it greatly by inserting heating pads. When I have just has lawyers running through it which works okay, but the pad idea I've seen and know it works better.

 

The newer bikes have a lot more electrical capacity then they used to. You'll have no trouble with powering up your Gerbing's stuff. Enjoy.

 

I have a question on a related issue. Does anyone use the gerbings battery operated gloves? Only my fingers get really cold and numb, so I just need gloves not the whole outfit. I don't want to go the plug in to battery route because it just seems like a chore to keep plugging in and unplugging, so the separate battery operated gloves would seem to do the trick for me. But they're pricy. Anyone use those?

 

Steve, super!! You be stylin' and ridin', even when it's nippy.. and you'll be T-O-A-S-T-Y!!

My charging system doesn't even know the stuff is plugged in.. and I never seem to go above 2/3 on the controller. I do notice that my gloves seem to require a bit more juice to them than the previous 8 6 seasons I've had them, so I just turn it up some more. Try not to just pull on the electrical connectors when you pull the gloves off, that can break down the braided wire inside right at the connector over time.

You won't believe how totally warm you are.

I went on a ride a few years ago on Columbus day weekend up to the Canadian border. My buddy (no Gerbings) talked me into it. He didn't have any Gerbings, but the weather looked promising but maybe some sprinkles on Sunday while coming home. We planned to ride all the way up into northern Vermont, through Stowe and through Smugglers Notch (which they close in the winter) and then over to Lake Champlain, across Champlain and then hit the Canadian border and stay overnight in a small motel. leave the next mornign and come down the NY State border south through Lake George and home through Southern VT, into Sourhter NH and then down into Ma.

So, we're getting through Lake George in mid afternoon and it turns dark, starts raining and the temperature drops down into the ligh 30s. Yikes!! So we know we have to keep on riding.. so I put on my rain gear and my buddy he's got good raingear.. at least. A couple hours later we're on the southern VT border and I realize he's going into hyper-thermia.. uncontrollable shakes.. got him into a coffee shop and wamred up for an hour and then we beelined home. Pouring rain, my gloves got soaked, but I had wet WARM hands.. the rest of me was fine.. I was worried about my buddy, but he was a trooper. He went out and bought the full Gerb outfit the next day.

On a cool August or summer night here in New England.. keep the jacket in the tourpak and if I'm out late and the sun goes down.. throw it on and presto.. a comfy ride home through the moonlight.