| Author | Message | ||
     Wolfo68 |
anyone know of some good deals going on? I've decided that freezing when I drive to work in the morning isn't entirely necessary. I've been looking at tour master, but I'm not really sure how well everything works, I would go with the guards and heated grips but I haven't been able to find any. | ||
| Smow |
I have tourmaster gloves and chaps. For me the gloves/gauntlets work down to about 40deg and then my thumb gets cold (I ride for 40min to get to work) so I'm not dying, but my thumbs let me know. The gloves are very comfortable and arn't such a thick material that my hands tire from fighting to grip the throttle. The Chaps are really nice as long as you wear something over them. I wear pants, then the heated chaps and then some snowboarding pants. I could wear them in even colder weather but I give up riding at around freezing. The plugs are a bit big but they let you grab and use them with the gloves on. I have been happy with them and used the same set for 3 years (total of about 360 uses with zero trouble) By the time I get everything on I call it my space suit. But its worth the extra 60-80 days of riding a year! The controls are very easy to use since they fit into the right glove (no reason to take your hand off the throttle) and the chaps have their own control, which goes around the leg with a velcro strap. Just a big button with Lo, med, hi and an off button. To hook it up there is plenty of extra wire to run from the battery to where ever. On my X1 I just run it up between the seat and the tank then three zip-ties to hold it there. Easy Pleazy! Any questions ask away! John (Message edited by smow on October 14, 2010) | ||
| Wolfo68 |
at the moment I've been riding at about 37 or below for an hour to work in the mornings with some gloves that aren't exactly making a difference. so I'm thinking anything would help lol, and my biggest pain is my pinkys they feel like frost bite like 5 min into my ride. Do your gloves have heating elements on the back of your hands? | ||
| Ticking_time_bomb |
I find that cold-weather running gear is often sufficient in all but the coldest weather. Spandex tights, long-sleeve jersey, and a balaclava alone keep me nice and warm when running in the winter. Since they're so thin, regular riding gear fits over them quite easily. The only exception to this is the gloves. I have a circulatory problem in my fingers, so I like my heated grips, despite the cold-weather gloves I wear underneath my cold-weather riding gloves. | ||
| Iamarchangel |
Canada: it's not that cold yet here. Underarmour Cold Gear top and leggings, even a knock-off helps.Balaclava liner and turtleneck, any neck covering helps. Gloves: use a liner. Snowmobile type gloves work too, on the basis that you lose a little sensitivity with them but you lose a lot with frozen hands. (Pinky that cold? Suggest that your gloves are too tight, maybe your sleeve.) | ||
| Smow |
Yes, the heating is along the top/hairy knuckle side of the gloves . They are double lined and I think goat leather. I do wish that the thumb had a bit more heat as the wind pushes the cold into the seam. This morning it was 37 and I was a bit warm on the legs and just right on the hands. Heated gloves appear expensive until you find the joy they bring with extended riding. I still need to find a solution for the neck. John (Message edited by smow on October 14, 2010) | ||
| Nik |
I have a Tourmaster 'Synergy' jacket. It works great, except that I've had to exchange it under warranty three times in two years due to the controller breaking. It's a well documented issue on ADV rider. Next time it goes I'll probably just get a proper heat-troller. I use Polly heaters for heated grips. I have the 1 setting snow mobile ones wired into a DPDT switch with High (parallel), low (series) and off settings. They get really really hot.... | ||
| Phwx2 |
Polly heaters are by far the cheapest heat - $20 or $30 bucks. | ||
| Pkforbes87 |
Anyone ever seen electric socks? My electric pants have cords at the bottom of the legs to plug into socks, just like the jacket sleeves have plugs for gloves. | ||
| Wolfo68 |
one of my buddies has electric heated socks but they are battery operated. and I wound up buying a set of the tour master leather heated gloves. they just got here today so I'll be using them in the morning. | ||
| Midnightrider |
bought battery powered gloves at a bike show in January 2008. Cold hands had been the weak link. Warm hands now made me realize how cold the other parts were. Next Christmas Santa brought me - gerbings socks, pant liners, jacket liner and gloves with a dual controller. Stay warm at subfreezing temps/freeway speeds without losing mobility from multiple layers. You can probably avoid new prices with used gear from ebay/craigslist/whatever - just make sure plugs are compatible. Good luck | ||
| Pkforbes87 |
Has anyone here cut the end of the wiring off your heated gear and swapped to a battery tender style plug? I already have a tender harness neatly installed on the Uly and would like to avoid adding more crap to the battery terminals. | ||
| Hammer71 |
Gerbings gear is by far the best investment ive made. Coldest ive ridden was minus 6 and I was sweating when I got where I was going. Jacket gloves pant liners and socks. And they have an adapter for the battery tender socket so you dont have to add anymore to the battery terminals | ||
| Pkforbes87 |
I saw that adapter, but...  | ||
| 1324 |
Pkforbes87, I'm using the Gerbing harness that came with the jacket direct to the battery for the jacket. I then use the controller adapter that you show in your post to connect between the Gerbing harness and my Battery Tender cord. Works perfectly for both and no need for two functionally identical harnesses on the battery. | ||
| Hammer71 |
Exactly. Works like a charm | ||
| T9r |
Ditto here using the tender wiring. Or you could use the jacket (Aerostich) wiring for the Tender. | ||
| Roycet4 |
Make sure you use the adapter you can get from Gerbing, The Battery Tender fuse is a different size than that of the Gerbing clothing, though without looking I do not remember the values of each fuse. So hook up the Gerbing wiring harness and use the Gerbing to Battery Tender adapter to charge the bikes battery. On my HD (sorry..) I went one step further and hooked a Powerlet accessory socket to the end of the Gerbing outlet so the install looks much cleaner, kind of like the communications plug on my Ultra. http://www.powerlet.com/shop-by-product/power-dist ribution/PWRDIST p/n PSO-001 I wear a Gerbing jacket liner and gloves (and wear leather chaps)in these cold NE days. | ||
| Azxb9r |
Check out Warm-n-safe. They have a liner called the "calentito" that is a 65watt liner instead of the normal 100 watts. I have used this liner(with a pair of heated gloves) down into the 30s. I like the smaller amperage draw on the charging system. I also use the battery tender plug as a power source. | ||
| Littlebuggles |
The Iron Butt Assoc website sells certain sizes of the Widder vest's at a really good price, clearance pricing I guess... Mine's been good, get it to fit right, snug gear transmits heat a lot better. | ||
| Jsg4dfan |
Ditto for Gerbing. I have a Gerbing jacket and gloves. Under my Aerostich and on the Uly, I've ridden in comfort down to 30 or so on my roughly one-hour commute, and I HATE being cold. A lot. I mean really hate it. | ||
| Jbolt |
Man, I need to get some heated gloves. I haven't checked the weather in months and... surprise 22 degrees on my way home this morning. I only have 13 miles to go and stopped twice to get feeling back in finger tips. Thanks guys, for all the good info. I'm going to get some this week. | ||
| Tiltcylinder |
Nik, the Tourmaster controllers are terrible. Had the same issue, after the third exchange I'd had enough. Now have it wired to a Gerbing's controller and works perfectly. Open the left pocket liner, cut off the original plug and you end up with four or six wires (can't remember) that can be connected to a Gerbing's style plug and Voila! no more problems, works all the time, every time. If I had to do it all over again... I'd just pony up the money for a Gerbing's in the first place. | ||
| Wolfo68 |
if someone is still looking for socks, first gear actually makes a set that plugs into the rest of their suit. | ||
| Pkforbes87 |
sweet! i like the idea of those socks better than the gerbing insoles. my toes are definitely what needs warmth. I've tried hot hands packs inside my boots which didnt help much - not enough heat in the right place and too much in others. those electric socks should do the trick! Thanks for the info guys. I think I'll order some firstgear socks and a gerbing controller. |
