cold hands

Jeeze my hands got cold on the trip to Toowoomba last night. Even
inside my Dririder Reflex gloves. Longjohns under my jeans worked
well, as did the fleecy shirt under my Dririder Nordic jacket.

Any tips for warmer hands?

 

In aus.motorcycles on Thu, 28 Jul 2011 07:54:23 +0000 (UTC)

The cheap method is dirt bike hand shields.

(The really cheap method is a 2l milk bottle split down one side
with a bit cut out, use a hose clamp to clamp the lid end round the
bars and a self tapper to fasten the base end to the end of the
grip)

Blocking the wind makes a huge difference.

The more expensive method is heated grips. You can get them
aftermarket on ebay.

Zebee

 

If you can't find some decent wind blocks a couple of plastic bags over
the gloves and news paper inside the jacket

 

Heated grips rock!

 

Not when they're installed correctly..

 

Andy Strapz sell thermal inner gloves, combine those with V-Strom style
handlebar wind deflectors and heated grips and your hands should be warm
even if the rest of you is still freezing


G-S

 

Can definitely recommend heated grips... and heated seats.

 

Am I the only person who finds heated grips almost useless?

They heat the inside of your hands up, but you still can't feel
anything and it hurts to pull the brakes in because the outsides are
frozen solid.

Almost as useless as a bonfire in the centre of a circle instead of
the bonfire being a ring around you to heat all sides simultaneously



(although they must work a little bit. One side wasn't working due to
dust in the connector, when I went through Lithgow at 1degC. That
hand spent more time on the cylinder head)

--
TimC
You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull
his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you
understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send
signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that
there is no cat. -- Albert Einstein on radios.

 

I think you may be.

It sounds like you're doing it wrong. (Or maybe you don't have any
other kind of wind protection on your hands). Get better gloves.

Nev..

 

Don't go out.

I lost a glove going over Mt. Snowdon in 1975.
That was fucking fun.

Right glove as well. So I put the left glove
on upside down, and made it down the mountain with
my left hand stuck mostly in my jacket.

Tried not to change gears to often. It got a bit
scary handling the ice with one hand on the bars!

Had a pint and 17 whiskies when I got down.

A bit of Alice Cooper, a small joint, and a ****
with a local chubby chick sorted it out.

Mark Addinall.

 

No. I wasn't impressed by them when I had the R80.

Zactly.

But I do think in conjunction with wind deflectors they work fine.

=================

Onya bike

Gerry

 

Easiest way to keep warm is stay away from Toowoomba. I quite happily
ride about without gloves and have never had chilly hands. I do prefer
gloves when riding rivers due to grip. Was quite chilly last Sat night
in Madang, I needed a sheet to keep the breze off while sleeping.

--
Brad Leyden
6° 43.5816' S 146° 59.3097' E WGS84
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reply to thread so all may benefit
(or laugh at my mistakes)

 

My last pair of serious winter gloves (admittedly ex-UK) had a
"mitt-like" think that stowed in a zip on the back of the wrist. When it
got really cold you could unzip them and pull them over the back of your
hands. Difficult to explain without pictures.

Here's a similar one. http://tinyurl.com/3k5j8c2.

HTH

N/

 

The R1200GS has both. I am considering getting even bigger envelopes
for the barkbusters. My thick winter gloves certainly work (to the
extent that they become uncomfortable very quickly when the
temperature starts to rise), and in the Alps on days when it got down
to 1degC, the addition of overgloves seemed to be the first thing I
found to actually work. I sometimes wore them even when I wasn't
expecting rain because, even though they were bulky and you lose some
feeling of the controls, they kept my fingers from distracting me with
their pain.

But Betty, it's regularly -6degC on your commute? You've got balls of
harder steel than mine.

 

Yes, and/or good gloves.
Having been in a few sub-zero situations over extended periods, I can
vouch for them, but I have to admit the RT is well set up for wind
protection. As someone has already suggested, Barkbusters plus heated
grips seem to fit the requirements for protection plus heat. I'm not
experienced enough to make recommendations, only to report what works
for me.

 

On an unrelated note, I see that the brand of those gloves is the same
as a jacket I bought over in the USA last year. Tourmaster. It's the
best thought out bit of motorcycle apparel that I have owned.
Everything seems to be in the right place and easy to get at even with
gloves on. It has very effective ventilation and all the vents can be
completely closed and the jacket does a great job of keeping the cold out.

Nev..

 

The fibre sure has
the limiting factor though is the interconnecting hardware assuming
the right fibre is choosen

 

Well done! That was almost recognisable as english.

Moike

 

My comments are specifically directed at netizens who think they’re
correct because they’re English is perceived to be better in contrived
instance . Whether not one makes a series of typos or can speak
English doesn’t effect your argument content or linearity of thought .
It occasionally might hinder ones ability to express yourself properly
to a slow that normal English user but that’s about it and lame
attempts to use this as a lever for gain is rude and irrelevant rather
like fingering ones ears whilst making lalala sounds compounding ones
own ignorance and possibly removing an important experience . So many
people get into arguments with those who don’t have English as their
first language, and they make retorts about how the other person is
“stupid†and “needs a better English teacher.†That’s just so irrelevant
in the larger scheme and a poor excuse historically considered as a fail .
Secondly, such obsequiousness in an attempt to fit in with the
playground ethic smacks of desperation. Because you cannot reasonably
argue your point without having to make random jabs at the other
person’s background then you only embarrass yourself. Do you really
think the fact English is your only language makes you a better person
somehow and ignoring the actuality of being short on experience in the
field of discussion somehow hides the fail on your part ?Your slavish
adherence to monosybilic English and constant pointing out of that fact
is a fail in the larger scheme which makes you the ‘stupider’ one in
this situation. Rail against you own retardation and peek out from under
the warm covers whilst butt sniffing and look around
Now explain in clear concise terms what my reply meant in actuall
trade term with url as required

 

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