About to do a really stupid thing... possibly my last post...

[Rock]

Originally Posted by Sidecar Doug

"Waiter, there's a biker in my soup!"

Comes with the appetizer.

[jasilva]

Originally Posted by swmnkdinthervr

Gerbing heated gloves and sock liners...jus' sayin'...

Glad yer back safe...it was only 23*...how warm was it when ya got down the hill?

Originally Posted by Geezer-Glide

Ditto what John says. Gerbing. I also put in Heat Demons grip heaters. The grips aren't heated, they're inserts that go INSIDE your handle bars so you can use the existing grip on your bike. They're nice!

Originally Posted by Thorns

Carhartt's arctic bibs with Gerbing sock and glove liners, and fork wind deflectors with soft lowers.....toasty!

Thorns

Hmmm, all you cold weather folks talk about how expensive CA is to live in, but it seems like you spend enough on cold weather gear to more than make up for it.



just sayin

Joe

[SafetyMan]

Originally Posted by phreak

regional dialect referring to overalls.

Bibs and overalls are different.

Bibs have straps that come over your shoulders, and don't cover your arms.

Overalls... they go over all... have sleeves, etc.....

[SafetyMan]

Snowmobile bibs and a snowmobile coat... If I can ride a sled at 10 below and be too warm, a bike at 30 ought to be just dandy. Never had anything heated except the grips.

Of course, riding a snowmobile requires a bit more "exercise", but there is also a 40* difference.

[Trucky911]

Originally Posted by SafetyMan

Snowmobile bibs and a snowmobile coat... If I can ride a sled at 10 below and be too warm, a bike at 30 ought to be just dandy. Never had anything heated except the grips.

Of course, riding a snowmobile requires a bit more "exercise", but there is also a 40* difference.

We Michiganders know something about cold....


trucky911

[Sidecar Doug]

Originally Posted by jasilva

Hmmm, all you cold weather folks talk about how expensive CA is to live in, but it seems like you spend enough on cold weather gear to more than make up for it.



just sayin

Joe

My cold weather gear consists of an extra pair of sox, leather jacket, and gloves with fingers.

[TJ Willy]

Burrr! The ride to work in the AM has been tough the past week. Lows in the lower 20's and 7:00am don't bring many digits to add to the temp with it.

I found that my chaps are pretty good for the legs. They can get cold without much worries. At least during my 20 min. commute. However, the boys do have to dig their way out once I get to my desk.

I have a gerbing's jacket liner which I throw my HD Switchback jacket over. So no issues there.

BUT MY HANDS!!! Dear Lord... I need something for my hands. My left hand gets way colder than my right. But both are icicles in a mere 20 mins. I have tried two sets of Dakine gloves... one of them being for snowmobile drivers. They suck. I guess I am going to have to break down and get heated gloves for next winter.

Originally Posted by TJ Willy

Burrr! The ride to work in the AM has been tough the past week. Lows in the lower 20's and 7:00am don't bring many digits to add to the temp with it.

I found that my chaps are pretty good for the legs. They can get cold without much worries. At least during my 20 min. commute. However, the boys do have to dig their way out once I get to my desk.

I have a gerbing's jacket liner which I throw my HD Switchback jacket over. So no issues there.

BUT MY HANDS!!! Dear Lord... I need something for my hands. My left hand gets way colder than my right. But both are icicles in a mere 20 mins. I have tried two sets of Dakine gloves... one of them being for snowmobile drivers. They suck. I guess I am going to have to break down and get heated gloves for next winter.

Assuming you have fingers at that point>

Remember frost bite is rather unforgiving>

PJ had a dose of that back in the 60'S when we lived in Alaska>

Still gives her some problems if we don't watch the cold>

Right now might be a better time than next winter>

Not preachin>

Just suggestin>

[RKotter]

Originally Posted by swmnkdinthervr

Gerbing heated gloves and sock liners...jus' sayin'...

Glad yer back safe...it was only 23*...how warm was it when ya got down the hill?

Don't forget about the riding thong...

Originally Posted by swmnkdinthervr

Seconds...ya hook up a plug to yer battery which ya stash under yer seat...all the accessories come with a harness that plugs together...the socks to the pants, pants to vest...etc (or a harness to the waist for connection to any above accouterments)

And, as an added benefit, all the current flowing around your body creates a magnetic field that works as a signal changer.

[swmnkdinthervr]

Originally Posted by RKotter

Don't forget about the riding thong... how could anyone possibly forget that horrendous visual!!!



And, as an added benefit, all the current flowing around your body creates a magnetic field that works as a signal changer.

Works as a lightening rod too...

[Big MAK]

Was riding right up until the roads became permanently ice and snow covered.

Winter is sucking even more then usual this year.

[Dogbreath1956]

so much for global warming.

[Deejay]

Originally Posted by TJ Willy

BUT MY HANDS!!! Dear Lord... I need something for my hands. My left hand gets way colder than my right. But both are icicles in a mere 20 mins. I have tried two sets of Dakine gloves... one of them being for snowmobile drivers. They suck. I guess I am going to have to break down and get heated gloves for next winter.

Try one of the boss's products in your gloves......

[Fe Butte]

REI has some kind of "hand" warming pad. You stick them in the gloves, I tried some on the way back from Sacramento last week. Also a couple in the pants pockets and shirt pockets. Wore a bakalava on the head after I got down to the big city and picked one up.


Still need some heated something someday, maybe the Gerbing jacket liner and gloves, with the heat controller.



And wait for the heated floorboards.