goval

What are you guys doing for cold weather protection for your hands? Are you just relying on some good leather gloves, or did you install any wind deflector?

Furbird

I tried everything in the book, finally stopped wasting money and bought the Gerbings gloves. Been to 28 degrees, no problems (coldest it's gotten so far this year, thankfully!)

mfile2000

I'm cheap....Gortex Ski Mittens.

cactusjack

Gloves, heated grips and a fairing.

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Jendesigner

And living in Arizona

I have heavy leather, fleece lined gloves. So far rode down to 18 degrees, no problems.

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Midnight

I wear thick 'thinsulate' gloves and when it's really cold I may wear some liners inside the gloves.

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bipestuff

I have the same problem and have poor circulation in my hands so they get cold and numb up easily. I need to do the Gerbings heated gear but have been too cheap to invest to date. I plan to do the gloves, jacket liner and temp control module. I'm assuming about $400 all together. Up to now I've done various types of gloves of which a "two-finger" riding glove/mitt works the best with some liners. I also made some wind guards out of the same plexiglass as my lowers. See my Gallery for pics. The hand guards help a lot as they block the wind from direct contact with your hands. Some folks use heated grips but I heard they are not as effective as heated gloves since they do not heat the backside of your hand that is in the wind.

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dohebert

I do the Gerbings heated gear as well. Bipestuff - you might save a few bucks & get the on/off switch instead of the adjustable temp control module. I have the module, and find that I pretty much always turn it all the way up. If my module ever stops working, I'll replace it with the $10 on/off switch Gerbings sells.

Counter Steer

Purchased Gerbings heated gloves many years ago after arriving home unable to put the key into the lock as my fingers where frozen. First ride with heated gloves changed they way I think. I added jacket liner and dual controller and life is great.

I went for a 7-1/2 hour ride News Years day. 27F when I left, high of 39F, and 31F when I got home. The friends I rode with all froze their hands and complained everytime we stopped. I did not, my hands were roasty toasty all day. No windshield, no hand guards, no lowers, just electrons slowed down enough to warm my hands and torso.

I have the original Gerbings gloves and they work great, but they have newer G3 gloves with less bulk. However, when it is below 35, my gloves do not feel bulky at all.

You need the variable controller. Off/on is too hot, too cold. The variable is just right. Get the dual contoller as you will add the jacket liner eventually. My C50 handled both no issue. On New years day I rode my Sporty, no issue as I had it plugged into the battery tender plug.

I recommend the heated jacket liner as opposed to the vest. The reason, the jacket has the glove wires run down the arms already and the plugs stored in little pockets behind the cuffs. If you do not have a jacket liner you will need to run the long wires that come with the gloves down your arms. That's okay, but the heated liner also allows you to go lighter in your layers. You get cold, you just turn up the juice and smile.

I have heated grip with National Cycle handguards on my Harley, They work great in the 40's, but below 40F the heated gloves make cold a non-issue. Even my feet do not get cold. Of the 5 guys I rode with on New Years, three will have heated gear by this coming weekend. One even had to stop at a farm store and bought insulated camo hunting gloves. They helped, but only a little. Meanwhile, I just was warm and comfortable all day, even at 70+ miles per hour.

I have been an advocate for heated gear for 10 years. I used to wonder if I really wanted to go for a ride when it dropped into the low 30s and 20s. Now no issue and they work on every bike I have had by plugging into the fused battery tender plug. I also never drained a battery on the Sportster, the C50, The VStrom, the Shovelhead or the Harley. Handguards help, especially in the 40F. Hwy bar soft lowers work great for keeping the wind off your feet, but good insulated boots with wool socks is better, but even without a windshield, heated gear will make the 40's feel like a summer day, the 30s feel like heaven and when you ride into the 20F you'll just say WOW.

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SC50

I bought some cheap guantlet gloves from leatherup. They work OK down into the lower 30's. Below 30, and I put some nylon/rubber medical gloves underneath and that helps keep the heat in my fingers a bit.

Everytime I get ready to pull the trigger on some heated gloves, the temp goes back up to 50-ish and I end up spending the $$ elsewhere

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