Have thick winter gloves, fingers still effing cold

[Berries]

I find putting my hands inside live animals keeps them warm, it may work for you too.

Tried it but after a couple of miles the horse wanted to get off.



As did I strangely enough.

[Big Dog]

Milk bottle cut in half, ad zip ties. Sorted.

The young folk today, always spending money.....

It did occur to me. I resisted the temptation. I want to get laid again some day.


I think $30 is cheap to spend on a bike to do > 24,000 per annum on.

Stupid phone / Tapatalk, apologies in advance.

[TheDemonLord]

Your sig says Gulf Harbour - what did it get down to 8 degrees this morning?

-4 when I left to work this morning, in the car, wearing gloves ........ I need heated seats - the leather was cold on my butt.

Its the stretch on SHW1 between silverdale and Oteha valley where it is all frosty and cold that starts it off.

Dunno the tempreture - except my fingers said it was cold

[ducatilover]

Milk bottle cut in half, ad zip ties. Sorted.

The young folk today, always spending money.....

At the price of milk these days? Fuck that, I'll cut up petrol cans and sprinkle meth on them, far cheaper

[DMNTD:Me]

Heated grips
Over-mitts
Handguards

Any of them, some sort of combination of them, or, if you're already complaining about the cold then all of them ya poor pansy.

Or add latex gloves for the first layer against the skin. It is the wind that is cold and the latex gloves stop wind chill

[TheDemonLord]

So the Bar Muffs were an Epic fail,

After some deductive reasoning, I think they are the ones designed for Faired bikes, with the mirrors on the fairing, as opposed to my Hornet which is naked with the mirrors on the Handlebars

Looks like I am getting some new winter gloves tomorrow!

[unstuck]

Its the stretch on SHW1 between silverdale and Oteha valley where it is all frosty and cold that starts it off.

Dunno the tempreture - except my fingers said it was cold

Did that road for 17yrs every morning, usually around five or six. Got cold a few times. Never cried about it though. Get a car ya poof, and leave the motorcycling to the real men and women of the world.

[Moi]

An old dude who used to come in to the dairy my dad owned had some leather flying gauntlets. Sheepskin upper, ox outer, thin on the bottom. Awesome feel. Beautifully warm. But you can operate buttons etc. it is as if wearing lightweight summer gloves.

Last time I was in the Army Surplus shop on K Rd they had something very similar and for a bit less than the 40 quid the English lot are asking...

BTW was 2C when I left home this morning, got to 4C by the time I got to work... end of fingers a bit chilly but rest of me fine... absolutely brilliant day now!

[ducatilover]

Has anyone used a nikwax style prodcut on leather and/or gloves?
My leathers only leak on a proper long trip (after I duct tape the breather holes on the fore-arm) but one set of gloves I have are shit.

Might be worth mentioning my 2010 model Teknic Lightning gloves are really nice to use, comfy, warm and don't seem to fill up with water, bought them on an old stock run out special in 2011

[george formby]

So the Bar Muffs were an Epic fail,

After some deductive reasoning, I think they are the ones designed for Faired bikes, with the mirrors on the fairing, as opposed to my Hornet which is naked with the mirrors on the Handlebars

Looks like I am getting some new winter gloves tomorrow!

Ewe need the ones farmers put on their quad bikes.

[Devil]

I've used the heated grips on my wife's bike and I, quite frankly, find them a bit useless. At full bore all I got was burnt palms and frozen top side.

You're broken, Stephen. :P

[george formby]

Has anyone used a nikwax style prodcut on leather and/or gloves?
My leathers only leak on a proper long trip (after I duct tape the breather holes on the fore-arm) but one set of gloves I have are shit.

Might be worth mentioning my 2010 model Teknic Lightning gloves are really nice to use, comfy, warm and don't seem to fill up with water, bought them on an old stock run out special in 2011

Yup, Nikwax leather gubbins stuff. Used too put it on my big leather gauntlets. Warm gloves thoroughly so Nikwax melts, don said gloves & take a good couple of finger fulls of spooge, wring hands together like Ebeneezer Scrooge looking at his gold. Pay particular attention to the seams between fingers etc.
Won't necessarily make the gloves waterproof but it does make a big difference. Gloves last really well, too.

[swbarnett]

You're broken, Stephen. :P

Well, that's a given.

The grips probably would've worked fine if it weren't for the lack of insulation on the upper part of the hand. And this was with my rain-offs and winter gloves.

[TheDemonLord]

Update - have gotten myself an Oxford Balaclava and a set of Oxford inner gloves to wear underneath my winter gloves - should keep the chill at bay

[slofox]

I have a pair of Technic "Thunder" winter gloves which do a fine job at keeping the hands warm and dry.

But. Wearing them is kinda like having your hands encased in cushions, them being so much thicker than what I wear the rest of the year. So I tend to use a more mid-weight pair that still leave me able to feel whatever it is I have my hands on. Which can be important at times...(IYKWIM).