Got cold fingies from ridin?

[XTC]

I've got the Daytona heated grips on my XT.... I travel the same route as girlygirl but at 5:45am and it's been f%$k&^g freezing a coule of time recently but my fingers are toasty warm. Nothing soft about being comfortable on your motorcycle. Cold fingers are just a distraction. I'm sure all these "hard" guys have the heaters on in their cars in the winter and their bikes tucked up safe and warm in the garage waiting for a sunny weekend when they'll venture out between 10am and 2pm so as not to get too cold in their race replica leathers and carbon knuckled gloves.

[Oakie]

yep, i hate when fingers get that cold! i couldnt feel to pull the clutch in coming back from welly last night, my fingers were so far gone. and that was with my thinsulate gloves! LOL.

btw, i can likely afford heated grips, but im a cheapskate and im not an old lady yet, so thats out. will just suffer in silence and pay the price when i am an old lady

If you can afford them, get them. The improvement they make to the riding experience is worth much more than the $100 they'll cost you. They really make THAT much of a difference.
Call me soft ... I don't care but they're the first thing that gets added to my next bike.

[raster]

I agree.
Went down to Tauranga yesterday and turned them on a couple of times and found the lowest setting good for a cool day but turned them up a bit going over the ranges.

Max setting gets a bit hot though.

[XP@]

Good gloves ain't bad but I MISS MY DAYTONA GRIPS!!!

I don't care if they are sissy, but warm hands are good ... very good!

[Tricia1000]

If you regularly ride long distances in chilly weather the best investment you can make is heated gloves. they are attached by a permanent lead to your battery, and they are very moasty-toasty.
they are better that heated grips, insofar as, with heated grips, each time you either apply the front brake, or used the clutch, alot of the previously built up heat is lost. With the heated gloves, that heat is continuous. Terrific investment.

tricia

when you get to traffic lights and/or have to stop else where, shove your hands down the sides of the fairings (on those that have them), just above the engine on the inside of the frame. Most bikes can, and the warm engine will give you a couple of minutes of warmth to get the feeling back in your fingers.

Just be careful about where you stick your hands tho, don't want to be burning them on any pipes or pulling out any wires. Check when you next go to your bike to see where you can put them.

And if you have gloves with 'knuckle' protectors on etc, make sure they don't get trapped anywhere, when you try to retract, last thing you want is a biker stuck at the lights feeling up their bike!!!