HOW TO: Stay warm and dry on your bike

[Bonez]

Para Rubber yellows, gumboots, over gloves with woolen clothing underneath.

[FilthyLuka]

take the car

Get out, don't let the door hit you on the arse.

How i stay warm? I just wear decent gear with warm clothes on underneath. I have had the problem of drenching the gloves at traffic lights, i have untill now just put up with it, will try jacket over gloves and see how it works tomorrow :-)

[chasio]

I bloody near sprayed my drink over that one!
A scooter will get blown all over the road on my commute. Also, I would rather ride a Honda and be called ghey, that ride a scooter and confirm it.
A solid lump of metal is better in wet and windy conditions, thanks.

Some scooters ARE solid lumps of metal. My Vespa GT200 is bloody great in crap weather, I reckon. I recall a lot of folks banging on about wind on the Harbour Bridge a coupla months back and I thought they were being a bit soft, to be honest.... She sailed through today as well.

Now, where did I put my mascara?

[Swoop]

Some scooters ARE solid lumps of metal. My Vespa GT200 is bloody great in crap weather, I reckon.

My bad. I consider scooters as being "anything under 100cc".
Doh!

[Oakie]

Heated handgrips are marvelous! Scoff if ye must, but I reckon that in extreme conditions they make the difference between just being a bit moist and uncomfortable versus full on hypothermia.

Yep. Rode back to Ch from Greymouth 2 years ago in a downpour on a cold April day. Gloves were soaked after 1/2 an hour but the heated handgrips meant my hands, while wet, were warm all the way back. Just makes so much difference when your hands don't ache with the cold and you can actually feel what you touch. Their benefit is out of all proportion to the amount of body they protect.

[Magua]

With my gn125 came wet weather pants and a very large water proof jacket. Riding in the rain is fine, finding a place for the gear afterwards is my problem.

Not so sure about a scarf.
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/member.php?u=1699

[homer]

me and a mate rode from ashy to near mespotamia, (sorry if the spelling is wrong) in the winter years ago .
The day was fine and sunny and just got cold at about 5 in the arvo , as it does .
the road shingle road was frozen hard the whole day and the shingle was actually the same as marbles on top of it .
i drop the trail bike after stopping on about 4 inches of solid ice , the bike wanted to carry on moving , mashing my finger between the break leaver and the handle bar .
way home we stoped at peel forest about 645pm and got fuel
Any ways , it was so cold we had to stop the bikes every 3 - 4 km get off ,actually keep a little throttle on to keep them running , then put the gloves on the end of the exhaust to actually warm them up .
you could put your hands on the motor anywhere and there was no heat ,
It took ages to warm the hands .
I ve never been so cold as that day

Even last winter i went to twizel , sunny and still -2 in the sun from tekapo to twizle . it was still warmer that day

[HungusMaximist]

Extra long dishwashing gloves.

Probably not the most comfortable but it sure works!

I remember also riding with a long scarf in Melbourne and it came loose on the freeway and start flapping everywhere in my face. It was a case of me not tying it on properly but after that incident I decided to ditch the scarf all together and get a neck tube/half face mask thing.

Farking dangerous if the scarf got caught in the chain or something....

[martybabe]

Now days I wear a pair of thin rubber over boots,

I have invented them in my head so many times over the years, can ya really get them? Tell me where Pleeaaase.I love my boots but there crap in adverse weather.Tell me

[MyGSXF:Me]

I have invented them in my head so many times over the years, can ya really get them? Tell me where Pleeaaase.I love my boots but there crap in adverse weather.Tell me

yes, ya really can get them hon I got mine off Trademe.. for $7.00!! & they are reeeeeeeeally good!

try TM.. or ya local bike shop.. or one of the online shops sweets

[avgas]

Piss inside your gear to keep warm.
Wait hang on thats something else.

[martybabe]

yes, ya really can get them hon I got mine off Trademe.. for $7.00!! & they are really good!

try TM.. or ya local bike shop.. or one of the online shops sweets

Yay thanks,just for the really dumb amongst me, what am I actually searching for. Rubber over boots?
thin gumboots? kinky pvc nightwear for feet? Never mind I'll find em. thanks babe.

[MyGSXF:Me]

Yay thanks,just for the really dumb amongst me, what am I actually searching for. Rubber over boots?
thin gumboots? kinky pvc nightwear for feet? Never mind I'll find em. thanks babe.

lols.. here's a pic of my over boots for ya, they are quite thin rubber boots.. & also what happens if you DON'T wear plastic bags over top of ya bike boots in order to be able to get the little suckers on & off had to wear that damn thaaang for nearly 4 bloody months!!!

[xwhatsit]

WTF?! Are you saying you broke your finger trying to get your overboots off?!

[MyGSXF:Me]

WTF?! Are you saying you broke your finger trying to get your overboots off?!

lols.. kinda.. the hospital called it a "mullet" finger. Tore the ligaments right out of the last joint.. imagine a very straight finger, with the last segment hanging down & not able to do anything with it.. it wasn't pretty..

On the ACC form where it asks 'how did you injure yourself?'... I put "getting undressed"..