Cold Hands Dilema !!!

[JONAC]

The United Kingdom is currently witnessing a freak storm that is battering our tiny Island !!!!!

Anyhow I was caught out in it today because my bike needed some TLC from experts down the garage ... shame the garage was 50 miles away !!! ..... when I returned after being blown from one side of the road to the other for miles and miles and sodden to the skin !! My hands were like blocks of ice !!!!

This is one of many times that my hands have suffered like this, does everyone else suffer the same !!??

How do you overcome it other than heated grips ????? I really don't want to go down that route but unfortunatley its looking like the only solution !!

Any advice ????

Thanks JC

[grommit]

Muffs

Motrax Handlebar Muffs

You can take 'em off when your mates come round.

[bikerider]

Maybe some heated gloves. They are great. Plugs into the bike.
Gerbing's Heated Clothing // The World's Warmest Clothing!

[JONAC]

Originally Posted by grommit

Muffs

Motrax Handlebar Muffs

You can take 'em off when your mates come round.

Thats just what I need !! sod how they look .... Been on too many rides spoilt by bloody cold hands !!

Just out of interest are there any discrete heated grips on the market with nice grips ?? The ones I've seen look as though they belong on a 1957 BSA
I'm so shallow !!

[JONAC]

Originally Posted by bikerider

Maybe some heated gloves. They are great. Plugs into the bike.
Gerbing's Heated Clothing // The World's Warmest Clothing!

Nice !!!!

Another option

[Scorphonic]

Jonac, I have this trouble all the time. I work and live partly in the UK but go home to the republic every weekend...a 100 mile drive...and ireland is not renouned for its tropical climate!! :P

I've got heated grips, winter gloves and muffs. Although they look horrible the muffs are a lifesaver...literally!!

Get heated grips...they are a must in our weather expecially if you are riding in the rain like I do all the time. The back of your hands will still get cold so the muffs will take care of that!

I have the oxford muffs with nice comfy inner lining and the new digital oxford heated grips. I SWEAR by them...saved my life when my fingers were able to work the controls at the crutial times!!

You may also consider getting heated gloves, or even inner gloves that slip inside your motorcycle gloves (like thermal clothing!)

[JONAC]

Originally Posted by Scorphonic

saved my life when my fingers were able to work the controls at the crutial times!!

Funny you should mention that .... I couldn't feel the clutch or the brake properly by the time I arrived home !!!

I need to spend some hard earned cash !!!

Thanks mate

[dankatz]

I have the same problem, but my ride is 8 miles and I just suck it up..but at -6C and at 50mph they freeze pretty quickly! Don't know what's the best winter glove. Here in the states, I weat the Tourmaster cold-tex, which was not expensive, but not great. I am not sure if I get the most expensive from Tour master if it'll be warmer. I think I'll wait until next season for that.
Dani

[reiobard]

i have some goretex snowmobile gloves that keep my hands warm and they don't get wet inside until about 70 miles in the rain.

[trailblazer87]

Originally Posted by reiobard

i have some goretex snowmobile gloves that keep my hands warm and they don't get wet inside until about 70 miles in the rain.

I did the same thing. Worked pretty good, and mine are rainproof. I have tried the tourmaster gloves but they feel so fluffy that I can't feel the controls well enough. These snowmobile gloves also have room in them for warmers, you can even find some with separate pockets just for the warmers.