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#11 Unread post by rds34 »

High_Side wrote:Thermal underwear. It's not just for hillbillies any longer! And drop the $125 on a heated vest. When the core is warm, the rest of you is warmer (than it was).
Try these guys www.extremeracing.co.uk they work fine for me.

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#12 Unread post by slimcolo »

Biggest problem with electric vest is that your arms freeze. (especially with windscreen) True they keep core warm but on a bike if you cannot keep arms and hands/feet warm the vest will just be wasted money. Try to get what you need most first.
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#13 Unread post by High_Side »

slimcolo wrote:Biggest problem with electric vest is that your arms freeze. (especially with windscreen) True they keep core warm but on a bike if you cannot keep arms and hands/feet warm the vest will just be wasted money. Try to get what you need most first.
Have you tried one?

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20 years of winter riding

#14 Unread post by redcoat »

I've ridden year round for 20 years here in Canada and this is my way of staying warm and dry.

Long underwear has got to be number 1
A large windscreen- mine goes out past the bar ends, up to eye level, and down the forks some distance to just cover my knees. it was $50 used, and i have 3 others on other bikes at about the same price.
Handle bar muffs- found on every despatch riders bike in the UK, but not here. Go to an outdoors store that caters to ATV riders. I think I paid $20 for some from ATV Logic.
Hot grips- the best think since the internal combustion engine. Inside the bar muffs, my hand sare bare to minus 10. Then I wear cotton gloves.
Rain gear cuts the wind completely.
Toque under your helmet!
Dickey round your neck. (sort of a rollneck without th sweater)
Take an electric vest, fold it in half, lengthwise, and recover your seat, or just sit on it. Keeps your butt and ball warm, warms the big arteries which run on the side of your legs and feed your feet.
Thin socks and thermal socks.
Combat boots.
Apart from the rain gear, I wear the gear all day as I work in deconstruction.

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#15 Unread post by ceemes »

redcoat wrote:I've ridden year round for 20 years here in Canada and this is my way of staying warm and dry.

Long underwear has got to be number 1
A large windscreen- mine goes out past the bar ends, up to eye level, and down the forks some distance to just cover my knees. it was $50 used, and i have 3 others on other bikes at about the same price.
Handle bar muffs- found on every despatch riders bike in the UK, but not here. Go to an outdoors store that caters to ATV riders. I think I paid $20 for some from ATV Logic.
Hot grips- the best think since the internal combustion engine. Inside the bar muffs, my hand sare bare to minus 10. Then I wear cotton gloves.
Rain gear cuts the wind completely.
Toque under your helmet!
Dickey round your neck. (sort of a rollneck without th sweater)
Take an electric vest, fold it in half, lengthwise, and recover your seat, or just sit on it. Keeps your butt and ball warm, warms the big arteries which run on the side of your legs and feed your feet.
Thin socks and thermal socks.
Combat boots.
Apart from the rain gear, I wear the gear all day as I work in deconstruction.
Jeez, apart from the windscreen and heated grips, that sounds a lot the rig I wore when couriering in Vancouver. Never been a big fan of windscreens on a bike, find that they act too much as an air brake or a flippin' sail when you get gusting cross winds.

When I picked up my current Honda Sabre, the first thing I did was remove the big ugly after market screen and cowling the previous owner bolted on. Damn thing was heavy and I am pretty much sure that was what screwed up front fork springs and head bearing. Had to get the front forks rebuilt inside and the bearing replaced.

Think I still have some before and after shots on my blog here.
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#16 Unread post by ofblong »

redcoat please explain that you are bring up a RRREEEAAALLLLYYYY old thread next time so people dont get confused. thanks.
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#17 Unread post by Brackstone »

ofblong wrote:redcoat please explain that you are bring up a RRREEEAAALLLLYYYY old thread next time so people dont get confused. thanks.
I thought he was trying to Jinx me cause the weather was finally nice and warm! ;)
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#18 Unread post by ofblong »

Brackstone wrote:
ofblong wrote:redcoat please explain that you are bring up a RRREEEAAALLLLYYYY old thread next time so people dont get confused. thanks.
I thought he was trying to Jinx me cause the weather was finally nice and warm! ;)

well this is mondays forcast for me.

43°
33°

which sucks cause its been in the 70's.
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what did I do wrong? NM

#19 Unread post by redcoat »

What did I do wrong? Was I supposed to prefix the message with something?

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Re: what did I do wrong? NM

#20 Unread post by ofblong »

redcoat wrote:What did I do wrong? Was I supposed to prefix the message with something?
coulda started out "I know this thread is old but I had to bring it up because......"
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