Making your own heated gear

[Lion_Lady]

I was just wondering where you plug it in? Or do you have to make your own outlet on the bike for it.

Also make sure the system is set up so that if you wreck you won't be tethered to the bike...

My bike has a power outlet, handy for plugging electric clothing, just below my left knee. I had second one installed up front below the 'instrument cluster' for my cell phone charger/GPS and soon to own XM radio. My BMW has an alternator as big as on most cars so power draw isn't an issue.

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[sv-wolf]

Interesting idea.

Too bad that......

ELECTRICITY SUX!!!!.....

I have had enough bad electrical experiances to never, ever want to try wireing-up my own body myself.

'Course, some folks get off on that sort of thing.....

Of course, being a simple soul, Buzz, I initially imagined that your avatar was a self portrait and that you might have done something to yourself exactly like that.

Aren't there clubs for people who like to do that sort of thing?

[storysunfolding]

Aren't there clubs for people who like to do that sort of thing?

If you know where I might find any, let me know.

In the end I'll have working step by step information on how to do this.

[BuzZz]

They won't let me into those clubs anymore. Not since I blacked-out half the city that one time......

[polarelf2003]

They won't let me into those clubs anymore. Not since I blacked-out half the city that one time......

When I was in college I blew out the electricity in my dorm three times. The last time, the resident director came and asked me if I was doing any experiments. It happens

[Fearless]

Hi Guys and Gals

Heated clothing is great, the store bought ones.

My wife borrowed a heated vest from a mate of ours when we did a cold weather trip. If I remember rightly, it was made from wet suit material. When she turned it on, she was toasty warm and had to turn it off.

Heated hand grips are available from most motorcycle accessory stores. This I think is better than glove inserts, If you ride a naked/semi faired bike you can get handlebar/wind protectors. Using heated grips also cuts down the amount of wire flapping around in the breeze.

We test rode a BMW K1200LT with a heated seatand hanldebar grips. Absolute bliss . Kept the hands and bum warm.


We all buy quality riding gear so why not buy the right heated gear.

Regards
Fearless

[storysunfolding]

Finished!

Ok- so total project cost was $55 which included, wire (heat wire and hook up wire), resisters, connectors (to the battery and quick disconnects for the jacket and gloves), heat shrink tubing, a new jacket, gloves, inline fuse, fuses, needle and thread.

It's amazing, warm and cozy. Here are all the links I looked at before making it. I'm going to post a step by step for anyone else interested in doing this themselves. It only took a little under three hours in total, most of it sewing the wire into the jacket in front of the TV. Anyway, step by step with pictures will be posted eventually

Origional site I looked at http://webpages.charter.net/hondapotamus/heat.htm

Route I used for heating wire http://www.kustomkomfort.com/instruction.html

Instructions for heated clothing http://www.ibmwr.org/otech/heatedclothing.html

http://www.ridemyown.com/articles/other ... hing.shtml