So I know Ducs are known to have questionable electronics. Question is who rides with Gerbings heated gear. I live in southeastern WI and in the mornings it is in the low 50's. 45min comute to work and my fingers are like popcicles. I need to be able to feel the levers and be warm. What gloves have you had best luck with keeping warm.
Quote from: scduc on September 13, 2008, 02:29:13 PM
So I know Ducs are known to have questionable electronics. Question is who rides with Gerbings heated gear. I live in southeastern WI and in the mornings it is in the low 50's. 45min comute to work and my fingers are like popcicles. I need to be able to feel the levers and be warm. What gloves have you had best luck with keeping warm.
Low 50s...i dont think you need plug ins yet. Heated grips and a nice pair of winter gloves will go a long way down to atleast to 40degrees. I have the Dual Star heated grips and these winter gloves ( dont recall the name) they are warm, but your big killer is wind.
Trust me on this one, buy yourself some motard styled hand guards. They block wind from hitting your fingers and you can basically ride with summer gloves in 50 degree weather. seriously, my hiarchy of how welll each level works would start with gloves, then, handgaurds,heater grips and lastly electric gloves.
If your bike is new enough to have a three phase alternator you have enough wattage to run whatever electric gear you want.
Where would be the best place to look for handguards? How easy are they to take on and off?
With hand guards you then have to keep your hands on the bars to shield them from the wind. With heated gloves, your hands are warm even when yer scratchin yer butt.
I have a gerbings heated coat/gloves and have run them on my S4R for two plus years with no problems whatsoever.
I highly recommend getting the dual control thermostat if you go that route.
Wind is definitely the culprit when you're talking temps in the 20s - 50 range.
I got a set of Gerbing's heated pants liners, jacket liner, and G3 Gloves.
As Mr Incredible said , be sure to get the dual temperature controller so you can regulate the Gloves separately. Dolph
I use a Gerbings heated jacket near the tail end of winter where it starts to get really really cold on the freeway.
Thats about it. The plug tucks away nice and neatly under the plastic/graphite plate near the seat. I also run a GPS all the time on my Bike.
I have had zero issues with it.
Actually someguy was the one who told me about it and Msincredible wouldnt let me leave the store with out buying it... One of the best purchases ever [thumbsup]
Quote from: ROBsS4R on September 17, 2008, 01:11:26 AM
Actually someguy was the one who told me about it and Msincredible wouldnt let me leave the store with out buying it... One of the best purchases ever [thumbsup]
Mine kept me riding all (NorCal) winter long. [thumbsup] I was bummed I couldn't use the gloves too but they don't come in my size.
Can anyone suggest some non-heated cold weather gloves?
We need to dig out that photo from the guy that modded milk jugs into hand guards. They looked like hell, but they were big ass hand guards.
Next, some good buddy will cut and spread a half dozen old Windex bottles to make a windscreen. It's all good.
Quote from: tangueroHondo on September 17, 2008, 06:08:10 PM
We need to dig out that photo from the guy that modded milk jugs into hand guards. They looked like hell, but they were big ass hand guards.
Next, some good buddy will cut and spread a half dozen old Windex bottles to make a windscreen. It's all good.
If anyone has a log in to the old forum you can see them there. I forgot My log in :-\
http://www.ducatimonster.org/forums/nymmc/183788-creative.html
I've got the Dual Star grip warmers along with a pair of Lee Parks PCi gloves. The gloves are incredibly thin, but keep my hands as warm as my snowboarding/ice climbing gloves. I also have the Gerbings jacket and it is nice and warm, but build quality isn't all that good in my opinion. The neck is too large, way too large. I have to double it over instead of zipping it and this is on a "custom" jacket I ordered from them. I tried several times to contact them, but never got a reply. I might have the heating element sewn into another jacket someday.
Heated grips are simply the frickin best! I've got them on my Multistrada, and with two settings (warm and nuclear) I can ride through any weather imaginable. Combined with handguards they're simply unbeatable and allow me to keep my thinner gloves on year-round so I retain the best control feel I like. I haven't put them on the Monster yet, but it's definitely on the list of things to do.
Quote from: mxwinky on September 21, 2008, 11:47:54 AM
Heated grips are simply the frickin best! I've got them on my Multistrada, and with two settings (warm and nuclear) I can ride through any weather imaginable. Combined with handguards they're simply unbeatable and allow me to keep my thinner gloves on year-round so I retain the best control feel I like. I haven't put them on the Monster yet, but it's definitely on the list of things to do.
LOL Warm and nuclear, they really are either not hot enough or too freaking hot.
I have heated grips on my 400 and they are definitely nice. My beau runs heated grips on his Multi, as well as guards but he did not purchase the Ducati ones as their quality is not what it should be given the price. He is running KTM guards and only had to cut a small amount from the top edges to accomodate the control bits. He's been riding with perfed summer gloves and it's been in down to the low 50's here. No winter gloves needed.
I have to say thank god for heated gloves, I have gerbings gloves, jacket liner and socks.
It's been in the low 30's every morning for the past couple weeks and every day I thank god I got'em.
You don't have to wear bulky items under your jacket to keep warm and you are much more comfortable.
Unfortunately I can't vouch on behalf of the handguard/heated grip crew, but you can pry my heated gloves from my toasty warm, dead hands. I took them out at 30 the other day and had zero problems. When I was trying them on, the guy at the shop was giving me his take on the set:
"I put them on and rode for a while, but I didn't think it was that cold and I couldn't feel them working, so I turned them off. After I turned them off, my hands got cold".
He was precisely right. When they're set to the right temp, you can't even tell it's cold outside. When I picked them up I was worried about feel and general discomfort as the chunky insulated gloves I've been wearing bunch up something awful and don't have the feel I like. Not a prob with the Gerbings. Go try a pair on at the shop for the best fit, but if you can't make it in, the sizing chart they supply is spot on. The measurements worked for both me and my pops. I guess it's a kind of cash vs. determination situation. For a $25 pair of heated grips and a $50 pair of vstrom handguards, you may very well have a pretty nice setup on your hands. Then again, go out and spend a couple hundred and get the gerbings with all the goodies and I doubt you'll be dissapointed. I'd make recommendations on protecting the rest of your body from the chills, but my hands were the biggest issue. Problem solved.
Tour Master Synergy liner and gloves. Keep me warm at highway speeds when the ambient temps are below freezing.
Quote from: Aminul on September 17, 2008, 11:22:22 AM
Can anyone suggest some non-heated cold weather gloves?
Racer (hard to find!) or RevIT, waterproof, carbon-backed gloves. The carbon keeps the heat in from the grips quite nicely.
Helds are awful--too stiff.
I got the new Scorpion winter jacket and gloves for the bf for Christmas. He commuted 15 miles in 23 degrees and was nice and toasty warm. Oh, and he's on an SXV, so it's not like he's getting any wind protection!
Quote from: Ducatista on January 06, 2009, 01:39:17 PM
I got the new Scorpion winter jacket and gloves for the bf for Christmas. He commuted 15 miles in 23 degrees and was nice and toasty warm. Oh, and he's on an SXV, so it's not like he's getting any wind protection!
Which one did you get for him? (lucky guy!) Ive been wanting to get one for a while now. Their commando xdr jacket is sweet looking but way way out of my price range.