winter riding

[jdanna]

winter is coming up, and i dont want to stop riding. it gets pretty damned cold around here though.

what do you guys use to fight the cold?

[scratch]

$10 silk glove liners (TourMaster)
TourMaster Cortech ColdFront Carbon gloves
Handguards
Heated grips (soon)
Leather jacket with liner (winter leather jacket; also sometimes an oversized textile jacket over that)
Layers underneath being key; two t-shirts & a sweater, sometimes add newspaper.
I used to use a windshield (National Cycle N2490, or was it N2940?)
FogCity ProShield anti-fog shield liner
Fieldsheer Carbolex overpants

[bubba zanetti]

Thermal underwear works well & isn't too bulky. Nylon stockings also work under your pants, plus they help keep your feet warm.

Get yourself a neck warmer as well.

[ducati_nolan]

Heated grips are really nice, and you don't need to wear such bulky gloves with them. A ski mask type thing that you wear under your helmet and tuck under your jackett really helps to keep your face and neck warm, I forget what they're called balacava?

[CO_GS500]

I bought a $9 pair of thinsulate liners to wear under my $10 leather gloves.  The liners make a HUGE difference, tho I switch to full ski-type gloves when out for long in 40-ish weather.  Keeping my chin warm is the hard part.

[bettingpython]

Goldwing with insulated grip covers and 8ohm resistors wired in series to form 20 watt heaters under them, cotton jersey gloves, snowmobile suit open faced helmet with silk baclava. 5 degrees farenheit rode 70 miles that day never got cold. P.S. Do not use safety toe boots in cold weather.

Bike w/out full touring fairings never again below 45 degrees take the cage.

[makenzie71]

I freeze my ass off...

[rangerbrown]

ride naked

[pandy]

Heated grips (soon)

I want to feel your heated grips. 






No...really...I'd like to see what they feel like after you install them! My hands are the only thing I have trouble keeping adequately warm in the winter (on the bike... ). 

[ducati_nolan]

The heated grips that I got are actualy heating ellements that go under your grips. They were only $20 or $25 and the best thing ever 

[ukchickenlover]

I wear textile jacket and trousers. If it gets very cold I will have two jumpers underneith and wear a cotten neck tube plus waterproof trousers over the textile trousers and two finger gloves.
Focus on keeping your body warm by wearing layers.

[MarkusN]

Yep, layers. Wicking materials (modern microspun polymers) for underwear work wonders.

Neck, hands, feet are most difficult to keep warm.

[coyotee]

i stud the tires on my ttr and take her out on the ice... i wear long undies, glove liners, and motox boots with two layers of socks...
also silk long undies work wonders
www.wintersilks.com