Winter is approaching and I am wearing icon tarmac2 gloves, and they sure dont keep my hands warm. My question is what does everyone use in the winter.

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$10 silk glove liners and TourMaster Coldfront Carbon winter gloves. And, soon I'll be purchasing a pair of TourMaster Winter Elites to replace my 14 year old TourMaster winter gloves. You need two pair, so one pair can dry out when you ride in the rain.

How long do they keep you warm in the cold?  I have a pair of Alpinestar Gore-tex that I wear with glove liners.  Seems like I'm good for about 30 minutes at about 40 deg F before I have to stop and warm my hands.

I'd prefer something a bit warmer.  My local  dealer didn't have much to offer, so I may try the ones you recommend.

Ski gloves?

Won't offer much protection in a crash, but they'll be warm...  Maybe wear some moto gloves under some ski gloves.   :dunno:

Or get some hand guards...  I can't ttyyepe

the same A-star sp1's with polypro glove liners (better than silk) as PP insulates when wet.

Quote from: daviputhe same A-star sp1's with polypro glove liners (better than silk) as PP insulates when wet.

Those are the ones I was looking at, but A* doesn't make a size that fits me.

The Cortechs are frikin' insulated.  I haven't had a chance to try them in bitter cold, but I can't imagine making a glove more thermal than that and still being able to work the controls.

Hand guards make an enormous difference.  The heat loss from a freeway-speed wind on unprotected hands, even gloved, is massive.  I made it through last year with standard bike gloves, heated grips, and hand guards.  I didn't enjoy it.  I'm trying the Cortechs and no heated grips this year.

Heated grips aren't as useful as you might think.  They only warm what's in actual physical contact.

I find the 2 finger gloves work very well. Also make sure the rest of you is warm as this will get warm blood to your fingers. A cotten neck tube is very good and wear layers of clothing e.g 2 jumpers to trap layers of air for insulation. If your hands still get cold then try heated grips.

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Cool, just ordered these from Newenough the other day.  Summer gloves wasn't cutting it, now just need to find something to keep the air off my neck.  Chin curtain on the Shoei keeps the air out so that is nice.  Dropping down in the 60's at night on the way home from work and starts to get chilly after about 6 miles.

I'm one of those ATGATT guys so I'm always in layers, haven't gotten too cold yet.  It's definitely cooling off though - let me know if you find a decent solution for keeping the breeze off your neck other than wearing turtlenecks.

This sort of weather is pretty sucky for the times I have to ride - it's cool riding to classes in the morning, then hot when I leave in the afternoon, decent when I head to work (which is mitigated by it being on a shittily paved highway infested with semis) and then cool again on the ride home.

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just bungie the extra layer to the pass seat.

Quote from: Jazzzzzlet me know if you find a decent solution for keeping the breeze off your neck other than wearing turtlenecks.

Dumb question:  what's wrong with turtlenecks?

Quote from: BadgerDumb question:  what's wrong with turtlenecks?

They're stupid looking and I'll make fun of you for wearing them.

Nothing wrong with a dickie though. Wink.

If you're into that.

Ok I have done some looking and I like the tourmaster glove, and will probably order them in the next day or two, but I still on the glove subject has anyone used the icon hooligan gloves and are they worth a darn, for warm or cold weather?

As for the neck issue I bought a neck warmer from a department store that can be used as neck warmer, hood or cover the nose and mouth, it works well and I spent 16 bucks on it. I rode this morning at 43 degrees  with my phoenix jacket and my old leather coat, a pair of coveralls, and some leather work gloves and other then the wind that was blowing up through the front of my helmet I stayed fairly warm. I felt a little cramped in all that stuff butI did not have to drive my 3/4 pick up the 30 miles to work.

are there hand guards for the gs500f? (2005)

These look pretty decent -

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My agv sport (carbon 7 is the newer version of sport I think) was plenty warm for NC and Nor CA winters ... I have a tourmaster with good carbon knuckles etc whcih I am sure will not be as good, cos its perforated ... but my problem is usually keeping cool, not keeping warm ...
Cool.
Srinath.

The only other glove that I know of to be warmer than the TourMasters is a glove made by Olympia, but can't remember the exact model. There are heated gloves. And, silk glove liners!

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