Warm hands at last!

[lw]

Gerbings came in last week and I finally got around to hooking up the wiring harness last night. After an aggrevating instance of bolt in the box necessitating a trip to the parts house for a grabby-getter I retrieved the positive terminal bolt that fell to an unreachable spot I got the wiring completed and cranked up the heat controller. Wow. They sure were nice riding in to work this morning, halfway in I had to turn the temp down because they were too hot.
Wish I'd bought them last winter. Might should have gotten the dual controller though. Looking through the catalog the heated insoles or socks are calling to me... ;)

[ringadingh]

Thats something I may have to look into myself before long. I have heated grips which do help, but at highway speeds at night my hands can get a bit cold when its in the low 20's or lower.
My brother has heated gloves and jacket and says they are the best for staying warm. My main reason for not having them already is I hate the wires connecting me to the bike. I know it seems kind of dumb but its something that bugs me. I had a heated faceshield when I was snowmobiling, It worked great but I always forgot to disconnect it and would just jump off the sled, and almost have my head pulled off.

[Netnorske]

I bought the Gerbings jacket liner last year and the gloves this year....worth every penny! I too have a single controller, but I'm okay with that. I can't see paying more money just to be able to control the gloves and liner seperately.

[AlabamaNomadRider]

Hands and feet are the things that get cold for me. Mostly my hands though. Guess I will have to check them out. Glad you guys like them.

[lw]

Steve, Gerbing has a "hybrid" glove (the T-5 I think) that can operate either tethered to the bike or with seperate battery pack.

The "tied to the bike" part is going to take some getting used to, and deciding the best way to run/secure the "Y" harness through and to the jacket. I'm sure I'll forget and try to walk off without unhooking eventually.

[moloprintz]

I use the dual controller.
At 10* I run the gloves wide open.
But the jacket liner needs to be turned down.
I guess the liner having the leather jacket over it and the wind screen in front of me needs less current than the gloves.
The soft lowers, chaps, flannel lined jeans and heavy boots seem to work well enough without added heat.
I’ll add heated grips next year.
I secured my 12V feed near the rear roll bar because I often walk away while still plugged in.
I just unplugs and I feel a little tug but it comes right apart without a problem.

Maybe we should have a winter (Polar Bear) rally?

[fish]

My helmet is wired to my GPS so its not to bad. I feel like I'm part of the bike.

Gerbings is the way I'd go too if we didn't have so much salt on the roads to stop the riding season.

[ringadingh]

Im sure Id get used to being connected to the bike eventually, after I get tugged on a few times it should sink in. ;)
The heated gear that my brother has is not Gerbing but some other brand, it was a lot cheaper and he says it works excellent. On some rides this fall the jacket was never higher than the low setting and he said he was comfortable as could be.
My body rarely ever gets cold on the bike, its just my hands and feet. Ive seen that someone makes battery powered electric insoles for your boots, mainly for ice fisherman, but they may be worth looking into. Depending on the voltage they use, you may be able to modify them with connectors so you can use them with the jacket liner and gloves.

[peterdarby]

Like moloprintz I run the gloves (liners under medium weight leather gloves) a lot more open than the jacket liner. The dual controller gives you some nice options. I have th bike hookup running out under the seat on the tank where I can mount the bike and look down and see the hook up.