warm gloves

 Greetings.

I'm in Alabama and it has gotten a bit chilly down here. Yesterday, it
was in the forties so I went to the local motorcycle store and bought
some warm gloves and liners. The ride home was comfortable. Today, it
was in the thirties. My fingers were to numb to grip after a five mile
ride to get my good morning coffee.

I don't want to go to the expense and trouble of electrically heated
gloves or grips, but I would like to ride whenever nothing is falling
from the skies. Does anybody from up north have any suggestions? I can
find little or no info on the relative warmth between one brand of glove
to another at the stores or on the web.

thanks
John

 John D. Farr wrote:

I used these through an Indiana winter:

http://www.hondapartsworld.com/moosepawsgauntlets.aspx

Warm and reasonably priced.  Other parts always got cold before my
hands.  I would wear a pair of knit gloves under my summer gloves when
using these, but you could probably just use your summer gloves down here.

--
Neil

 


Circulation in your hands (age or too tight a grip or gloves that are too
tight) may be a factor.
If it is a "cruise" without much stopping, flex your hands and arms
frequently.

Wind might be a factor too.  I'm betting no shield.....or one that doesn't
cover the hands and/or air infiltration into the gloves or around the
wrists.

Lastly, I have found that heavy gloves work a LOT better for me if they are
thoroughly warm to begin with.  That is, keep them IN the house, not in the
garage with the bike.  It is surprising (to me at least) how much difference
that makes.  Getting them toasty over a register helps even more.

Failing all that, heated gloves with their own rechargeable batteries may be
the only solution.  At ~30F, the required duty cycle should be rather short.

 

Yep, that can be a big factor right there.

 @news.motzarella.org:


Although I now have heated grips and love them, I rode for several years
with a pair of H-D gauntlets. Waterproof, insulated goretex. When it's
really cold I wear glove liners as well.
Really cold being below 25 degrees F.

--
Bob Mann

Cap'n, ah need moor pow'r.