Bill
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This post is for all of you that regularly ride when it's colder than 40 degrees and isn't necessarily intended for those who need occasional warmth and can get by with heated grips.
Many years ago, if I wanted to ride throughout most of the year, I wore ski gloves with original Vetter Hippo Hands covering my handgrips.
Eventually, I discovered heated gloves and began with a pair from Widder that allowed me to sell the old Hippo Hands and still enjoy warm hands during winter riding. Wanting something less bulky, I decided to try Gerbing's gloves but had Gordon Gerbing "double-wire" the gloves to increase the heat so that I wouldn't have to keep the Jacket Liner at maximum heat just to warm my hands properly as this preceded dual controls by many years.
Over the years, I tried newer Widder gloves, two different styles of Gerbing's gloves and finally... Warm & Safe Ultimate Touring Gloves but none of them provided as much warmth as I remembered experiencing with the old, "double-wired" Gerbing's while riding a GL1500 Goldwing.
A week ago, I stopped by a BMW dealership and tried a few sets of heated glove liners from Gerbing's, First Gear, and Powerlet and have finally found a combination that exceeds the heat and comfort of those old Gerbing's gloves. Powerlet Heated Glove Liners + Tour Master Winter Elite II Gloves + V-Strom Hand Guards. HOLY SHIT!
Powerlet does something with the way that they wire the liners that makes them warmer than anything that I've ever felt on my hands and surrounding them with a glove like the Tour Master Winter Elite II took hand warmth to an entirely different level.
For everyone who isn't nuts enough to ride when it's close to, and below freezing, the Warm & Safe Ultimate Touring Gloves would be great since they are pretty warm, aren't bulky, are very flexible, have Kevlar, have armored knuckle protection and are waterproof but.... they're not really designed for extended riding in freezing temperatures.
If you believe that there's no such thing as bad weather for motorcycling but only inappropriate clothing... you might try the Jacket Liner of your choice (they're all really good), the heat controller of your choice, and the Powerlet Heated Glove Liners inside of your favorite, warmest winter riding gloves.
Many years ago, if I wanted to ride throughout most of the year, I wore ski gloves with original Vetter Hippo Hands covering my handgrips.
Eventually, I discovered heated gloves and began with a pair from Widder that allowed me to sell the old Hippo Hands and still enjoy warm hands during winter riding. Wanting something less bulky, I decided to try Gerbing's gloves but had Gordon Gerbing "double-wire" the gloves to increase the heat so that I wouldn't have to keep the Jacket Liner at maximum heat just to warm my hands properly as this preceded dual controls by many years.
Over the years, I tried newer Widder gloves, two different styles of Gerbing's gloves and finally... Warm & Safe Ultimate Touring Gloves but none of them provided as much warmth as I remembered experiencing with the old, "double-wired" Gerbing's while riding a GL1500 Goldwing.
A week ago, I stopped by a BMW dealership and tried a few sets of heated glove liners from Gerbing's, First Gear, and Powerlet and have finally found a combination that exceeds the heat and comfort of those old Gerbing's gloves. Powerlet Heated Glove Liners + Tour Master Winter Elite II Gloves + V-Strom Hand Guards. HOLY SHIT!
Powerlet does something with the way that they wire the liners that makes them warmer than anything that I've ever felt on my hands and surrounding them with a glove like the Tour Master Winter Elite II took hand warmth to an entirely different level.
For everyone who isn't nuts enough to ride when it's close to, and below freezing, the Warm & Safe Ultimate Touring Gloves would be great since they are pretty warm, aren't bulky, are very flexible, have Kevlar, have armored knuckle protection and are waterproof but.... they're not really designed for extended riding in freezing temperatures.
If you believe that there's no such thing as bad weather for motorcycling but only inappropriate clothing... you might try the Jacket Liner of your choice (they're all really good), the heat controller of your choice, and the Powerlet Heated Glove Liners inside of your favorite, warmest winter riding gloves.
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