Hi guys I may take the plunge this year and spend all my money on a pair of heated gloves (around 150!!) any recommendation on brand and style (wired to the bike or built in batteries) BTW I wear my gloves oooover my jacket sleeve
Just a consideration.... Personally, I wouldn't go heated gloves, I'd go heated grips.... If your heated gloves get soaked through, you're stuck with wet gloves, or put on a pair of dry, non heated ones. Should you choose the heated grips option, you just stick a dry pair of gloves on... Try, wearing your jacket over your gloves, that way, the water runs off your sleeve, not into your glove.
I've had heated grips on each of my last few bikes including my current Fireblade. I splashed out on the Honda kit and I've got to say they are fab. I'd never leave home without them ! They are proper toasty with a number of settings (the 3 being scorchio, toasty and warm !) and they allow you to wear thinner gloves for more feel. As long as your gloves are waterproof it's happy days
this is the ultimate no no?? Gauntlet gloves are designed for the opposite... Water runs off your sleeve, great if your standing hands down by sides in pissing rain.... I ride hand up on bars with wind factor going kinda along arms.... All your method does is push water along gloves and up your sleeves.... Thus wet elbow time!! As for original post, decent gloves are meant to be brilliant... Heated grips are cool but many complain they heat palms only and don't reach fingers.... I personally don't suffer with either, I just either man up, or don't bother lol
Trust me, My job over last 15 years was riding in all weathers all year round, that includes monsoons and blizzards... Gloves over top of jacket = rain running down into glove meaning waterproof glove is no longer waterproof It works for me. If others prefer gloves over the jacket that's fair play to them.
Retired now... Finished main career 4 years ago and then did delivered rider development programme for local authority. Finished that in March this year so now just ride for leisure when everybody else is at work
When jI was commuting in all weathers a couple of years ago, gerbing top and gloves worked brilliantly for me. Was riding an ancient courier-bike with the overglove things fitted, so my gloves never got that wet. But 70 miles each way from bedford to farnborough through 2 winters.... whatever layers I wrapped up in, after 30-40 miles the cold would be getting in like mad. With the heated kit.. just turn up the warm . Happy and comfortable place to be. Recommended for winter riding certainly
I use Keis there the boys. they have a button that lights up on then in 3 colours to tell you what temp they are at. It makes such a difference with them through winter. Ive tried the heated grips and no matter how hot they got the backs on my hands were still freezing so they were pointless for me. The gloves tho are just perfect. Since having them ill never ride without them in winter again Also yes ive used them in the rain snow sleet ect and they have never let me down, I plug mine into the bike just have the wire under the pilion seat so you swing your leg over it so that you sit on the wires
I've had both, heated grips and heated gear ( gloves and jacket). If you're only going short distances the convenience of heated grips can't be beat....but if you're going any distance heated gear is brilliant. I bought my Gerbing gear about 12 years ago and it's still going strong. I only used it on very cold days and it was/ is toasty. I run it from the bike directly off the battery ( I even adapted my Optimate to connect to the lead so could use it to charge the battery when in the garage) but you do need the battery to be in good nick. When I used it on my 200cc scoot I had to disconnect the lead half way to work to make sure there was enough juice in the battery to get back home.
Had heated gloves and to be honest they broke. Which meant I then had a broken set of heated gloves which are a shit pair of winter gloves. Wires are a pain as well. I ride about 160 mile round trip to work on the bike about 1 hour 30 mins without stopping. I do not have heated grips so can't comment. What I do have is Knox Zero2 gloves which keep you comfortable for around the hour to hour 15 mins.so I think combined with grips it would be a win combination because if the grips fail you will still be warm to a point. I am sure there are warmer gloves out there,but the Zero2 isn't to thick giving better feel ,but what is good about them are they are laminated, that is where the waterproof membrane is laminated to the leather, so they do not retain water between the waterproof membrane and the leather so the gloves stay warmer don't get soggy and drys quicker. I think rukka do the same sort of thing, laminated kit is defo best way to go. Hope this helps
I went for years with no heated gloves/grips & rode in all weathers & minus temps to the point where my hands froze into icy claws. Oxford sport heated grips were one of my first purchases for the blade after I rode the bike home from Jordan bikes in Leeds in February & I'll never be without them again. I've never used heated gloves but the grips are awesome!
I was converted to heated kit a couple of years ago and now have heated jacket, gloves and insoles all by Biketek but I think they are no longer available. I was told Gerbing have a lifetime guarantee so would have a look at them. You will never have cold hand again........maybe..
Your core should always come before the extremities. Your core is the most important and feeds off other areas. Extremes of temperature are always difficult to deal with. The sun doesn’t get to full height over winter/spring, and it therefore sets earlier as well. Always wear a few layers and have some storage, either in panniers, a tank bag, bum bag, or under your seat. If you get too warm you can always take a layer off, but when the sun goes down, the temperature drops with it, often quite significantly. If you have that extra layer that you peeled off at 11am, you can always then pop it back on. Keeping your core at the right temperature assists majorly in assisting your concentration levels, as it delays the transference of blood from your extremities; those being your fingers, toes AND your brain. Blood carries oxygen, so it seems realistic that a lack of blood to the brain leads to a lack of oxygen, which then affects your ability to retain concentration. A good rider should recognise signs that they are losing concentration at an early stage. You may have heard the phrase ‘Fine Motor Skills’. These are actions that you take without normally having to think too much about them. An example that most people will be able to relate to is when you first learned to drive a car. On your first ever gear change, I guess that most would have looked for the gear lever, and then started drifting to the nearside. That’s because you’ll generally go where your eyes are looking. After a few gear changes, you stop looking for the gear lever. You’ve then developed a ‘Fine Motor Skill’. To put that back to riding your bike; some examples are - you might make a clunky gear change, you may fail to balance your revs correctly when changing gear, or you may put too much pressure on the brake lever. They are potentially signs that your ‘Fine Motor Skills’ are dissipating and you need to take some action to get them functioning properly again. The only way is to get your core back to the correct temperature which will help everything else get back to normal. Not a science lesson, but it does help to know how the body works... I generally wear the EXO 2 heated jacket, powered off the bike battery, and I go on heated grips as well.
Hi Mike, been looking at the Honda grips which they advertise at £225 but note that they also require the additional purchase of "Quartet Harness and Heated Grip Attachment", wondering how much else this will set me back. Many thanks.
I use Gerbings heated gloves & heated jacket both powered off of the bikes battery. They have been perfect over the past 4 winters. I commute an hour each way into London so I find that I have to turn the heating down when I get into town as its too hot without the windchill. I started with the gloves & was so impressed that I bought the jacket the following winter. I have the shorter gloves & wear them under the jacket. Why do you wear them over your jacket?
I suffer really badly from poor blood circulation in my hands, so much so that heated grips are good for half an hour or so then it becomes dangerous. Because I all think about is cold hands, and not concentrating on what I'm doing. Bought gerbing heated gloves last year and wow. Such a massive difference over heated grips. The wires can be fiddly but well worth the fannying around.
