Frozen

[MikeyC]

How much I love warm, sunny London at winter times (!). I wear a pair of woolly gloves underneath my alpinestars, but my fingertips freeze to the point it actually hurts!! Does everyone else I assume have the same problem, or do they have cunning tricks up their sleeve to avoid this? If so, please let me know!

[Hex]

My cunning trick involves me using a big metal cage to get around in rather than the bike.

However when I do ride in the cold I'm normally ok as my circulation is very good.

Overly tight gloves won't help as they will restrict blood flow. Consider maybe getting some heated grips.
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[Dusty]

You could use Danny's method.

https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=21317
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[Milo]

while cruising my left hand's on my engine, and when at lights my right hand is there (or both depending on where i'm sat)
it helps not having a sports bike, small bike or v-twin as i'm sure that'd be quite tricky!
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[MikeyC]

I thought about the heated handlebars but surely that wouldnt stop your fingertips freezing? The rest of your hand will be warm admittedly, but still.....!

[PsychoHippy]

You could try wearing 'windstoper' glove inserts - I use them for my 45 mile commute and they tend to keep my hands comfortable (still get cold, but they stop the worst of it). If it gets too bad then heated handgrips are the answer.
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[Ste]

Heated grips rock

Got some Daytona ones, and they're going for £40 on MPS The Fast One website right now... can't remember the link though

[Mrs_Hippy]

On the long commute in the dead of winter nothing does the hippy better than his heated handgrips. Myself i have tried a lot of things (except heated hand grips - not sure about the V' Rap's battery!) but I just cant keep my hands warm. I seem to get very effected by wind chill very quickly even on quite wam days all over my body - its why I am not that fond of long distance motorway driving not long at 80 will chill me.

[John]

The grips ste was talking about at https://www.thefastone.co.uk/offer1.asp

[NSR125-Kid-UK]

It's a common problem mate. I'm out all weathers and I get not only freezing hands but freezing feet too . I wear 8 squillion socks to protect my feet but i have to use these £20 weise gloves that aren't very good at stopping the cold .

I'm going to buy some proper winter gloves winter 2004 .
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[Ste]

Andy, put some plastic bags on over your socks to keep your feet dry

[NSR125-Kid-UK]

Dry isn't the problem mate. It's the wind chill .
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[snotty-R6]

I do a 60 mile commute down the M11 and found that heated gloves are better then grips.

It's all about keeping your core temp up. So I invested in a heated jacket liner that I can use to boost my body temp when it dips to low i.e. shiver.

Be warned that the jacket draws 5.5amp at 12 volts so you better have a big engine or be going fast on that scooter.

Look here if you want what I wear.
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