Handguards and new jacket

[Ayrton]

So im looking to get my gear sorted for my winter riding before it too late. Anyone have any idea what this jacket is like (the first one)?:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251029330020?_trksid=p5197.c0.m619

Im kind of skeptical after reading some reviews of other cheap jackets off ebay where people say they have fallen apart. Im after something a bit more casual than what i have now, that i can wear around college.

Also, does anyone have any experience with these type of handguards and will they help stop my hands from freezing in the winter? i Already have heated grips.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261100022133?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2648

Thanks

[Teflon-Mike]

Snowie was looking at that jacket the other day.... I quite liked it. Cant comment on anything but the photo & the price though.

Hand guards; again cant comment on them exact ones. We fitted similar MX guards to Snowie's bike, but they were the ones with aluminium rail, which makes them quite sturdy.

The 'basket' that defelects branches or wind from your fingers though, no, on its own, NOT going to do much to keep your pinkies warm. Its no substitute for a pair of gloves.

BUT: fitted heated grips to Snowie's bike, and..... in thin summer gloves? they DO keep your hands warm-er..... and the guards DO deflect the worst 'needle' like rain that drills into the front of your fingers.... they still get wet, and the cold can still gnaw into them, but they can 'help'.

Idea fitting them to Snowie's bike WAS to stretch a pair of bar muffs to keep the heat in from the grips and hold them open so there was still space around the levers and switches...

Yet to find out how effective that bit of the plan is.... we need to do a bit more 'adaptation'! Muffs come up to her ruddy arm pits! She's ownly likuw!
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[Lord Percy]

This is almost irrelevant to the post, but I have to say I love my jacket because it's absolutely individual, bought in the heart of the Himalayas, pure yak leather with sheep wool on the inside. No tags, no labels, not even a thing inside the collar for hanging it up! It's just yak skin, sheep wool and thick thread. If they use it in the mountains, I intend to use it in the relatively temperate climate of the uk. Only problem is it's so authentic it actually looks cliché. Hah.

Oh and it cost 2100 Rupees, which was about 30 quid. BARGAIN!

[Ayrton]

Thanks. I think il get that jacket then. Not too sure about the guards though. Might be better investing a bit more in some bar muffs instead.

[Teflon-Mike]

[herulach]

you do realise that is genuinely the campest looking motorbike jacket ever? If you can cope with looking like you've just got off a vespa all the time then crack on

I don't know if HG are now stocked back up, but for not a lot more than that (about £60 before 30% discount IIRC) you can get one of their cheaper jackets (think it was boost?) which saw me through my first winter on a 125 fine with the liner in and a fleece underneath.

Theres no lining in that jacket so it won't be that warm (except the taffeta one, but see point 1).

A good jacket is an investment, and you'll really thank yourself for it when it gets down to low single digits in the mornings.

Get geared, bike-gear etc all have a decent range of jackets starting around 60/70 quids.
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[Ayrton]

[Teflon-Mike]

[Ayrton]

[hedgehugger]

I had hand guards and heated grips when I had the BMW. I had toasty hands last winter.
I was so impressed with my toasty mitts that when I changed the beemer for the yamaha I bought handguards and heated grips for it

No comment on the jacket, though I did buy a cheap jacket when I first started riding and still have it because it's excellent in the winter. Hubbs came off in his and while the jacket sleeve got grazed, all the stitching stayed stitched. Not all cheapies are the same though of course.

[Ayrton]

[barrkel]

That jacket doesn't say it has CE armour. If it doesn't say, expect it not to; expect some shaped squidgy expanded polystyrene. You'll need to purchase CE armour if you actually want proper protection, IMO. Cheap polyester shell: expect it to rip in a moderate speed accident - I've had slightly more expensive but still cheap (80 GBP) trousers rip with similar spec 600D polyester. Cordura is nylon based, FWIW.

I'd expect it to be slightly better than the probable alternatives (for a long while on a 125 scooter I wore a wool coat for padding and warmth + rain jacket on top for wind protection, worked well enough for the one off I had at low urban speeds), but not a whole lot better at higher speeds.
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[Ayrton]

[barrkel]

[bikertomm]

Tell me you haven't brought that jacket just yet.

Get this one instead

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mens-Armoured-Waterproof-Motor-Cycle-Bike-Racing-Cordura-Jacket-All-WEATHER-/250976479303?pt=UK_Other_Clothing_Protection&var=&hash=item3a6f5d2847

I have this one, and have reccommended it to about 5 forum users who have also been pleased

Proper decent for the money, a world above to that one you posted for 40 quid IMO.


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[Clanger]

I've been looking for MX style hand-guards too, but have been warned away from the plastic open ended style due to danger to your fingers if it gets broken/damaged. Apparently you can get a rigid style which fits onto the end bars too. They are more expensive though.
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[Ayrton]

[bikertomm]

Yes mate, it's comfortable as fuck!

I just got a black one size M, perfect fit.

So cosy I love it

Worth the extra 15 quid mate, has 'armour' build in shoulders elbows ect... even a bit of polystrene in the back Better than nothing

I doubt you'd be disappointed, seriously.

Do you mind looking like an absaloute, because I've seen on here the milk bottle hand guards...


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[Ayrton]

Somehow i dont think il be parking my bike at college with milk bottles on the handlebars.

Il definitely get that jacket then. The RST one i have now feels uncomfortable as hell to wear off the bike...

Thanks

[bikertomm]

No worries man, hope it serves you well
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[nullity]

I had to buy some hand muffs last November, I wasn't half way to work and I had lost all feeling in my hands. Silk inner gloves did nothing to help though my gloves were a budget pair of HGs.

The muffs are great for the cold & do help take a good portion of the wind blast off your hands, in heavy rain though there a sod as all the water runs down my arms and into them & my gloves.

Also you're best not to just chuck them on in a rush, as mentioned you need spend awhile pissing about to get them in just the right place or else the clutch lever or (worst) brake gets pushed in when doing anything above 30 mph. Shat a brick finding that one out.

At least this is what i found with the oxford ones, about £30 i think
Just shame they look so fugly.

[ginny]

I recently bought some tucano urbano neoprene muffs. In short, they are brilliant. I only have a pair of summer gloves, and on sunday rode through a downpour in the cold, and only had slightly chilly fingers after more than an hour and a half. Bone dry too.

I could have spent hours researching/trying them on, and upwards of £40 (minimum) for some 'winter' gloves. But for less than £35 I have something that does the job much better.

I haven't noticed any pushing on bars at extended periods of 75+MPH either. They don't look that good, but the bike is a commuter. And they aren't that bad on my black hornet.

I would really reccomend them. And Palmer motorcycles in hemel, who sold them for less than you can find online!

[Ayrton]