Cold hands!

[Grimeric]

I had my first two hours out on a big bike today. A Kawasaki er6n. I was fine when I got to the riding school, got all my kit on and fitted with a radio then out of nowhere it started to rain, piss it down in fact. Then the nerves kicked in. I stalled the bike at first as I was afraid of giving it a fist full and wheelieing off but once I got used to the clutch it was fine.
It was a very enjoyable couple of hours apart from the soaking I got and my very cold numb hands. I thought my gloves where warm until we started getting above 20 mph.
Roll on next lesson.

[Andy_Pagin]

Not much help when you're learning, but when you get your own bike fit a set of Tucano Urbano handle bar muffs in the cold seasons. No more cold wet hands.
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[Grimeric]

Definitely will need something like that, I didn't realise how cold it would be, the rest of me kept fairly warm, just my hands.
I'm quite happy I've ridden in the rain now though. I was worried about practicing emergency stops in the wet but after the first couple of goes I got to grips with it.

[doggone]

Winter gloves are significantly better but there's a degree of loss of feel.
I have a thinsulate pair will fit under normal gloves, which is toasty but even less feedback - care needed.

[Nobby the Bastard]

Heated handgrips...
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[stinkwheel]

If you are a bloke. Man the fuck up. and grow a pair.

If you are a woman. Either do the same or fit heated grips and don't ride between the end of October and the beginning of May.

This post has been brought to you by a non-feminist, unpopular but entirely accurate gender biased view of human physiology which recognised that females are provably more sensitive to peripheral temperature imbalance than men.
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[SQL]

[-Matt-]

If the cold was a big cause try a thin pair of thernal gloves inside your mc gloves. Slight loss of sensation but so minimal id think the cold would be worse.

I use spada enforcer wp gloves and thin thermal ski gloves in winter riding in 0 to -5 and its tollerable for a couple of hours.

Definately a big boost using heated grips and muffs if theyre an option though

[esullivan]

One non-obvious thing that helps with the hands is to layer up on the rest of your body. You feel the cold in your hands because you have temperature-sensitive nerve endings there, but you are actually cold everywhere. If you keep your middle warm, the hands will be less of an issue. I know someone who wears a heated waistcoat and he rides in light-weight gloves all winter.

Oh, and also get some muffs.
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[RhynoCZ]

Get couple of these under your normal gloves: https://www.army-eshop.cz/shops/8289/images-goods/15493A.jpg

It's gonna be a bit too warm above 0°C, but I covered some miles in -10°C and it was just fine. No ABS style braking from shaking hands.

EDIT: OR, get an ZX7R, riding that bike feels like being in the country sitting by the fireplace.
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[Grimeric]

Thanks for the replies. I might invest in a pair of them thinsulates for under my gloves. Of maybe I will just try and MTFU next time.

[metalangel]

It's September. Wait until it's December before you complain your hands are cold, this is nothing.
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[doggone]

The thing is most riders won't go far in December but you might still put in some long runs this time of year.

At 60mph a 10C chilly morning will feel much like a 10C mild afternoon in December.

[Craig321]

Remember, if you have too many layers you'll just end up sweating which will cool and make your hands even colder so don't overdo it.
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[Lupo]

Never try them, but running gloves tend to be thinner, they may be good for layering.