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Gus Senior Member Offline Thumpers Rock! Posts: 491 Minnesota Gender:	frozen gonads! 10/28/15 at 07:50:06 I looked at the weather on my phone this AM. Said it was to be 40s with 5mph winds. I get out on the hiway and the wind is cutting loose. Well by now I'm 3 miles from home so I continue. Winds blowing all the way to town (30 miles). I get here and phone now says WIND ADVISORY. I nearly froze to the bars man. Sheesh!
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Reply #2 - 10/28/15 at 08:36:04

Unfortunately....we are getting to that time of year around here.

On Sunday afternoon I went for a 100 ride on the Cafe' bike. It was sunny and when I was working on my car brakes in the driveway I was still in a T-shirt. When I went for the ride I put on a long sleeve T-shirt and a medium weight armored jacket, my full face helmet and gloves. About 20 minutes into the ride I was getting a chill....an hour and a half later on my way home I was freezing! My jeans didn't seal out the wind, and the zipper vents on the jacket sleeves are not windproof when shut.

When I got home I put on a sweatshirt and insulated coveralls to finish up the brakes on my car......and it took about 30 minutes for me to warm up!

Tomorrow night there is a British Bike night in Milford, OH, and the rain should be over by then. It will only be in the low 50's when I ride out there....and will drop into the 40's by the time I leave. I am not sure how badly I want to ride out there....maybe I should take the car?

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Gus Senior Member Offline Thumpers Rock! Posts: 491 Minnesota Gender:	Re: frozen gonads! Reply #3 - 10/28/15 at 08:59:13 We've been riding on borrowed time here for a few weeks. Heck, people will be ice fishing here in another 30 days; but wait . . . I've taken my old shovelhead ice fishing before. ��
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Art Webb Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3007 columbus, Texas Gender:	Re: frozen gonads! Reply #4 - 10/28/15 at 09:55:01 Speaking from long experience, the best cure for a cold ride is a warm soak in a tub, warm you up in no time, just like dry socks are the best cure for wet feet Hot soup or chilli is #2 on the list chilli in a hot tub, that's the ticket
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Reply #5 - 10/28/15 at 10:04:19

I'm starting to look at battery powered heated gloves. Good ones are just so dang expensive. Probably gonna stick with my handlebar muffs no matter how "uncool" they look. My hands are the only things I can't keep warm for Winter commuting. Quilted liner in my jacket, balaclava under the helmet, insulated hiking boots and ski pants for the rest of me. May end up looking at windscreens, too.
My hands just don't warm up like they used to after getting cold. I think I may have caused some mild frostbite on my right thumb in past year or two.
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Reply #6 - 10/28/15 at 12:10:56

Tocsik wrote on 10/28/15 at 10:04:19:

My hands are the only things I can't keep warm for Winter commuting.

I'll second that! I need some better insulated gloves. I'll ride when the temp gets down in the teens but, at that temperature, my hands hurt!

You guys recommend any winter gloves for riding that allows you to keep some dexterity (not too thick)?

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Reply #7 - 10/28/15 at 12:44:38

No I can't, I use mittens.

Kris01 wrote on 10/28/15 at 12:10:56:

Tocsik wrote on 10/28/15 at 10:04:19:

My hands are the only things I can't keep warm for Winter commuting.

I'll second that! I need some better insulated gloves. I'll ride when the temp gets down in the teens but, at that temperature, my hands hurt!

You guys recommend any winter gloves for riding that allows you to keep some dexterity (not too thick)?

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Reply #8 - 10/28/15 at 12:46:58

I've got Firstgear TPG Glacier gloves. I bought them when I installed Oxford Heaterz on my previous scooter and they worked well enough but the sub-freezing air moving over the backs of your hands can't be defeated by gloves alone. These have thinner insulation in palm specifically for heated grips but that does nothing for the backs of your hands and the tips of your thumbs. In combination with handlebar muffs, there were excellent, though.

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28908 L.A. California Gender:	Re: frozen gonads! Reply #9 - 10/28/15 at 13:19:28 I treat the leather every year and it keeps the wind from blowing thru them. I imagine snoproof would do even better.
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Gus Senior Member Offline Thumpers Rock! Posts: 491 Minnesota Gender:	OK, so now this! Reply #10 - 10/28/15 at 14:29:36 Now we got the white stuff to contend with.
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Gus Senior Member Offline Thumpers Rock! Posts: 491 Minnesota Gender:	Re: frozen gonads! Reply #11 - 10/28/15 at 16:33:59 So before I left work I made these out of a soap jug. The cross winds were so bad at times I. Was down to 30 mph. I was a out seized up when I got home
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Gus Senior Member Offline Thumpers Rock! Posts: 491 Minnesota Gender:	Re: frozen gonads! Reply #12 - 10/28/15 at 16:35:05 These
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: frozen gonads! Reply #13 - 10/28/15 at 16:43:04 I am SO not ready for that!
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Reply #14 - 10/28/15 at 21:13:13

Gus wrote on 10/28/15 at 07:50:06:

I looked at the weather on my phone this AM. Said it was to be 40s with 5mph winds. I get out on the hiway and the wind is cutting loose. Well by now I'm 3 miles from home so I continue. Winds blowing all the way to town (30 miles). I get here and phone now says WIND ADVISORY. I nearly froze to the bars man. Sheesh!

FROZE to the bars???
Looks like you need to move down here.... todays weather....

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P.S. Look at the link above in the daytime

I rode today in a T-shirt... and if I was a florida weekend warrior Harley rider, I would have added shorts and flip flops.....

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