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vstromspoon
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Winter glove help
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August 31, 2016, 13:25:16 »
I've got loads of pairs of gloves but all more summer related. I have one winter set but there so big and bulky id sooner have cold hands.
Any good gloved out there that arnt so massive?
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Re: Winter glove help
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August 31, 2016, 13:37:25 »
Have you considered going electric? (Rather than going for bulk.)
Never tried them, but I'd consider it.
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UK_Vstrom650
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Re: Winter glove help
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August 31, 2016, 16:30:45 »
Summer gloves, bar muffs and heated grips could work for you
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Hondaman
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Re: Winter glove help
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August 31, 2016, 17:49:18 »
As above.
Comfy gloves, heated grips & muffs.
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Mark Shelley
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Re: Winter glove help
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August 31, 2016, 18:35:18 »
For extreme cold I have heated grips, muffs and Hein Gericke Pathan 'lobster' gloves. They appear bulky, but I find them very comfortable to wear.
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vstromspoon
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Re: Winter glove help
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August 31, 2016, 19:40:45 »
OK thanks for your help. Always wondered what the bar muffs were called. Now I know bar muffs
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vstromspoon
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Re: Winter glove help
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August 31, 2016, 19:44:18 »
Will the handle bar guards have to come off first?
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Mark Shelley
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August 31, 2016, 21:57:47 »
Never fitted muffs on my Glee, as it will not get used in Winter, but the Oxford ones go over the hand guards on both my Transalp and BMW 1100GS. It is best if you can leave them on as they stop the muffs being blown onto the levers at high speed.
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Euroned
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Re: Winter glove help
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November 07, 2016, 16:25:13 »
Been using summer gloves all year, with alittle help heated grips when below 10oC!
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Holmsey
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November 07, 2016, 17:05:04 »
I use summer gloves in the winter but use Keis heated inner gloves ... my hands are toasty.
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Hugh Mungus
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Re: Winter glove help
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November 07, 2016, 21:50:44 »
Gerbing heated gloves are very good, they make lots of different styles and have a lifetime guarantee. Obviously they ain't exactly cheap.
I wear summer gloves all year round since having hand guards but I do pop the heated grips on during cold weather.
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SimonW
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November 07, 2016, 23:09:43 »
If you suffer from cold hands, once you try heated gloves (Gerbing, in my case) you never go back!
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