Comments on: Cold Weather Motorcycle Gear: Handlebar Muffs

By: Denise Maple

Denise Maple — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:27:55 +0000

RT @fuzzygalore: Cold Weather Motorcycle Gear: Handlebar Muffs http://bit.ly/8mengC

By: Alon Friedman

Alon Friedman — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:52:24 +0000

RT @fuzzygalore: Cold Weather Motorcycle Gear: Handlebar Muffs http://bit.ly/8mengC

By: fuzzygalore

fuzzygalore — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:55:33 +0000

Cold Weather Motorcycle Gear: Handlebar Muffs http://bit.ly/8mengC

By: 2009 in Review: 100 Things I’ve Learned About Motorcycling | Fuzzygalore.com - Girlie Motorcycle Blog

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:42:20 +0000

[...] I just like saying Hippo Hands. [...]

By: Fuzzygalore

Fuzzygalore — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:12:57 +0000

@Pinto
Yes, they were something to break the direct wind. They’re mostly knuckle savers keeping rocks at bay, though

Sorry to hear the snow has flown. The snow is always so lovely on the first day. By day 4 – the novelty is gone and i find myself longing for spring.

By: Pinto

Pinto — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:33:32 +0000

9″ of snow here today. Muffs or no muffs, I think my winter riding has met with an early end this year. Grrr…

Were the brush guards an early attempt at wind deflection?

By: Kelsey

Kelsey — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:37:27 +0000

I had some heavy felt handlebar muffs when I lived in Korea. They cost me about $3 and they were awesome and warm. On days where my commute was below zero, I’d throw some of those chemical heat things in the end of them (they were stiff felt), which would make the insides nice and toasty. I think the muffs are way better than heated gloves.

By: CrudMop

CrudMop — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:16:14 +0000

I put a couple of sets of those under-grip heaters on the triples – they work “ok”. The left side is always cooler, and I think that has a bit to do with them being on the cold bar directly, which is leeching cold temps from the entire bar (maybe I am wrong, but that’s my guess). I need to grab some of the full-grip type heaters as they are far better in delivering heat (the grips on the beemer are ridiculously hot on the high setting).

And yeah, a nice cold evening grilled cheese sounds delish

By: soth

soth — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:55:57 +0000

FWIW…

Depending on how long you’re riding for…

Heated gloves are either great or a waste of $$$.

Short rides around 5-10 hours, they work great. Anything longer than that you’ll still be cold. While the gloves will continue to pump out the heat, exposure will eventually get you.

The upside is that I find the WnS gloves to be plenty warm for most conditions w/o having to turn the heat on. I went on a solo GCR last night and temps were in the low 30°’s. I was out for about 4hrs and never turned them on. As with anything though, YMMV.

I sincerely hope to see you and Crud out for the next CMR

By: Stacy

Stacy — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:21:15 +0000

I was looking up some info about the handguards I have on my SV and found these:

http://www.powermadd.com/products/HandguardGauntletATV.html

They’re made to fit the handguards on my bike. Really tempted, because my heated grips and gloves aren’t cutting it at temps less than 20°F.