Cold weather riding gloves?

[R J]

Living and riding in the Panhandle, it do get cold here. 

I agree Gunny, they don't have a clue what cold weather is.    LOL.     

[Paxton]

Mine are made by Vetter. They're called "Hippo Hands..." bar muffs. I purchased them from one of our members. 

I believe Vetter HIPPO HANDS are discontinued.

Most of these may not fit the I/S although I forced mine onto it. No issues on a Standard or Tourer.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Motorcycle-Handlebar-Bar-Muffs-Hand-Covers-NEW-Black-/171176619762?pt=Snowmobile_Parts_Accessories&hash=item27daebeef2&v

[98valk]

FWIW, I have found Thinsulate to be a completely ineffective insulator in all gloves for truly cold weather bike riding.  For walking they're fine.  And a good number of bike specific gauntlets really have no decent insulation at all, just padding under the exterior material.  They are crap.

Thinsulate is the most often used insulator....  but you can find gloves insulated with Primaloft (synthetic down) or Thermolite, you will be much better off..... I am.

I also have a heavy moosehide wrist length glove with shearling wool insulation that is very good (but only my textile jacket will velcro it airtight to my wrist, otherwise gauntlets).

Then you must consider waterproofness as well.  Goretex is tops, and of some but very little insulation value.

+1

[Willow]

I use a set to break the wind and they help.

Interesting.  I've never tried gloves for that.  I've some trouble figuring out how it helps.   

Oh; my friend, BF; what a difference there is between watching the world on television and immersing  oneself in it.  We motorcycle riders more than anyone else have learned that.   

[HayHauler]

I use a set to break the wind and they help.

Interesting.  I've never tried gloves for that.  I've some trouble figuring out how it helps.   

Oh; my friend, BF; what a difference there is between watching the world on television and immersing  oneself in it.  We motorcycle riders more than anyone else have learned that.   

Carl, they on top like a rubber glove to cut the wind.  The wind can't get to your fingers.

"They do not have any insulation, so you still need insulated gloves or insulated mittens under them."

I will try a set of the surgical gloved (nitrite I believe) under my summer gloves and see if it helps in the high 30's low 40's.

Hay 
Jimmyt

[hubcapsc]

I use a set to break the wind and they help.

Interesting.  I've never tried gloves for that.  I've some trouble figuring out how it helps.   

Oh; my friend, BF; what a difference there is between watching the world on television and immersing  oneself in it.  We motorcycle riders more than anyone else have learned that.   

Carl, they on top like a rubber glove to cut the wind.  The wind can't get to your fingers.

"They do not have any insulation, so you still need insulated gloves or insulated mittens under them."

I will try a set of the surgical gloved (nitrite I believe) under my summer gloves and see if it helps in the high 30's low 40's.

Hay 
Jimmyt

I did this yesterday (silk gloves under nitrile gloves) while washing our mountain bikes with the hose pipe
in 40 degrees... it works great. Rubber gloves over real motorcycle gloves might be a bit of a stretch, though 

-Mike

[DenverDave]

 Cold weather riding tips from Laurie J (motovlogger) from Kansas City, MO.. She rides year round. In this video log the temperature is 17 degrees !!!

Frozen Gas Cap + FIRE = FUN! (+Winter Riding Tips)


Her videos are entertaining and sometimes educational

Look Twice! (motorcycle close call)
FYI: the white stuff along the road is snow

Please subscribe to her videos if you like them


Dave

[Bugslayer]

In the "Frozen gas cap" video, she's quite a problem solver...  Good job! 

[3fan4life]

I broke down a bought Gerbings gloves in Oct.

I should have done so much sooner.

I will get the jacket liner to go with them.

[Pete]

I use a set to break the wind and they help.

Interesting.  I've never tried gloves for that.  I've some trouble figuring out how it helps.  

Seriously:

Most gloves or even mittens have seams that let in cold air, helping to defeat the insulation.
Stop that cold air penetration and you hands will stay warm longer.

Mittens have fewer seams than gloves and admit less and are usually warmer, Couple that with the fingers not being isolated really makes the mittens perform much better all things being equal.

Even gloves or mittens with sealed seams often will leak some air thru. Having a double air barrier block works.

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WTF
GERBINGS!!!

[Tundra]

Pappy,
This is what I use in Florida, very inexpensive They are gauntlet style snowmobile gloves. I grew up in the frigid sub zero stuff and if my hands and feet would get cold, I was done. Granted we don't get those temps here, but they have performed flawless for me in Florida. Soft Deerskin palms. I can operate all topside controls with these, I just can't reach under and feel my Pingle valve. They are a little thicker than I prefer for motorcycling, but the price is right, they work and I only need them several times a year.http://shop.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/guide-gear-guide-dry-snowmobile-gloves-black.aspx?a=167543 Just throwing out an inexpensive option.
Those gloves Moonshot posted a link to look really good for Florida temps and appear much thinner than mine.http://www.amazon.com/Gauntlet-Deerskin-Motorcycle-Glove-Thinsulate/dp/B003BQBCNO

[Gryphon]

I use a set to break the wind and they help.

Interesting.  I've never tried gloves for that.  I've some trouble figuring out how it helps.   

Carl, I truly appreciate reading someone with as warped a sense of humor as my own.  I found your response hilarious and made my morning.

[musclehead]

Living and riding in the Panhandle, it do get cold here. 

I agree Gunny, they don't have a clue what cold weather is.    LOL.     

I haven't lived my WHOLE life in FLA.... I have shoveled snow in -55 wind chill, how's that ?

[musclehead]

let me get this straight.... you put the nitrile gloves OVER your leather/insulated gloves?

hmmm I might have to try that tomorrow, morning temps in the high 30's here ???

[R J]

Living and riding in the Panhandle, it do get cold here. 

I agree Gunny, they don't have a clue what cold weather is.    LOL.     

I haven't lived my WHOLE life in FLA.... I have shoveled snow in -55 wind chill, how's that ?

If that would of been me, I'd of had a SNOW BLOWER.

I know pictures, but I can't find my pic of it on my puter right now.   Solly Chollie.

[Willow]

I use a set to break the wind and they help.

Interesting.  I've never tried gloves for that.  I've some trouble figuring out how it helps.    

Carl, I truly appreciate reading someone with as warped a sense of humor as my own.  I found your response hilarious and made my morning.

Thanks, Gryphon.  I was beginning to wonder whether the humor was just too obscure or if I finally had to come to the place of admitting that I really don't understand the English language.   

I do have a significant bend in my sense of humor.

[R J]

I use a set to break the wind and they help.

Interesting.  I've never tried gloves for that.  I've some trouble figuring out how it helps.    

Carl, I truly appreciate reading someone with as warped a sense of humor as my own.  I found your response hilarious and made my morning.

Thanks, Gryphon.  I was beginning to wonder whether the humor was just too obscure or if I finally had to come to the place of admitting that I really don't understand the English language.   

I do have a significant bend in my sense of humor.

Just so long as it isn't broke Gunny.

[Hoser]

I have a pair of surplus kansas highway patrol motor gloves made of goatskin with flannel  lining and  gauntlets nearly to the elbow.  I wear them constantly in cold weather.  I have used them for eight years.  In the  times it was extra cold, like 30 and lower, I put a chemical hand warmer inside.  They wear like iron.  Hoser 

[Pappy!]

Well, I have a pair of the Pinnacles coming...will see how they do. Price was right for sure.

[kiwi#9582]

Florida boy here!
No fairing on my standard.
When the temperature gets down into the 40s and 50s I still like to ride but my hands freeze after a while. I cannot justify heated gloves or grips.
Whats a good glove to wear?

After MANY tries and brands... the BEST in Texas is SERIUS NEOFLEECE.  Keep the wind ou and keeps hands warm.

[Pappy!]

Thanks for the info on the NEOFLEECE but.........there are a ton of different ones. Can you narrow it down and are they windproof as well?

[kiwi#9582]

Did not know there was more than one Neofleece.... thought it was one of the Serious names.  Mine IS water and wind resistant.  It also comes with incerts that you can add those chemical warmers.

[Hooter]

Living and riding in the Panhandle, it do get cold here. 

LMAO!!   

[kiwi#9582]

Living and riding in the Panhandle, it do get cold here. 

LMAO!!   

i REMEMBER RIDING TO bIKE wEEK A FEW YEARS AGO AND WISHING i HAD THESE GLOVES!!!!!

[BF]

Living and riding in the Panhandle, it do get cold here. 

LMAO!!   

Yeah, I just made that up.  'Cause everyone knows it's always 90 degrees and humid year 'round here. 

The white stuff is really dandruff.   Can't fool you guys. 

[Willow]

Yeah, I just made that up.  'Cause everyone knows it's always 90 degrees and humid year 'round here. 

The white stuff is really dandruff.   Can't fool you guys. 

Don't mean to disrespect you, BF.  I've great respect for you as a person.

However, if the picture shows snow in the air, but it's not accumulating on the ground, it ain't cold.   

[Paxton]

Look @ these in the Los Angeles' Craiglist... Size medium. 

http://inlandempire.craigslist.org/mpo/4231396844.html

I think they'd be too small for me. 

[Rams]

Mine are made by Vetter. They're called "Hippo Hands..." bar muffs. I purchased them from one of our members. 

I believe Vetter HIPPO HANDS are discontinued.

Most of these may not fit the I/S although I forced mine onto it. No issues on a Standard or Tourer.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Motorcycle-Handlebar-Bar-Muffs-Hand-Covers-NEW-Black-/171176619762?pt=Snowmobile_Parts_Accessories&hash=item27daebeef2&v

I used some of these years ago on a KZ1000 I rode in Colorado,   while they might not have been the most stylish accessory, they certainly did the job.   

[old2soon]

Living and riding in the Panhandle, it do get cold here. 

Now now, Willow, that isn't very polite...the coldest I've ever been was in Mississippi, marching across the flightline in January at Keesler AFB, headed back from class at midnight. Would have never in my wildest dreams think you could freeze in 40-50 degree temps but throw in the wind and high humidity and you're freezing things you don't want freezin.

Lived up north of Chicago for a good portion of my life. At N A S North Island San Diego Ca. I just COULD NOT believe how damn cold it got on the midnight-0400 watch on the flight line there. AND I was a LOT younger then than I am now. And I appreciate all the glove and mitten information here. In the process of looking for mittens for my cold weather riding. RIDE SAFE.