Gloves, Gerbings leather, I dont have a fairing and ride 40 minutes to work at 5:00am in southern Michigan. As long as no ice, snow or salt I ride in ,comfortably.

 

Heated gloves.

Indeed, I just bought a pair! HeatecX. My FXR has no fairing so while I can layer up and my core is OK, my hands freeze in low temps.

Hope these things work as advertised!

 

Ditto

 

GLOVES. It's just logic. You can beef up protection in other parts of the body or protect them from cold wind, not the hands.
On the hands you can have only 1 layer, maybe some silk glove liners but not too much or you loose the feeling on handlebars/clutch/gas/front brake.
The chest/legs you can wear several layers and protect with a windshield, but your hands they need to be heated up.

 

This was my order and would do the same again

1.Jacket liner
2.gloves
3.socks
4. outer pants

 

The straw that broke the camals back for me was riding to work in 14* weather and all I had was my summer gloves, wool liners, and welding gloves over that. I had to stop every 10 miles to warm my gloves up on the exhaust pipes! Between barly being able to opperate the clutch from the bulk and the cold I had to do something different. Got a pair of G3's and never had cold hands again!

 

Gloves, then jacket.

 

Being an ice climber, I'm used to my hands being cold. Any good insulated glove will work fine while riding, I believe heated gear isn't needed. I've had good luck in the past just using my skiing or climbing gloves. If it's super cold, I'll stick on the bottom of my wrist. Warms the blood going into the fingers faster than if you follow the directions and stick it on your hand. Much cheaper than heated gloves. The same price will get you 680 of em...that's enough for a long time!

 

Every bike I've had for the last thirteen years has had electric grips so I don't need the gloves. Around 1985 I bought an electric vest and since then have never left home without it. I have an heated jacket liner but it's only used once or twice every few years in extream conditions.

 

I bought the liner first along with a thermostat, planned on getting the gloves but realized they're not needed on a batwing bike. Ride in temps in the upper 30's without an issue with only the liner and a medium weight leather jacket. It adds a month on each end of the riding season here, money well spent.