I'm thinking of picking up a pair of H/D heated gloves. How are they hooked up? I see they come with a wire that can be run up the sleeve but where would a good power sourse be. I like the idea I saw here about using the spare switch but I'm not sure how to run the wire to it. Also is there a heat adjustment for these or are they an on/off set up? Are there heated gloves that you folks like better than the H/D ones?

 

HD gloves are made by Gerbings. The Gerbings ones are a bit cheaper than the HD labeled ones.

You hook them up buy putting a wiring harness on your battery. The gloves come with a long wire that run down each sleeve and meets in a Y at your waist where you plug it to your harness that you put on the bike. You can get a thermostat to regulate the heat output if you choose or just use an on/off switch.

Here is a good location for the wiring harness on a Touring model.



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I already have a wiring harness set up for the battery tender. I wonder if I could reroute that?.. i'll have to check it out tomorrow. Thanks

 

Most Tender harnesses are a two-way flat plug. Gerbing used to use those, but now uses coaxial plugs. You can buy an adapter from Gerbing or change the plug on either the Tender or gloves so that everything mates together.

 

Be careful using the tender pig tail I think it has a 3 amp fuse and the heated gear uses 15 amp. And I agree Gerbing is the way to go.

 

Gerbing has 2 styles of gloves available. The G3 and the Classic. I heard the G3 is less bulky than the Classic so you may want to try both before you decide...........BG
http://gerbing.com/

 

I went with the heated vest first & love it, I used the HD heated gloves on the way down to Daytona last week, & honestlyreally did not care for them, but each to his own.

 

My finger tips are t he only thing that get cold on me, gotta get some of those gloves.

Iron Horse

 

G3 Gerbing gloves are a super product. Very high quality. I use the switch instead of the thermostat. For me, 45 degrees and below is where I put them on.

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Heated grips,2-way,high and low.Your not hooked to bike with a wire harness.