What is your cold weather GEAR?
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09-11-2011, 12:03 AM
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09-11-2011, 12:27 AM
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#13
09-11-2011, 12:28 AM
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I know you guys are going to think I'm nuts, but I have a full set of Swedish military motorcycle canvas. It's a light green Canvaked-canvas shell with sheepskin lining. I smell like a military tent after I take it off. I'd put it on and take pics but I'm afraid some of you older guys would die laughing.
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09-11-2011, 01:48 AM
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Oh jeez, I really shouldn't drink and post. OK, but tomorrow you'd better have a defibrillator handy and take your Warfarin, Cumadin, Digoxin or whatever your cardiologist has you on. Don't say I didn't warn you.
edit: It's supposed to be 95 tomorrow. I may have to have paramedics standing by.
edit: It's supposed to be 95 tomorrow. I may have to have paramedics standing by.
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09-11-2011, 06:35 AM
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09-11-2011, 06:49 AM
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09-11-2011, 06:59 AM
Winters real tough down there in Louisiana, are they? Oh - northern Louisiana (sorry - couldn't resist)
+1 on lined jeans. Way better than long johns for some reason. Not sure if mine are Carthart or not.
I have an Underarmor skintight shirt that I have never actually been able to wear because when I stop I become instantly overheated and it can't be taken off easily.
I may have to go electric on the gloves this year. 20 years of riding with a fairing and still losing my fingers before anything else. Now I have a little plexiglass screen and my hands are out in the wind.
+1 on lined jeans. Way better than long johns for some reason. Not sure if mine are Carthart or not.
I have an Underarmor skintight shirt that I have never actually been able to wear because when I stop I become instantly overheated and it can't be taken off easily.
I may have to go electric on the gloves this year. 20 years of riding with a fairing and still losing my fingers before anything else. Now I have a little plexiglass screen and my hands are out in the wind.
#20
09-11-2011, 07:25 AM
Layer-up as stated above so many times, with what ever you've accumulated over the years (+1 on the lined jeans), add hand and/or toe warmer patches by Grabber (sold at most hunting/hiking stores as well as on-line), and then put your rain suit over all that. Acting as a wind breaker, the rain suit makes a big difference. The Grabber patches are fairly inexpensive when purchased in multiple packs, and since the packages are flat & small, they go anywhere in your saddlebags/tour pack, and take up almost zero space.