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I would like to find gloves that have a fair amount of padding on the tops of the hands for warmth from the wind, but that have thin padding on the palms so that the heat from the heated grips can come through.
Are there any out there like this?
What gloves do you all use for "cooler" weather riding.

ken k

I've found that the BMW summer rain glovers are perfectly adequate for weather down to the 40's (F) with heated grips and down into the 20's with handguards.

I actually think the GS handguards make a bigger difference in keeping the digits warm than the heated grips do. With the handguards I don't havbe to use the "HIGH" setting as often.

motorcyclepanzer wrote:I've found that the BMW summer rain glovers are perfectly adequate for weather down to the 40's (F) with heated grips and down into the 20's with handguards.

I actually think the GS handguards make a bigger difference in keeping the digits warm than the heated grips do. With the handguards I don't havbe to use the "HIGH" setting as often.

As an added bonus, they're on sale at A&S BMW.

Here's my solution to improving things even further.

You can spend $100 and buy a touratech add-on guard, but this works just as well. It's automotive 'pinchweld' moulding.

It increases the top lip of the GS guards and stops the (usually cold) airflow from curling over the guards and onto the back of your gloves.

Also helps keep rain off by directing water elsewhere. Sorry for the dirty bike, but I've been up in the mountains today and it was damned cold and raining! I've got to get a life!

This is the front view. I carried it as far inboard as I could to close the weather gap.


Also extended it all the way outboard. Gives plenty of protection and you can see the shape of the pinchweld. Bottom 'clips' over the plastic lip of the handguard, and the top has a slight aerofoil shape to direct air and water up and to the sides.


Last shot shows full head-on. Works for me. Functional, and looks ok when the bike is clean!

I have a couple of pair of BMW gloves, and I find them a very good fit.
1 pair of winter ones, and a pair of GS gloves that I use for the summer.
It hasnt been cold enough here yet to turn the grips on.
I too have the GS hand guards, and think they are a very good investement.
I need to add some pinchweld to mine I think.

I've heard a lot about "Phase-change" gloves and how they somehow circulate heat from one side of the glove to the other to regulate temperature. In other words, they are supposed to help keep your hands cool when it's hot out, and warm when it's cold out. Like a wonder glove. I'd have to see it to believe it.

A buddy of mine bought a pair a few years ago then stopped riding (no, he didn't stop because of the gloves ) but the little he did use them, he said they worked good. I think they have some kind of gel channels in them that circulate heat.

If I find any more details, I'll let you know.

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Here are some links to info about gloves with this technology. They aren't cheap, but if they do the job and last, then it's worth the money spent:
http://www.whitehorsepress.com/product_ ... ts_id=5595
http://www.webbikeworld.com/motorcycle- ... insulated/

I picked up my bike from Service yesterday from work, 45 degrees, windy, and wearing office clothes. My BMW gloves worked well, but after 10 miles I was dreaming of this stuff:

I have the glove liners, not sure they make them anymore.
But my dealer has these in a electric display...



But my freezing legs and neck......

Re: gloves for heated grips - I bought the Rev It gloves with the Phase Change material, and while not a miracle worker, I estimate they add 10 degrees (F) to my comfort range. They do seem to circulate the heat to the fingers, my main nitpick with the heated grips. In addition, they provide excellent protection, with good leather and carbon fiber knuckles, much better than a thin summer or rain glove for introducing your hands to the asphalt!

http://store.bobsbmw.com/index.asp?Page ... ProdID=365

The GS handguards work as well and Mixr, thanks for the pics! I was going to spring for the Tourtech lips but will look for the stuff you used. But my handguards are about to come off for the summer anyway!

I use these from Roadgear http://www.roadgear.com/catalog/index.c ... tle=Gloves :





These are the Mulit-Season Adaptive-Tec gloves, with PCM (Phase Change Material) for a lining. Used with GS Handguards and heated grips they work fairly well, up to a point .... I am prone to cold fingers anyway, so nothing short of heated gloves are gonna keep me really warm. These have a pretty broad temperature range; again, used with GS handguards and heated grips on high, I find they work down to about 45 degrees F. Colder than that and I'm looking to swap them out for a pair of old Motoport rain gloves from about 10 years ago - those are flimsy protection, but they sure as stink do work to keep my hands warm. The upper range of the Roadgear gloves is about 75 degrees F. By the time it reaches 80 they are way too stuffy, and I'm swapping them for some vented summer gloves. Apologies to you metric folks, don't know what those temps translate to in Centigrade.

I really like the waterproof riding gloves that I bought last summer. These are good for cool and wintery conditions.

They are made by Dainese, have knuckle armour and a leather palm so the heat is transferred easily by the grips. The 2nd heat setting is too much even when it is really cold, like around 1-2 degrees C (35 Farenheight). You have to back it down to the first setting or let go for a while.

Not cheap, but they are good for about 300 Km in the rain. They feel a bit soggy after that. The shop where I bought them told me that Dainese just started making them last year.

I have always had a problem keeping my fingers warm. The solution for me is the Gerbing heated gloves with the heated grips. I keep the grips in the low position and adjust the gloves with the thermostat. Works like a charm.

+1 Rev'It PCM gloves.
They really do work at disributing the heat from the grips, and they stay dry riding in rain. I've wore them down to 15º with my hands never cold with the heated grips.
I wear them up to 60ºF, after that I change to summer gloves.
Very comfy, quality gloves.

This thread is good reminder...

Bought some winter gloves that, while warm, are too bulky on the grip side. Thought about ripping the seam midway between front & back in order to retain the insulated & waterproof characteristics. The ideal grip side for me would be deer- or goat skin, with good "feel" and little between those heated grips and my cold hands.

Held "Steve" gloves have a great kangaroo leather palm... this would be ideal for palm-side of the envisioned Heated Grips Gloves, but beggars can't be choosers.

Anybody tried this with any success?

Mark
Oregon

To reinterate what Chitown said about the Rev It gloves, I bought them because they did not have that bulky feeling most winter riding gloves have. I too would wear them up to about 50 or 60, except I have an even better feeling pair of Held Steves in the tank bag!

I use the Roadgear deerskin leather gloves from 45-50F and above.

I use my Alpinstar "magic gloves" from 35-55F and whenever it rains. They have a fairly thin amount of insulation.

When it is in the 20s I use my Reusch US Freestyle Ski Team mittens. I have no handguards, and my hands stay warm.

5764

I have a pair of Steve gloves from Held. The palms are kangaroo which is thinner but stronger then cow. I would highly recommend them.

http://www.webbikeworld.com/r2/held-gloves/

When it gets cold and rainy (live in Oregon and ride year round so this is a good amount of time) I put mits on the handlebars and can wear any gloves I want. I put the heat on high when I first start out and then turn it dowo or off after they are heated up. The mits keep the rain off the hand and when you shift etc, the wind does not suck the heat away. With the heat on high, it actually can get too hot and feel like its burning my hand through the gloves. I can ride in a downpour and arrive with dry warm hands.

I have Held Raindrop gloves. These are waterproof with Goretex and Schoeller fabric. They are a good three season glove. I can ride 45 minutes at 50 to 60mph, 40 to 45F, with the heat on in relative comfort. Recomended
My brother in law rides a GS ( hand guards) and he says he doesn't need anything more than goatskin gloves year round.

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