Clothing advice please

My best pair of winter gloves are a cheapie set that cost 7 quid from
Lidl... seriously. I only bought them as a spare pair to wear while the
others were drying out or until I could get home and refit the finger
linings, and they've proven themselves to be better at keeping me warm
and dry than anything else I've owned.

My HG Pathans did well, but eventually started leaking after 7 or 8
years and I needed to wear a inner gloves when it got very cold, and
the quite pricey Held ones I bought a couple of years ago have
decorative 'waterproof' membranes that pull out of the glove when you
remove your hands - it takes about an hour to refit the inner lining
every time this happens, which is why I bought the Lidl ones, because
they did this right outside a Lidl shop.

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Lozzo
Versys 650 Tourer, CBR600F-W racebike in the making, TS250C, RD400F
(somewhere)
BMW E46 318iSE (it's a car, not one of those 2-wheeled pieces of shite
they churn out)

 

I'd certainly recommend the EXO2 StormRider Heated Body Warmer.
http://www.exo2.co.uk/exo2.html#stormrider
Worked fantastically well on the Elefantentreffen trip. Always carry it
in the panniers now. There's been a couple of times I've gone for a run
in blazing sunshine and spent a lot longer out to find I'm coming home
in the dark with crystal clear skies and the temperature plummeting.
Stick the body warmer on, plug in and everything is just fine.


Can't quite recommend the EXO2 StormShield Heated Motorcycle Gloves. If
it's dry then no problem but with the snow flurries we had on the
Elefantentreffen trip I had to make sure the glove cuffs where inside
the storm cuffs of my jacket to stop the snow melting and giving me a
nice warm hand bath. The cuffs are quite stiff so it ended up being
quite fiddly to get the power lead inside the storm cuff too. I decided
that I'd get heated grips and Gaucho muffs next time.

 

Forgot to mention - must keep *some* control over costs..

Noted.

 

Plastic tank....

Have hard cases for luggage, thought i'd want to leave those at the
hotel when riding the ring - bumbag idea was just for valuables really.

 

Any recommendations?

 

Maybe a small tailpack then? Try a Kriega US10 or US20, you can strap
it round the pillion pad on your bike and just leave it there. 100%
waterproof and even when fixed to the pillion pad it's still easy to
get into to get kit out.

I've used one of the US20 bags strapped onto the top of a hard pannier
to keep some clothes separate when going on an overnight ferry and
even after being subjected to rain and *very* heavy snow everything
was still dry when I got onboard. The packs are modular and you can
use different sizes together but they're not cheap.

 

Thanks, added to my "to consider" list.

 

Not really. As I said, my Belstaff jacket is 15 years old or so, but you
can't buy that as they've gone down the fashion end of the market.

Held was supposed to be good, winning a RiDE recommendation, but both Adie
& I had problems with Held over-trousers. Adie's leaked & the ankle zip
fucked up on mine.

Currently, I'm using Buffalo over-trousers from ghostbikes.com. Worked well
in an Ardennes downpour but no idea about longevity yet. Nice chunky zip,
which should be better than the thin job on the Held.

You can get a 2 piece Buffalo suit for under £40 from ghostbikes.com or
Hein Gericke do their own for about £50 if you haggle in the shop.

 

Thanks very much, it was the over-trousers brand that I was after.

 

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this might help if you have a Honda dealer nearby
http://ww1.honda.co.uk/20poundvoucher/download/20poundvoucher.pdf

£20 off a £50 spend

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It doesn't have to mean spunking a grand on a Master V suit. But they
will be able to sort out everything you mention above (possibly with the
exception of the bumbag but you can hit ebay for one of those).

For the waterproof suit I have an HG one, about 50 quid, that's
completely waterproof if a bit sweaty. It's a one-piece, which I'd
recommend over a two-piece any day unless you really like having water
creep up your abdomen.

For the undersuit, other people have recommended EDZ, I'll do the same.

 

We've used 2-piece waterproofs for years. We find they're much easier
to get on and off, either piece can be worn on its own, it's much
easier to use the loo than with a one-piece and, despite a fair bit of
riding in torrential rain, neither of us has had a damp abdomen (or a
damp anything else come to that).

Mine are made by Spada, L has Alpinestars trousers and a Spidi top.

Kevin

 

Bering /somethings/ - but I think I've killed them by trying to use the
Armstrong's exhaust to put it on the centre stand...

 

These are brilliant and cheap - Elefant tried and tested - just don't get
too prissy about them being, er, previously issued:
http://www.the-outdoor.co.uk/ishop/853/shopscr549.html