working from home

It's great. So far I've read ukrm, connected the cables for my latest
soft bastard kit (1) (2) to the KTM, hooned around on the KTM for
about 100 miles and now fitted a topbox on the BMW ready for next
years stupidity.

My token gesture towards work was to book 2 weeks off over the xmas -
new year break.

(1) Heated gloves and body warmer. The body warmer is fucking hot and
the gloves are best described as pleasantly warm. I only wore a
t-shirt under the body warmer and then a cordura jacket (no winter
lining) over the top so the ride to Germany shouldn't be too miserable
if I add a few more layers.

(2) It's not staying on there, I just wanted to get some miles on the
bike and try the kit out.

 

Ah which make of heated stuff did you go for.
Jolly good idea all the same.

 

I hate being cold on the bike and it'll be a nice change not to end up
with hands so cold I can't undo my crash helmet.

 

Hmm, over my commute on Monday or Tuesday the gloves were described as
"WAY TOO FUCKING HOT" and got unplugged.

Have bought a heat controller which I plan to fit.

Still don't think I'll get too cold once the winter bites. Why didn't I
buy such stuff years ago?

 

I can only guess that this is because you were riding a bike with a
fairing that deflected the wind away whereas I was on the KTM with no
protection at all. I'll be trying them out on the BMW as soon as I get
the leads sorted and I'll report back with my findings.

I rarely ride bikes in the winter these days but I wish I'd had heated
kit when I used to commute on one every day.

 

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk...7b51aa5193db?hl=en&lnk=st&q=#c3fc7b51aa5193db

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk...28c75f581180?hl=en&lnk=st&q=#337f28c75f581180

I suffered in Caithness for years, same riding London-Oxford on a 996. Silly
sods.

 

Steve and I did the tour of the NEC looking at heated kit and decided
that the Gerbing stuff would get the no vote because a) you need to
regulate the temperature yourself and b) it ain't easily washable. The
stuff we ended up with self regulates at 60f and it's machine
washable. It was a couple of quid dearer but that seemed a small price
to pay.

 

Ah both those things would be good. I only happen to have gerbing as GLF
started me off on the gloves.

I quite like being able to ramp the temperature up to Tropical just to get
me moving on a cold morning though then turn it back down.

10th December and no luck finding a cheap BMW sidecar yet though. Difficult
as I need to be able to ride in and drive out to collect it.

 

Turn off the power when you get too hot, I imagine. Rocket science it
is not.

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ON..... OFF...............ON............OFF

 

that's the method i use with my heated grips
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I should have made that bit a bit clearer:

The kit we ended up with is pre-set to rise to 60f and then keep
switching on and off. My elder brother cursed his Gerbing kit because
it just went as hot as it could and stayed there, apparently he ended
up with sore arms after wearing the jacket with only a t-shirt under
it and suffering minor burns. He went out and sorted a temperature
controller immediately after this but it was something he warned me
about.

I liked the Gerbing kit because it has sleeves on it but, in the words
of the sales droid, "I suppose you'll be ok hand washing it" also put
me off. It's not breathable so it's bound to end up stinking after a
while whereas not only is my stuff washable but it's breathable.

Obviously Gerbing has a decent reputation whereas my stuff is a bit
unproven but I've got a receipt and I'll throw the stuff back if it
lets me down.

 

Ooh, is this the corset thread?

 

The stuff that you found too hot: EXO.

We were told you didn't need a regulator but this might be a recent
change after previous users bitched about it.

I didn't bother with buying trousers but the points you mention would
make a major difference if I was buying some.

The choices were quite limited at the show so it was really a case of
picking what I considered good points, comparing prices and then
spending money.

I've got the phone number of the guy who manufactures the EXO kit and
I need to give him a bell when I get time to sort out some extra leads
plus quiz him a bit to make sure the guy who sold us the stuff wasn't
full of shit.

 

I'm considering the new Cordura waterproof which has the element built in.
www.gerbing.com/heat/CEjacket.html
I can have it bought in the States and posted over as a gift so about £220,
which seems reasonable.