cold battery

[montmil]

... I am going to change the subject of this topic to "cold hands". does anyone have a solution to cold hands? Either really warm non-heated gloves, or not super expensive heated gloves? obviously i need some mobility as well.

Start with a pair of silk glove liners. Thinking there may be a few ski shops in your neighborhood. Then start checking the many thermal-insulated leather gloves. Nothing stops the wind as does leather. Gauntlet-style gloves also help keep the cool breeze outta your sleeves.

Doesn't get bitter cold too often in Texas but that's my really cold weather glove usage.

[Luca]

You can put a pair of genuine BMW handguards on the bike, as was done by one of our snow-riding sidecarists.  They are held in place by the mirror stalks.

I think they were from an R100 or something... there is a post a while titled something like "anybody fitted handguards?"

Price was reasonable iirc

[georgesgiralt]

Hello,
I use my R65 to go to wok, summer and winter. Sometimes below 32°F (my limit is when there is snow on the road...)
The only way to have hands still usable is to protect the gloves from getting any air.
So use protectors mounted on the handlebar and insert your gloved hands into them.
Look at German motorcycle accessories like at Louis.de to find what I'm talking about.

[Barry]

I've thought about heated grips but my commute might be too short for them to get properly warmed up.  I get by down to
- 5C with thermal inners and preheating the gloves before I set off.  I make sure my hands are warm too. You can get in trouble fast if your hands are cold right from the start.

[georgesgiralt]

Look at something like that :
http://www.cardy.fr/pages/sl_product.php?id=60491&prod=TUCANO-Universel-avec-stabilisateur
it will protect your gloves from the travel wind preventing them to chill out.
Not nice but very efficient.