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Old 10-19-2009, 12:38 PM   #21
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Grips are great.....if you have wind protection for your hands...otherwise the outside of your hands are frozen while the insides are hot.

If your'e on a bike where you hands get a lot of wind heated gloves are the way to go.

On the motard the gloves are the where heated grips would just be a tease
Ok this does makes sense.
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Old 10-19-2009, 02:23 PM   #22
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it was 25 this morning with frost on the ground and the back end kept wanting to break free under anything but the most conservative throttle application.

oh, and I hardly ever use the heated grips on the sled so I haven't put any on my bike.

I used the ones on the sled a few times and my hands got warm and then started to sweat and then the outsides got REALLY freakin' cold
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Old 10-19-2009, 02:25 PM   #23
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it was 25 this morning with frost on the ground and the back end kept wanting to break free under anything but the most conservative throttle application.

Thats the reason I don't ride under 30...not out of cold, but out of anticipation of ice. Either by dew or by possible puddle or a sprinkler gone wild..etc
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Old 10-19-2009, 02:38 PM   #24
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Thats the reason I don't ride under 30...not out of cold, but out of anticipation of ice. Either by dew or by possible puddle or a sprinkler gone wild..etc
no sprinklers out at this point
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Old 10-19-2009, 09:50 PM   #25
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Thats the reason I don't ride under 30...not out of cold, but out of anticipation of ice. Either by dew or by possible puddle or a sprinkler gone wild..etc
That is why I didn't ride this morning.
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Old 10-26-2009, 05:11 PM   #26
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I bet it wasn't 40* when I left this morning. Legs and ankles were a little cold, but not bad. Damn broken Jeep, forced me to take bike.
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