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Lakeland said:
Are there any decent battery powered heated gloves that could be used for trail riding?
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Gerbing do some, the xr12 are both battery and bike powered but they get expensive when buying the batteries, but they do some battery only powered ones.
russell664 said:
When you sell the VFR hit me up, I'll need a decent commuter bike by then. ;)
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Will do - I've already started looking at cars :o:rolleyes::D but I want to be nice and settled in my new job before doing anything drastic like selling a bike :D
 
-2C this morning. Phone says "feels like -8C".

I can confirm it felt like -8C. I thought my hand was going to shatter in to a millions pieces when I tried to swipe in at Security today :D
 
Started the bike up in the garage, said it was 5°C on the dash 'not too bad' I thought. Rode to the gym as the snow began to fall and the temp dropped to 0°C...

Glad it's only a 6-8 minute ride!
 
I bought Gerbing heated gloves this year (2nd hand from a forum member :) ) and I don't know how my hands have survived winters before. Apart from my being hard as nails of course :p

I was wearing really thick gloves previously, but the finger-tips would still go after 45 minutes or so in low temps. Discomfort I can take but it can get genuinely painful after a while, at its worst. As well, the thicker the glove, the more difficult it is for throttle and clutch control - important when commuter filtering through London.

I was a little late to the club but now I wouldn't want to be without.
 
EVH said:
-2C this morning. Phone says "feels like -8C".

I can confirm it felt like -8C. I thought my hand was going to shatter in to a millions pieces when I tried to swipe in at Security today :D
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-11C and feels like -25C here. The wind chills you to the bone the second you step outside.
 
You pansies. I used to deliver pizzas on a moped in temps down to -15. Snow, ice, unsalted roads, it was absolute torture but we got on with it. The tips were amazing.
 
Kreeeee said:
-11C and feels like -25C here. The wind chills you to the bone the second you step outside.
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My uncle lives in Norway and I've been outside in this weather.. it aint fun! :D

Diddums said:
You pansies. I used to deliver pizzas on a moped in temps down to -15. Snow, ice, unsalted roads, it was absolute torture but we got on with it. The tips were amazing.
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Moped? Ewwww
 
I don't miss the 1290 SDR this time of year for stating the obvious..

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Rossi~ said:
At 25mph? :p
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Only on good parts of our journeys. The rest was 10mph average. The amount of times I ended on my arse was ridiculous, I reckon I've still got a shattered arse bone from it. Here in London most roads are salted, in Hoorn they only did the main ones so as soon as we went off in to a neighbourhood we may as well have been riding to the benny hill theme.
 
Clov!s said:
Has it been confirmed the rider died? :(
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The motorcyclist, a 24-year-old man from Sketty, has life threatening injuries and is being treated at Morriston Hospital for multiple injuries
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Given the length of the road closure, it was my initial thoughts that it must be a fatality but thankfully it seems to be positive.
 
So yesterday I found out that the MT10 has the same/similar crossplane crank engine as the R1, and as mentioned a few times, I have to have an R1 at some point because of that engine and the noise. Also mentioned that I've kinda been looking at naked's recently as i like the look of some of them. Across the board the MT10 seems to get good reviews and of course, sounds lovely.

It's just a shame it's so damn, ******* ugly. :( :( :( It's also a shame they're so new it doesn't look like you can get one for below £7k, whereas CB1000R's, £3k comfortably..
 
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