Heated Jacket Advice

Gamefreak501 · 29 Nov 2016 at 16:12

Hi Everyone,

I'm relatively new to winter riding and know little about heated jackets.

I've seen some Keis equipment labelled as dual power and from what I gather they use power from the motorbike or a battery pack.

How would one of these be wired to the motorbike? Is anyone able to offer advice on Keis versus other heated motorbike gear?

Thanks in advance!

Gamefreak501 · 30 Nov 2016 at 22:42

Thanks for your replies TallPaul_S and unKle, I'm probably going to look a bit more at Gerbing and Keis, Gerbing is priced higher, but I'm reluctant to go for gloves if they only go lukewarm, I think a good full heated liner in a jacket is the best option.

My legs don't seem to suffer as much, it's mainly arms, upper torso and head/neck. Though today I had a scarf and ski hat under my helmet and a t-shirt and jumper, and the wind chill didn't affect me as much.

Gamefreak501 · 30 Nov 2016 at 23:03

Cheers TallPaul_S,

It sounds like I should look at the Gerbing stuff if it's going to get mega hot.

I don't want to take risks with the cold weather as I was getting the beginning stages of hypothermia when I was on my old YBR 125 doing 60mph. Silly really. I had all my gear on to but neglected to wear thermals.

It's a nice heater that engine haha

Gamefreak501 · 1 Dec 2016 at 07:29

Thank you for your replies TallPaul_S and tom_e,

There are a few Gerbing dealers near me that I could take a ride/drive to this coming weekend, so I'm planning to look at the gear then