is that a Duro? how do you like it? what front tire? I love the price of the Duro, but hadn't took it serious, as in photos on retailer's sites it looks so flat profile, but on your bike it looks perfectly normal!

Fly Ignitor Pro Heated Gloves

This is my first heated gear. Typically when riding in sub-freezing temperatures I layer up the hands and insert "Hotties" pads into passive cold-weather leather riding gloves. This works to a point, but has a side-effect of too much bulk in the glove and limits flexibility. It also becomes ineffective at -20C plus freeway windchill since I do not use hand deflectors, nor large windscreens.

I have found hand deflectors at -20C + 110 km/h + heated hand grips (which I do not use either) ineffective after 15 to 20 minutes of exposure. In my case, the fingertips suffer first.

So here I am: Cable-less heated gloves (7.4V battery source).


Initial Review:

Source: https://fortnine.ca/en/fly-ignitor-pro-heated-gloves

PROS:
[ul] [li]The assembly and product fit and finish is excellent, ... better than I expected. The palm is leather and the top nice textile. My size (XL) fits as good and slightly more comfortable than my similar designed non-heater cold-weather riding gloves.[/li] [li]With heat off the gloves are about as good as my non-heated Five branded gloves.[/li] [li]Heat on Low: Within a minute I feel heat on top of my hand and around my fingers. For me, it is quite noticeable and I can see myself using this setting often. Its performance and comfort already exceeds my old passive layering ritual.[/li] [li]Heat on Medium: For me, the heat is on! This is very exciting. I cannot wait to test this on-the-road.[/li] [li]Heat on High: For me, this is quite hot. I can't see myself using this setting too often, however, I am glad it is available. Maybe I will need it and just don't know it yet.[/li] [li]When wearing the gloves, I do not notice the battery packs.
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CONS:

At this point, none. The gloves came with a decent storage bag, but I felt it really was not necessary.

Maybe the glove's red LED indicators are bright at night and could be distracting, however, maybe they will also improve visibility to others? Dunno.

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So this is my initial assessment without riding. Electrical durability will also be observed, however, the expectation is it won't fail anytime soon. The heater elements are stainless steel and thus, resistant to flexing wear and tear.

We are starting to see some color

From today's ride











Tomorrow I am riding down to southern Ohio (Portsmouth) to meet up with Mtneers. Should be able to get some more nice color pics I hope.

Saw this sign on the freeway as I was riding back from meeting a buddy for lunch in Jeffersonville Ohio. make me think of Kenny

(East Coast Rally reference lol)




in case you can't see it in the first pic

bcos i was to late with start so nomore sun there it became cloudy on afternoon...but i made 2 classic pass-streets here (sustenpass / klausenpass)...

Cheryl and I were taking a lunch break on our autumn color ride Saturday and saw two ADV bikes with matching seat covers. I didn't realize that they were slip-on covers until I spoke with the bikes' owners. I thought they were either custom seats or some new OEM seat. The covers are a plastic mesh..almost like little springs...that is designed to increase airflow and cushioning. The ADV guys informed me that they bought these covers online for about $25-$30 apiece.

I have never had a big issue with the stock seat, but I did buy a taller seat to improve my leg position. However, my rear end does get hot in the summer and a little sore after 300 miles or so in the saddle. For $30 I figured it was worth a shot.

Haven't ridden with it yet. I am planning to ride about 500 miles on Saturday and another 200 on Sunday. It's supposed to be cool both days so I may not get a fair "seat of the pants" impression, but I'll report back my findings regardless.

It's not bad looking -- I certainly like the look better than a beaded or lambskin pad.

[url=http://www.conecustoms.com]Cone Customs

Bought this on auction today for $43. One of those weird import rebadge jobs from the 70’s, like the Italian built Harley badged bikes. Took me a while to research it as info is quite scarce. Wanna know if anyone else knows the story about these “manufactured in Minnesota” bikes.

https://imgur.com/gallery/s4mGN8J

Can one of the mod's post up what the different rankins/categories are and what it takes in posts to attain them. I've always wondered about that. For instance...I'm in the Forum "High Mileage" category. Now, it just so happens that I literally am in the High Mileage category of Life. However, I think that's just a coincidence for this discussion.

Hey, so I have a vibration issue. I am not sure if it is my bike or my tires or what. If someone lives in the area, could we meet up and would you test out my bike?