Heated gear

[rboe]

Made sure the outer jacket (First Gear Kilimanjaro) was all buttoned up, heat set to medium (had warmed up to 61) and ditched the glove liners for the ride home. Mucho better. No internal breezes, nice and toasty. Next year I'll add the pants.

I have grip heaters on the Griso (I installed them last year) and while they work (at least the throttle side, clutch side tends to heat the handlebar instead of the grip) and I have to say having a warm glove beats hot grips six ways to Sunday.

Just wish I knew how much current these devices were drawing. When I'm in Minnesota next year I think I'll score on the voltage indicator I posted in another thread on the CB (the Griso has one built in) so I can see how bad things are.
Found wattage details on the Cycle Gear web site:
22 watts for the gloves
83 watts for the jacket liner
46 watts for the pants liner
151 total watts.