Getting a Hot Seat

Phil Tarman

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When the temps get low enough, nothing will generate enough heat except to get behind the fairing and windscreen.
If you don't have heated gear, GET IT!!! I've got a Warm'n'Safe heated jacket and it makes all the difference.
 

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[If you don't have heated gear, GET IT!!!]

I've had a heated vest & heated gloves for eons. At least for me, it helps to extend the riding season one month further into fall/winter and start it a month earlier in the spring. :eek:
 

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Heated gloves allow me to ride year round. If it's above 15 degrees and dry, I take Traveller on my 25 mile commute.

Mike
 

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What kind do you use, Mike? I have two sets of Gerbing gloves and both of them don't heat much in the right hand.

Chris
I have the Tourmaster Synergy leather gloves. Now that you mention it, the right hand glove on my Tourmaster's doesn't seem as warm as the left either. I have checked the resistance on both gloves and they are nearly equal..... a puzzlement.... perhaps the right hand is subject to more airflow?

Mike
 

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After the Y or T-junction, is the wire to the right side much longer than the wire to the left?
 

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[...the length of wire going to the right glove is the culprit. It is several feet longer...]

DC can suffer voltage drop unlike AC which doesn't seem to care about the wire length. Check each end with a reliable digital voltmeter.
 
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I know this is an old post but I just stumbled on it. I had this same problem and found a solution that fixed it for me. If I wear synthetic skivvies, my rear end feels like it's on fire. Cotton skivvies fix the issue, regardless of the air temp.
 

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but in the summer, cotton skivvies do not wick away the moisture and after along day of riding in the heat, you get a severe case of monkey butt. I put a beaded seat cover on Traveller for the summer and the airflow beneath your tush makes a world of difference.

Mike
 
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