22-01-17, 10:18 PM
(22-01-17, 06:52 PM)fazersharp link Wrote: I have a bit of a problem with bad circulation in my fingers which is the majority of the problem for me.
Yes, my circulation is piss-poor too, even indoors my hands are like ice. I'm very familiar with the agony of thawing out frozen fingers after a ride.
Years ago I tried a set of muffs. That didn't last long. The first day I used them I needed to wipe my visor, the muff neatly peeled the Vee-wipe off my finger and lost it. When I tried to put my hand back the thing had collapsed in the 70 mph breeze and I had an anxious moment bringing the bike to a halt.
It's hard to quantify the effect of heated grips in a scientific way, but I'd estimate mine give an extra 3ºC worth of help… less at high speed and more if just pootling around town. Darrsi's sound a fair bit more powerful.
The handguards extend that up to motorway speeds, I've found last week's temperatures easy to bear: previously 80mph at -2ºC for 25 minutes would have been frostbite territory.