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I think the cold hands thing might be made worse by having bars that are raised higher than usual on touring type bikes.
Your circulation will struggle to maintain blood flow to your hands when they are above the level of the heart.
Looks great though... I wonder if that's the origin of looking cool ?
No bike in my garage at the moment and mad keen to get hold of something but don't want to finance anything unless it's an electric bike that will save me hundreds of pounds in fuel on my commute each year.
Used bikes still seem expensive to me.
D'ye mind me asking - what kind of cost are the Keiss jackets and wiring kit ?
Might be taking a week or so in Spain/Portugal by motorcycle next year. I've been invited out by a friend but details aren't available yet so don't know whether I'll be able to go, but I am keen to go.
It would mean taking the Plymouth to Santander ferry and then travelling on the bike from Santander to Marvão, probably via A Coruña, just because I've always wanted to go.
Now, I understand the Spanish have some weird rules for motorcycles, like in-ear comms aren't permitted and any use of a mobile phone is strictly forbidden, even if it's for navigation purposes.
Is that right, and if so, does Portugal have the same rules, or are they different there?
The ban on in-ears will be a serious bummer*, I'll just have to find a way to work around it somehow.
As for motorcycling in Spain and Portugal, is there anything else worth knowing and being aware of before I go, if I go.
* Hearing damage sucks.
There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife
Turns out there is an H in Haych! ~ Sporky
Bit of trading feedback here.
Not much room for stashing a bike, but pretty much indestructible & self restoring too...
And most of my carcass is fine, reckon heated gloves would sort it and don't really need a vest/inner layer. I did think about heated grips Mike but wiring HD bars is a faff, it feeds through the bars, needs 1" so less choice etc.
So I've set watches on some quality gloves going on fleabay, see where they end up. Hopefully will snag a pair to try, and could still go for the heater inner layer if I fancy it.
Thanks bud. Anything particular, other than what I've already noted, that I should be aware of - other than to stay on the right?
There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife
Turns out there is an H in Haych! ~ Sporky
Bit of trading feedback here.
On my bike, I've got a Canbus circuit with an output socket, but it shuts down if you try to draw over 5A through it. So it's good for charging phones and intercoms, but not this. The jacket came with a wiring kit to charge straight from the battery and I have a little socket poking out from under the seat near my groin/inner thigh. I had a relay installed to stop it from being live when the ignition was off but I don't think many people bother. You can get remote controls for your handlebar and so on, but I never bothered with that. The controller sits in the left hand pocket.
I can ride all day in winter as long as the road surfaces permit it. Even turned off, the jacket is warm. I wear base layers in winter, a long-sleeved t-shirt and then the Keis, with my outer jacket on top. I don't use the outer jacket thermal lining or any other layers. Occasionally I think some heated gloves would be nice, but no more than that. Heated grips just don't work with winter gloves, IMHO.
Thank you
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so bloody comfortable ......Diavel are a great compromise ....handle so much better than you would expect despite 30cm on the rear tyre ( although that can be a nuisance on a B road where lorrys have worn a groove into the blacktop and it's hard to get the back out of the rut