Glove Liners

Went for my first hour+ long ride yesterday. Discovered that what was good for 20minute rides at 40mph into town is not enough for hour rides when I'm hitting 70. Moist, 50 degree air cools you down in a hurry. I need to layer more.

Any suggestions on good glove liners? I was leaning towards a pair of Silk Wool Liners from Wintersilks. Any other suggestions would be appreciated.

This is CA, so I'm not looking for gear for freezing temps (edit: at least for now). Getting down to 40 in the winter is about normal.

My lieutenant has been riding in since last summer (every day). I may check with him. He was riding in textbook blizzard conditions a few weeks back.

In reply to Grtechguy:

Isn't that overkill for CA? Am I allowed to put those on something that isn't a rolling lounge chair? I also will probably get a new bike in a couple months after outgrowing the current 250.

Actually, I'll turn them on in the 50's to take the chill off. Move them to the new bike when the time comes. Those are the exact set I have on this:

In reply to Grtechguy:

Very interesting... price and source?

Grtechguy wrote:

Just noticed the sling set-up. That is awesome! Does she stay attached when you get up and walk around? I can see many wacky hijinks ensuing. Also, your wife must have incredible faith in your abilities.

Lol....it's a 5-point harness that's a pain in the ass, but I suppose I could walk around with a kid strapped, but haven't attempted.
I snap it on once they are seated. My 3 oldest ride all the time. 7,7, and 9.

With the kids on, I do ride much more conservative... only intermittent throttle snaps and no scraping pegs with them on board

For the grips: http://www.hotgrips.com/

or TwistedThrottle / BikeBandit / etc

You can also get some $10 "wrap" style grip from ebay http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Heated-Grips-Grip-Snow-Winter-Cold-ATV-Quad-Motorcycle-Dirt-bike-Snowmobile-/251226064404?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item3a7e3d8614&vxp=mtr

Years ago, I bought some snowmobile glove liners. I think I got them on Canada. They are real thin, synthetic, and look like Michael Jackson's glove. They work great. My best cold weather gloves are down filled mits I bought in Alaska at an outfitters. They look like small boxing gloves. With those and the liners on under them, I'm good for 70 MPH at 15F, at least for the hands.

You guys are well below my temperature range. I use fleece lined ski gloves when I venture out in the 40's. I will wait until the spring rains wash the salt and sand off the roads.

GregWClassic wrote: You guys are well below my temperature range. I use fleece lined ski gloves when I venture out in the 40's. I will wait until the spring rains wash the salt and sand off the roads.

This is CA. No salt on the roads around here. All the sand is on the beaches right now (which are pretty, but too cold and dangerous to swim in). This is getting towards the end of the rainy season. That moist ocean air is really chilling though.

I'm avoiding going out in the 40's, but low 50's with perfectly clear skies is too tempting.

I would bet that the thinner silk glove-liners would be perfect for your location. I am ordering those for riding here when temps get below 55. Silk is pretty good as an insulator.

Even though the temperature is in the low 40's for a couple of days we are still diging out from a 3 ft snow storm.

Liners are great, but wind cutting through defeats them all. Make sure you have a windproof shell over it all.

Grouping fingers together keeps them warmer, so if you can handle a mitten, or even a two finger mitten, consider it.

For the maximum nerdly look (but lots of warmth), consider something like a hippo mit.

Dr. Hess wrote: Years ago, I bought some snowmobile glove liners. I think I got them on Canada. They are real thin, synthetic, and look like Michael Jackson's glove. They work great.

Yeah, where did they go? They were cheap, kinda silver-metallic looking and really worked. They stopped making them I think, so I covet mine despite being over 10 years old

I was out skiing in 5F, windy weather last weekend in a pair of these: http://www.campmor.com/seirus-men-s-all-weather-gloves-original.shtml?source=CI&ci_sku=91804BLKL&ci_gpa=pla&ci_kw={keyword}

They are water and windproof and worked great for about 2hrs of snowy hoonage before I made the mistake of holding onto the lift (5F metal soaks cold right thru to the bone) - at which point I slipped on some mittens over top of them. So... try thin base layer with air gap to windproof mittens and I imagine you get nice toasty fingers for as long as you care to ride.

Are people not necessarily buying "motorcycle" gloves for riding then?

Summer and warmer times, yes. Winter, not as much. In winter I care as much if not more about keeping my hands warm as I do about having knuckle protectors and such. My winter Olympia gloves aren't much more than glorified ski gloves for example.

+1 on heated grips. They let you keep wearing good comfortable spring and summer gloves well in to shoulder season, especially if you have wind protection over your grips. I use elephant ears over my handguards, and with regular winter gloves and heated grips (and a heated jacket with proper layering) my hands are good to about 0*F at 60-65mph on a motorcycle with no fairings or windscreen.