Just to clarify, the Gerbings jacket I haven't had a chance to try yet. The liner was homemade and under powered in less than 30 degrees. I'm definitely looking forward to riding warmer. I was always secretly jealous of the 40 amp riders. Not any more though, yay.
I did. I had an early Christmas with an offer for the jacket, heated pants liner and troller for 250.00. It was nice timing from a recent price tag of 450.00 to upgrade the alternator.
Didn't you have mirrors bracketed where the oem mirrors are? They enabled you see like a V Strohm mirror.
No, all I have are the blind spot mirrors.
Great. Now my memory is going. Someone, out of our 20k members, put a thin vertical bracket where the oem mirror mounts. I believe they were round mirrors. Being 8 to 10 inches higher enabled them to see over any obstruction they were transporting on their back seat.
Interesting. Having popped over to their website, they don't have a model for the ST, I wouldn't be surprised, because of the shape that a model of another bike would be close enough.
sirepair, looks like they'd work okay, but not near the quality of the original Vetter Hippo Hands of the late 70's-early 80's that are fleeced lined and heavy quality outer shell. I say that, having all
.) Seeing and reading of their history may still be possible on Vetter's web site.....BTW, has worked for me with no gloves and -35F.
How awesome do those look?! How is the visibility in your mirror? What effect does the wind blast, pushing the material on your hand have? I have homemade wind guards and folded a piece of plastic to keep the material from pressing on my hand at higher speeds. Wouldn't mind a slightly different hand guard.
No experience, but it simply pumps air into the vest to add or (let some out) decrease the insulation. Come on guys, homeless people have been stuffing newspapers under their coats (chest area) for a long time. It works - I tried it many years ago. A tad hard to do that in sleeves, but a pile vest under armored clothing and rain gear on top will go a long way to keeping you warm.Anyone have any experience with the First Gear Heat Pump Vest?
Non-electric, but interesting concept.
You need a second bike - any Guzzi will do. Why do you think they put those big hand warmers right down by your knee? Italians are a very smart bunch.
Not sure if my friend invented Hippo Hands, but he was manufacturing them and selling them under than name for years. He is a Guzzi guy (well, Goldwing, too), and lives in Canada. He sold the business last year....
The mirrors are slightly blocked but not completely. I found that pulling them further down on the bars and making the velcro pretty snug limited that to an acceptable level. Absolutely no issues with wind blast. Got up to mid 80s and they never seemed to move.
For $40 these look worth a try. With a Helibar riser mirror functionality should be improved by some degree (unless you already have some kind of riser). When convenient could you post a couple pics or three of these on your ST?
I've got a gen 3 Helibar riser on my bike. Will take some pics later this week when I get her put back together. All the plastic is off so I can change the thermostat and replace fork oil. Only get about an hour a day to work on the bike (job and young kids) so stuff that should take a short time gets spread out over several days...
