Humidity is what kills us down here I used to work on my horse trailer in 2 foot of snow in Ihaho in a tee shirt when I was stationed there. It is whole different kind of cold when it is damp.

Agreed, and we have a damp cold here. Not a dry cold like the mountains.

When the temps get below 35 degrees or so, I put on a pair of Nordic Gear Lectra battery-heated gloves. Each glove take a D cell, which will heat for about 3 hours. I have rechargeable and a charger. $29.95 from Dick's Sporting Goods. They don;t heat through the fingertips, but the heat radiates up from the palms and works just fine for me. On bitter cold days you can either put on a pair of liners or throw on rain overgloves to eliminate all air creeping in through the material. Not much does, though.

http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/product/index.jsp?productId=1836734&cp=1905685&sr=1&origkw=Lectra&kw=lectra&parentPage=search&searchId=24904121853

I had my fingers frostbite years ago and they get cold really easy ever since. I found a pair of thinsulate gauntlets that do a pretty good job and have a rain cover built into a small pouch on the back. What really helps me is a pair of silk glove liners I picked up at Ft. Leavenworth, they seem to almost double the heat holding and cut down on the cold seeping in.

Curt wrote:
I have a Thinslate lined snowmobile glove that are gauntlet style I bought at the dearship. They do OK but after a few miles my hands still get cold and they were around $80. ......

All good info guys.......like Arron's tip about the jacket fitting. What Curt is talking about is exactly what I'm trying to avoid. Spending good $$$ and STILL being cold. I won't ride much below 40......but this time of year here, a 60 degree ride home from work is still going to be 40-ish on the way in at 6:15AM. After suffering through a few of those, you tend to say "screw it" and drive the gas guzzler. Then in the afternoon you hate yourself for it!

The other day, bringing the bike 20 miles to the shop in the mid 30's.......everything else was tolerable - but my fingers (even my face in a half helmet with a neck gator over my nose was doable). They were FROZEN and I had on very good leather ski gloves. I had to stop halfway and get in the girlfriends car to warm up. Without that I couldn't have gone on - they were THAT cold.

I think I'll try Wyvern's suggestion of liners first and see if that makes much of a difference.

I ride until it's -7 C (19 F). At that temp is difficult to do any non-electric solution (which I don't have). I have pair of thinsulate leather gloves with a gauntlet. Even with these my fingertips get cold after 10 min of riding. That's where frequent stops are nice to let you warm your hands on the motor. At 32 F they are good enough to keep my hands warm around town.

After trying many different brands, I believe that any 'naturally' heated glove (body warmth) fails because of the wind .... the heat lose from the wind is too great for you to keep your hands warm. You can get a thicker glove but then it's difficult to work the controls.

Doc

I got some gauntlet gloves from "Fox Leather" for Christmas. They're lined, but still easy to ride with. Great quality and not to expensive. They keep your hands warm down to @40 degrees for about 45 minutes - hour at 50 - 70 mph speeds. I can't complain. Attached the link in case you want to look at the whole line. I have a jacket from them also which is a bit pricey, but can't complain about the quality. Hope it helps a little or gives you a couple of other options. http://www.foxcreekleather.com/mensdeerskin.phtml

My hat's off to you Sir, Im lucky to get out of bed when it's that cold ...........

You can buy thinsulate gauntlet gloves at local farm stores around here for about 12 bucks. It would save alot of money over getting a pair at a dealer. JMO

Great advise '005 Roadstar... you are right on about making sure that the gloves fit over the outer coat otherwise cold air comes in and makes things miserable. I have a pair of long black insulated gloves that I purchased at a Harley rally, and they have a nylon rain mitten enclosed in a small pouch on the top of the glove. that mitten makes al the difference in the world for keeping the cold air from penetrating the glove. But man, trying to get those over the glove and onto the coat is maddening. the cuff fit so tight and trying to get the second one on with a mittened hand was really hard.