Modern Buddy

Has anyone found or made any hand protectors (something like this: http://bit.ly/15HYHWE) that would fit a Buddy? I ride all winter in Massachusetts, and last year it got pretty painful some days, in 20 degree weather. I could keep my core warm, but not my hands, even with the heaviest winter gloves I could find..

Any ideas would be welcome.

Thanks,
Sam

There was some talk around here a few years back of a hand guard that mounted using the mirror stalks, can't remember what they were.....

You have it right, the wind is your biggest enemy in keeping your bits & pieces warm during cold weather riding. I personally use just a simple pair of vinyl or latex exam gloves between the wool liners and leather shells of my heavy Mil-issue style gloves or a pair of heavier rubber gloves over the top of them in wet weather. (You have to remember then to thoroughly let your gloves dry between rides as perspiration will not escape, yes even when cold.)

I ride year-round as well and my hands are my biggest enemy.
It can get so cold it hurts. Bad!
I ended up going with handlebar muffs. It's the only thing that will really keep the cold air off your gloves so they can do their job. Wind deflectors still let the cold air circulate around your hands and my commute is just under an hour. I need some real protection.
I bought my current set of bar muffs from Amazon and needed to modify them to fit just right. I had to cut a slit for the mirror stems and added a little material with a Velcro strap.

I made my first pair from insulated lunch bags and included a window in the front so the DOT turn signal would show through. They weren't the coolest looking things but I already don't care what other people think I look like .
Now, I have the B.O.B. adapter from Voodoo Scooter parts so my deadlights function as blinkers, too. When I need to run the bar muffs, I just check to be sure I have the switch on for the deadlights and I'm good to go.

Heated hunting mitts? R

I use muffs

http://www.hippohands.com/GENUINE%20SCOOTERS.htm

The have specific Genuine models, and they work well enough.

My only problem with them, is if I have to take my hand off of the handle to scratch an itch or fix a mirror, it can be a little difficult to get my hand back in quickly enough.

Tocsik wrote:I made my first pair from insulated lunch bags and included a window in the front so the DOT turn signal would show through.

This lunchbag idea looks like a pretty cool setup. I am curious if the lunch bags create a vacuum and air gets sucked back in at the rear, but it looks like it at least stops wind from the front.

Heavier gloves (like heated hunter gloves, etc.) seem like a good idea, but even waterproof, insulated leather gloves somehow don't keep hands warm. It seems like it takes something else to stop the wind, beyond a pair of gloves.

Hippo Hands worked well for me on a motorcycle, but they cost more than $1.50.

I have this link for DIY muffs. http://obairlann.net/reaper/motorcycle/muffs/

I ride year round, and I had enough cold pain last year. I need to get something before this winter.

I found that my Gerbings Hybrid gloves were not quite good enough on their own on some really cold days. But after I installed my Hot Grips, the combination of heated grips and heated gloves was good enough for even the coldest days I ventured out.

I use the heated grips almost year round, even when I'm not using my heated gloves....on a early spring or fall morning, it's nice to have the heated grips to suppliment my light to medium gloves.

The heated grips run off of the battery, but I run my gloves off of rechargeable batteries that store in the gloves themselves.

Of course, you need to keep your bike on a battery tender at night so your battery has a chance to recover, but I have no problem doing a round trip of 20 miles (10 miles each way), and not charging the bike's battery while at work.