ok, after suggestions from people on how they stay warm when riding in the colder months

this morning I was riding and it was nice and early in the morning ..clear blue skies, sun shining yet freezing bloody cold

my lower legs were frozen by the time I got home ..not even a warm shower helped ..I have long johns but wasnt wearing them, and even thought about how effective they would have been whilst I was riding this morning

so what do people do, apart from not riding at all, to stay warm in the colder months

RKC,

I find a full face helmet makes a lot of difference in the cold as you are not breathing in the cold air. A face mask works the same way but to a lesser degree. But I find with the face mask my glasses fog up so I don't generally use it.

but what about legs KC .. I was using a facemask this morning and that really wasnt the issue

due to the riding position it was more the knees and lower legs ..I had jumper on, leather jacket and vest on and a dry as a bone jacket on ..top half was warmish lol

I travelled about 90 odd k's and by halfway my legs were feeling it, funny thing was the feet didnt feel cold, just the lower legs

but I do understand about the full face tho ... that forehead gap between sunnies and helmet can get cold enough to bring on a headache

Mal,

Was thinking about the granny glide too and the lower fairings, but I love the road king too much to give it up

could always look at getting lower fairings for winter months lol

Last year I got some Thomas Cook waterproof jeans, Made all the difference to cold legs, I got them from Peter stevens but they are available all over the place

Wozza got some too I think so ask him as well, Linky below

thomascookclothing.com.au/index.wsc/index

Cold weather ???

We don't have that problem up here, it got down to 24 last night. Only thing I can suggest is to move further north or ship the bike up here and ride it around suuny queensland on your days off.

if you were cruising the country and don't mind taking you cold feet away from your brakes, tuck your legs in tight on your back pegs

Long Johns

I am a qld born and bred boy lol ...so I know what the weather is like ..lived in Townsville for over 5 years as well ..big green machine

still gets cold once u get used to things tho .. bet u boys currently in qld arent riding in t-shirts during winter hahaha

You lived in Townsville for 5 years? 5 minutes is long enough. I have just moved from Cairns to Tamworth so i am going to find this post very helpful. Its cool here now and its not winter yet.

awww HTFU................big girls.........LMAO....................nah gets cold here too..........i want fleecy jeans.........

long johns and waterproof pants over top of jeans . recently i bought some neat waterprrof pants normally used for bushwalkers. very light weight and so far have never let me down when it rains.

I KNOW !!!, this will sound stupid,buy a pair of flight socks from the chemist, [knee high ] they do come in black !!! work great.

sorry boys . forgot to mention , those food handling gloves under your riding gloves works well to . 

VB x 3 cans and 7oz glass of port warm as toast

Play safe boys and suit up with a hip flask followed but some fleecey jeans, with a cheapo set of yellow plastic rain pants and matching onsumble jacket.

We have only had 3 meters of rain so far this year, doin well. 

 

If all ous fails, drop on on the local grocer and grab some cling wrap and spend 5 minutes and waterproof yourself

is that the feeling/sensation u get wozza when u forget the nappy  hahahaha

its ok, comes with old age, nothing to be ashamed of lol

fly north with ducks or wozzas pants are the go

Snow board pants over your jeans, There waterproof, wind proof and ventilated.I bought mine from Aldi for @$30.00.

Get some more leather mate. I've a pair of leather chaps in my bags all the time while touring. They come out when it's cold. And before anyone starts with the Village People crap ... they work bloody good, especially with long johns under the jeans. Greasy wool socks up to the knees and a jacket which will allow a jumper underneath and silks under my leather riding gloves. Toasty warm. Oh and they're cheaper than full leather trousers and when it gets warm, easy to remove and put back in the bag.