I'm interested in buying heated gear but want to check some out in the flesh. My local harley dealer and another shop which is is the biggest motorcycle shop around don't sell heated gear. I thought it was a bit unusual that arguably the coldest city in Australia (Canberra) doesn't have anybody that sells heated motorcycle clothes.

So today I had a light bulb moment. I called the local BMW motrad dealership in Canberra as surely they would sell heated clothes. Bloke says to me on the phone, have you got a BMW? I said nup, I've got a harley. He says, well weve got some heated liners but they're BMW brand so they're expensive. I said, don't worry about that, buying harley gear is probably no cheaper and I'm almost used to getting ripped off. He then told me the prices which are about the same as aftermarket gear. But it turns out BMW uses its own propriety "merit" plug, which won't plug into our power plug. I'll look at other aftermarket options that are a direct connection to our bikes.

Gonna be -5 here over night. Last week my car broke down and my not so old timing belt lost some teeth and timing. Pistons have hit the head and the car is in a shop awaiting assessment of the extent of the damage. So far they think the cylinders and pistons are ok. But I'm gonna be riding my bike for a little while.

Two degree's the other morning on way to work i seen a bloke riding a Harley only wearing a open face helmet , shorts , vest and no gloves , lol......

Fuck the cold winter mornings I'm over it and just bought a cheap shit car with 3 months rego to get me through winter.

BMW Canberra only sold a vest and I want a jacket so will probably buy from zarkies too. Just gotta pay a few bills first

Bugger......Could have done with heated gear on the Monash this morning! Brain freeze for 40 Mins!

Just got a bunch of EXO2 gear in (The heat inside), Jacket liner, vests, gloves etc.

Initial testing = bloody fantastic, the full jacket heats arms, upper chest, guts, upper and lower back/kidney area.

Current draw for the jacket as tested 3.7A, plug in the gloves on top of it and total current draw is 4.8A.

I got some controllers as well, inline version with 4 heat settings, and a bike mounted version with 9 heat settings.

Gloves, vests and jacket come with a fused lead which plugs straight onto the battery. The controllers are an optional extra.

Gloves also come with a "Long" Y-Lead, which you thread down each arm to connect to gloves, the other end has coax type plug which plugs into the fused battery lead.

Vest plugs straight into the fused battery lead. If gloves are needed the "Long Y-Lead" is used to connect them to the vest.

Jacket has coax type plugs in a small pocket near the wrist on forearm, gloves plug straight into these.

Manufacturer tells me there is a lifetime warranty on the heating elements which are made from a polymer material called FabRoc.

The rest of the garments material comes with a standard warranty of 1 year.

This stuff can be washed as well.

Like all good things these items are not "Cheap" but seem to work exceptionally well.

bloody hell , i need them today

I was going to buy a full set of heated gear last winter but I'm glad I didn't. I since moved to Darwin and I certainly don't need it here! It's 31 and sweaty here again today....

Haha, I haven't seen anyone riding in face masks yet. China is right though, there are some ugly buggers up here! Thanks god for the back packers......

Well the other day I rode from melb to Canberra. Between Wangaratta and Canberra it was between 3 and 10 and wind chill on the highway would have made it colder. 

That bike behind it is a very unique piece of history. The man that made it famous was Dr Roger Freeth who won Bathurst among other Oz titles on the same bike. He got killed in a rally car in the end

Don't need heated gear, the thermal lining in my jacket works ok with the jumper I wear at work, cool but not freezing but I have never had the liner in my dri rider pants and I only have shorts on underneath with good bike boots. The heated grips do help with hands but finger tips still suffer with wind chill although the ride to work is only 25 to 30 min and most is cruising on one road so I stick the left hand on the rear cylinder to get some heat on the back of my fingers.

This winter I've been using these Windproof Inner Liner Gloves from FinnMoto, Windproof material is located at the outer sections of the hand which blocks the cold wind. Its backed with fleece material to keep your hands warm. They are a bit pricey but work very very well.