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| | | daz | | Zeus |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 12/05/2009 | | Posts | : | 7,709 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 23 Nov 2015 - 19:56 Post title : Bought one of these today | | | Man, i have looked for something like this forever and this is exactly what i envisioned. Just last week on the way to work at 6 AM there were areas where the cold was bad enough that my helmet's chin strap felt like i had been punched in the throat. So i finally decided to search till i found a leather one because leather is the only thing i find keeps me warm. And i found this dirt cheap and with a coupon code got it for 18 bucks shipped. I bet this will work great. Link
| 2010 Blue/White Thunderbird, "Brutus". 1700 kit, short tors, gutted cat, UNI filter, filter seal off, custom tune. Brutus in his native habitat: Link
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| | | Linkdog | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 10/02/2011 | | Posts | : | 2,950 | | Location | : | Groveland, FL., United States |
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| | Posted : 23 Nov 2015 - 20:08 Post title : Re: Bought one of these today (Re: daz) | | | Looks kind of S&M  I have the Triumph neck tube that I use when it gets into the 30s . Light weight and works good.
| Never drink from a cow with one udder! 2010 1600 Blue&White ( of course ) Long TORS and HP filter.
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| | | daz | | Zeus | | | | Reg. Date | : | 12/05/2009 | | Posts | : | 7,709 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 23 Nov 2015 - 21:36 Post title : Re: Bought one of these today (Re: Linkdog) | | | No matter....as long as it keeps my neck and face from freezing i don't care what it looks like. Now if i get a pair of heated gloves, which i AM considering, i bet i can ride a good 10 degrees colder than my typical limit. With traffic here in L.A. getting worse by the day i wanna ride to work more and more. What used to take me about 17-20 minutes to get home now takes a minimum of 30 and up to 45 and even more on a bad day. On the bike i can knock off 30-50% of that.
| 2010 Blue/White Thunderbird, "Brutus". 1700 kit, short tors, gutted cat, UNI filter, filter seal off, custom tune. Brutus in his native habitat: Link
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| | | davetac1 | | Thunderbird | | | Reg. Date | : | 06/09/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,379 | | Location | : | Haverhill, Ma., United States |
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| | Posted : 23 Nov 2015 - 22:12 Post title : Re: Bought one of these today (Re: daz) | | | I have almost the same thing as you Dale [bought many years ago and still have and use it today in the real cold weather] except,mine goes over my head as well as my face and down to my lower chest area [keeps my ears and head warm too as there's not much on top any more  ] but is made of a cotton material instead of leather.Leather is COLD!! And I'm gettin OLD.And I'm a poet and I know it.
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| | | daz | | Zeus | | | | Reg. Date | : | 12/05/2009 | | Posts | : | 7,709 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 23 Nov 2015 - 22:41 Post title : Re: Bought one of these today (Re: davetac1) | | | Leather is warmer than anything as long as the leather itself doesn't touch your skin and this is fleece lined. I used to use several types of jackets, some very thick and warm but on my bike they would leave me cold. Got a leather one and i was able to ride in far colder weather. Thats because it breaks the wind unlike anything else, but it must be lined so it doesn't touch you. This thing being fleece lined should be great, i have no doubt. But all it really has to do is break the wind because thats what numbs my neck is that wind chill.
| 2010 Blue/White Thunderbird, "Brutus". 1700 kit, short tors, gutted cat, UNI filter, filter seal off, custom tune. Brutus in his native habitat: Link
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| | | davetac1 | | Thunderbird | | | Reg. Date | : | 06/09/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,379 | | Location | : | Haverhill, Ma., United States |
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| | Posted : 23 Nov 2015 - 23:16 Post title : Re: Bought one of these today (Re: daz) | | | Gotcha!! 
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| | | Daycruiser | | Chaac | | | Reg. Date | : | 08/11/2011 | | Posts | : | 704 | | Location | : | Garner, NC, United States |
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| | Posted : 24 Nov 2015 - 10:17 Post title : Re: Bought one of these today (Re: davetac1) | | | I wonder how Cows stay warm in all that leather?  Maybe they're fleeced lined
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| | | daz | | Zeus | | | | Reg. Date | : | 12/05/2009 | | Posts | : | 7,709 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 24 Nov 2015 - 14:42 Post title : Re: Bought one of these today (Re: Daycruiser) | | |
Daycruiser wrote:
I wonder how Cows stay warm in all that leather? Maybe they're fleeced lined |
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Huge doses of antibiotics and hormones. By the way, ya know how to make a hormone?
| 2010 Blue/White Thunderbird, "Brutus". 1700 kit, short tors, gutted cat, UNI filter, filter seal off, custom tune. Brutus in his native habitat: Link
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| | | daz | | Zeus | | | | Reg. Date | : | 12/05/2009 | | Posts | : | 7,709 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 07 Dec 2015 - 14:41 Post title : Re: Bought one of these today (Re: daz) | | | Got a chance to use it for the 1st time today and boy does it work well. My hands were nearly numb yet my neck and face were as warm as my torso. Theres only one problem, and god knows what they were thinking when they did this. But the velcro on the back straps is placed as tho your neck is expected to be a larger diameter than a gorilla's. It's so loose like that it is unusable. However, i had some of that sticky back velcro and just added a strip in back of one side. But just like i thought, leather works fantastic. The fleece lining as i suggested kept the cold leather from touching my skin and on a morning cold enough for my hands to be as cold as i can stand, my neck and face would have normally been so cold they would hurt but instead were so warm it may as well been 15 degrees warmer out. And that bib goes into your jacket seals all wind out extremely well. It literally would give me a 15-20 degree colder window that i can ride within if not for my hands and legs. If you need something like this, i think this is the one to get. Just make sure you get some velcro or relocate the velcro thats there unless you have a neck like a linebacker.
| 2010 Blue/White Thunderbird, "Brutus". 1700 kit, short tors, gutted cat, UNI filter, filter seal off, custom tune. Brutus in his native habitat: Link
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