No more cold hands

[Mark Taylor]

I have always suffered with cold hands (but a warm heart - my wife sez) when riding, even in summer, winter is an absolute nightmare - even with heated grips! - thumbs are the worst coz they're pointing in the airflow. So I invested (all of £12 from fleabay - cheapskate!) in some motocross type hand/brush guards - WOW what an improvement, although they don't make my hands any warmer, they stop the windchill factor and hence make them less cold - if that makes sense??http://Photo0005.jpghttp://Photo0006.jpghttp://Photo0007.jpg
It looks a bit 'lop eared' from the front now, but I'm nice and toasty at 5.30 am on the way to work and that's more important to me.

[utopia]

Yep, it stands to reason that the wind chill is the major factor in cold hands. Heated grips are fighting a losing battle if they're left out in the wind.
I made a custom set of handguards for my bike a couple of years ago, which are QD and can be fitted/removed in two minutes, which helps avoid their ugliness as soon as the weather warms up.
A secondary advantage is that it enables me to wear much thinner gloves, so there's much more 'feel' to the controls.
I'd post a pic, but I don't have a digi camera and my computer skills are crap.