Gerbing Electric Gloves

[Calabash]

I bought these gloves at the IMS show and have not had a chance to connect everything together till the temperature control was mailed to me.

Friday night I connected everything up and it works. It will be cold tomorrow and Sunday so I am going to give them a try.

It took only about 30 minutes to get it all hooked up. My biggest fear is trying to get off the bike when I am still plugged into the bike.... I will write more about them after I give them a try.

Sunday: Went for a 30 mile ride at 24 degrees today with plenty of sun. The gloves kept my hands warm and toasty... I am very pleased with the way these gloves work and the workmanship is very good as well. I would recommend these to anyone wanting warm hands and wanting to ride in warm weather.

[fafcpa]

Be sure you have an extra 15AMP fuse for them.

I love the gloves and while riding they went cold. After tearing the bike apart to see what was wrong, I couldn't figure it out. Well a few days later, decided to check the fuse on the wires coming from the battery. The fuse didn't look blown but sure enough, I replaced it and the gloves worked.

Unfortunatley, snow, sand and cold weather have prevented any riding since New Year's Day. Twenty four degrees would be warm compared to the frigid temps now in area.

Fred

[Calabash]

Thanks Fred for the good advice, I will do that.

[Chench53]

Bill, you'll develop a love relationship with your Gerbings, LOL... I did, they are just grand!

Gerry

[Mer]

I got some for Christmas, but it's been too warm here to even try them out. It was in the 70's here today BTW.http://www.vtxoa.com/forums/images/smiles/pepper1.gif I had a nice ride this afternoon.

I do find all the wires a little bit...cumbersome. I'm sure it is well worth all the wire mess when it is cold though.http://www.twtex.com/images/smiles/icon_eek.gif

[Chench53]

Mer, for the glove harness, I put the wires up my sleeves, inbetween the zipout liner of my jacket and the jacket itself, and then plugged into the controller which stay on the jacket's belt. When I ride, the only thing to plug in is the end to the connector coming up from the battery. It keeps it pretty manageable.

Gerry

[Mer]

Mer, for the glove harness, I put the wires up my sleeves, inbetween the zipout liner of my jacket and the jacket itself, and then plugged into the controller which stay on the jacket's belt. When I ride, the only thing to plug in is the end to the connector coming up from the battery. It keeps it pretty manageable.

Gerry
I do have the wires going inbetween the liner and my jacket and that has helped matter, but my main problem (and maybe it's just user error...lol) is hooking the gloves into the plugs. Well...the first glove is no problem, the second one is another story. I've had to get Randy to help me hook it up and tuck everything nice and neat into my sleeve. I'm sure I'll come up with some kind of system if I ever get to wear them. (70's again here today....dang it....lol)

[Cindy]

Mer,

I hook up both of my gloves before I put them on. When I stop for gas I take one glove off to fill up and just let it dangle from the wire. It took me about a season to find out what way worked best for me.

Cindy

[Mer]

Thanks Cindy...I'll try that. What do you do with the extra wire though? (the slack) Do you just let it dangle or tuck it in?

[Cindy]

Mer,

I would just pull the slack out of the bottom of my jacket and let it dangle.

Cindy

[fafcpa]

Controller is velcroed to my tank near the seat.

Wire from controller to gloves is coiled and tied then looped aroung the speedometer of my Sportster.

Gloves then attached to wires at the speedometer. Length is manageable but sometimes when I lift my arm, glove gets disconnected. Otherwise works fine.

Fred

[Cindy]

Fred,

You don't wear the harness (wires) in your jacket?

Before I got my jacket liner where I can plug the gloves directly in the arms, I had my controller under my seat, wore the harness under my jacket and plugged directly into the plug mounted between my seat and tank.

Cindy

[fafcpa]

Cindy -

I only have the gloves, no jacket liner. This was the easiest way for me to do the wiring rather than going under the tank to the front fork.

Fred

[Cindy]

As long as the gloves work and the hands stay toasty, that's all that matters. Just a warning, you'll be wanting the liner in no time. ;)

Cindy

[fafcpa]

Cindy -

Have a Belstaf jacket bought at the NY IMS show in January '04. With the liner that comes with it, it is nice and warm. I only add a "wrap" for my neck. Silk longjohns under draggin jeans complete my cold weather outfit. Warm as toast for a good hour to hour and a half.

(If the ride is longer than that, I'm not going!)

Fred

[Calabash]

You guys are a lot neater than me... I have the wires poking out underneath the sleeves of my jacket when I am all hooked up. When I am off the bike I have wires dangling everywhere as well. I guess it will take awhile like Cindy said to get everything sorted out with the wiring... the main thing is to keep my hands warm.