Brief product review: Tourmaster Heated Jacket

[RichD]

It's Maxim Honda, next door (due South in the next parking lot) from Harley Davidson. 

That's where I got mine.   

[Cher]

O.K. so here's a plot twist for you - my jacket controller croaked and the jacket won't function without it.

The jacket came from New Enough so I'll give them a call in the morning.  I do know the controllers are available separately but it will be interesting to see how they want to handle it.

Will keep you posted.

[TresGatos]

I wear my old ski gear underneath. Any pics of these
anyone wired up for this stuff?  Just asking.

[Cher]

Wired up with the jacket or ski gear?

[junior varsity]

neat. i'd like a heated jacket and gloves

[Cher]

O.K. so here's a plot twist for you - my jacket controller croaked and the jacket won't function without it.

The jacket came from New Enough so I'll give them a call in the morning.  I do know the controllers are available separately but it will be interesting to see how they want to handle it.

Will keep you posted.

I called NewEnough (now known as MotorcycleGear.com) this afternoon.  They called Tour Master in California and they're sending me a new jacket controller directly.  Total time on the phone, less than five minutes.  No drama, no costs to me.  Yea.

NewEnough rocks.

[CajunR]

+1  I like those guys. 

[muskrat]

if this shitty weather doesn't improve I'm going to be forced into buying one. 

[Cher]

In my recent exhaustive experiments with motorcycling and frostbite    cold hands are still an issue at sub 30 degress even with a fully operational electric jacket cranked to "BROIL".  Tourmaster, thoughtfully, makes matching electric gloves that plug in neatly to the end of the jacket sleeves that cost about 150 bucks  

So naturally I cheaped-out and went to CycleGear yeasterday and bought a pair glove liners, bigger winter goalie mitts gloves and a balaclava (all the Alpinestar winter gloves were 25 bucks on sale, BTW).

I guess if all that doesn't work, then it's time for some heated grips; pitch the new winter gloves and liners.  Go back to my old single layer gloves (at least I'll still have the Steven Sagal stealth-ninja balaclava...)  Gettin' a mental picture now, are 'ya?  

And if the heated grips don't work, I'm gonna' be totally pissed because for the money I just spent I could have bought the plug-n-play Tourmaster heated gloves.  Yesterday.   

Strange how that always seems to happen...

[caffeinejunkee]

I tried liners and "winter" gloves from Cycle Gear. I fianlly broke down and got the G3 Gerbing's heated gloves last season. Those along with a balaclava and my Joe Rocket Meteor, I'm pretty comfy!

[RichD]

I tried liners and "winter" gloves from Cycle Gear. I fianlly broke down and got the G3 Gerbing's heated gloves last season. Those along with a balaclava and my Joe Rocket Meteor, I'm pretty comfy!

I'm a big fan of the G3 gloves.   

[TresGatos]

Balaclava makes a big difference . Layers ending
with wind protection and GoreTex have done me well.
I don't know sh1t about electric gear except for my
electric blanket. 

[RichD]

...I don't know sh1t about electric gear except for my electric blanket. 

For years I did the same.

If I go back to riding without heated gear, I'm going kicking and screaming. 

[dallas2r]

For years I did the same.

If I go back to riding without heated gear, I'm going kicking and screaming. 

Same here, though I only went a year w/out. The Gerbings was an investment for sure, but one of the best ones I made. I've got the jacket liner and gloves with the dual temp controller. I can go all day in sub-freezing with that combo and though my legs can get a little chilly, my core's warm enough to still be comfortable.

[Mhanis]

I'll go ahead and show my ignorance.................

How can you tell if your bikes electrical system can handle the additional load?