it wasn't cold riding up to indy! :wtf: I don't think it got below 70.

I had a few electrical goodies on my old ninja, and if I ran ecerything the bike didn't put out enough power.

The most I had going was a radar detector, grips, vest, and charging my gadgets. It was too much for the electrical system, and I wound up having to shut the grips off to run the vest, and vica versa. It wasn't as bad as it sounds because they did stay warm for a while anyway

that would be the only thing stopping me from doing full on touring on a sport bike...

I wonder if you went to an alternator/battery shop if they could make the stator put out more power... like they can for an alternator :idk:

Thanks, I was thinking that maybe with the hippo hands and heated grips I will be fine.

For the chest I can just layer way the hell up.

I hope to have have a gps unit, heated grips and that may be it beyond my HID light.

one thing to REALLY pay attention to is your neck... your neck gets cold YOU GET COLD. you'll be amazed how warm you'll be if you can keep your neck out of the wind and warm.

I have been getting a pretty good idea of this with several of my 30 degree runs around Atlanta I learned the neck part real fast.

I have some glove liners and a face mask I wear under my helmet. I also where long underwear and a turtle neck to deal with the wind.

there's some stuff called cold killers by knox... it's wind proof under lining... they make socks, gloves pants, shirts, onesies...
http://www.planet-knox.com/coldkillers.htm
I'd thought about getting some... may still... but will hold off until my trips up north are closer to reality

Some of Gerbing's gear runs on 7v battery packs. If your concerned about draining the battery on the bike you could always go that route. Some of their shit is fairly expensive though.

http://www.gerbing.com/index.php

Widder.com has been doing heated gear for a long time...The gloves are wireless, which would rock...

But I just went to their site, and the header says thanks for the memories, and you can't click on any of the stuff...So I'm guessing, they wen't out of business :(

I had heated equipment once... turns out it was herpes.