Handle Bar Muffs

Thought I would 'handle bar' in there to stop the daft comments.... (only joking, do your best)

I am looking at getting some handle bar muffs and was just wondering if other people have them, what they think and roughly how much they were.

I THINK I pretty much made my mind up on some Tucano Urbano ones that attach at the bar ends, and cover the controls and go up the mirror stalk, but would still like your input.

The Oxford ones seem to get a pretty bad write up too

Please, no suggestions of heated grips for two reasons:

• I have heated grips on the BlackBird and they are alright, but all they do is take the edge off a little, they don't heat the outside part of the hand, which is the bit that gets cold
  
• More importantly, this is to go on the 125 for commuting to work, I would like to put some extra lights on and to add heated grips also would be just too much for the chewing gum wrapper wiring, charging system and the 4x AAA's that run the bike    
  

I followed someone on a Burgman 400 a while back - the brake light kept coming on when we went above about 50 because the muffs were being blown back onto the brake levers.

Probably not an issue on the 125 tho'...

Terry Lees might tell you of a low speed muff dive if you ask him nice.

Heated gloves another option albeit a bit more expensive I'd guess.

Cheers
Rosco

That's one reason I like the Tucano ones, I would get the ones that attach at bar end and are semi rigid to stop it being pushed against the levers, plus, I want some universal ones, hopefully I can swap them between the bikes.

I normally ride the little one to the local office but uite often have to travel to other offices, all about 60 miles away so I take the BlackBird for those trips

I looked at heated gloves a few years ago, and decided if I did it would have to be Keiss ones with battery, not 12v ones. That way I could use them across multiple bikes and while walking the dogs but too expensive cos you have to buy the batteries speratley.

I've had a pair for donkey's years now, and although I don't ride in the winter months anymore, they are brilliant when its lashing down. Mine are "mustang" made by a company called Tran sam, don't know whether they still exist, like I said I've had them for ages.

Cheers Tel, I'll Google them up. That little 125 has nothing to shield your hands and they are already getting freezing half way there

I had a pair of kies heated gloves after a few days in wet weather I started to get a tingling in my thumb, the it got worse and it started to cramp the muscles in my hand, turns out I was just getting a constant feed from the battery into my thumb

we ride all winter and they are the best way to keep your hands warm better still with heated grips over plastic guards

I have some universal muffs which strap on to the bars, I modified them by cutting a small hole in the side so I can bolt the bar end weights onto the outside to stop the muffs moving about (preventing them pressing on levers when getting blown about).

I find they work quite well depending on the aerodynamics of your bike. They seemed ok on the thunderace, but I tried them on the pan and my gloves soaked right through! Whereas if I don't use them, my gloves stay relatively dry even when it's lashing. I worked out this was because without the mittens the wind blows up my arms and keeps the rain from running down, whereas the mittens deflected the wind so the rain was able to pour down my arms into my gloves :(

Just something to bear in mind.

Paul