Ok, last week it was the heated grips, and they work great, but when riding in near freezing temperatures late at night,the wind blast on the outside of the hands, nullifies the effects of the Heated Grips for the outside of your hand, and they still get wet!
So with this in mind, i got lateral, and decided that MX style wind deflectors might be the go, to complete my mission to have warm hands!
At first it was a nightmare as the established brands such as Acerbis, and Barkbusters really only do stuff that is for MX, and lack suitable mounting brackets to put on a bike such as an FZ6.
Then today i found a solution. Powermadd wind deflectors, they look a bit more suited to a street bike, and come incolours other than bright fluoro. They also sell a mounting kit, that with a bit of manipulation will work properly on the FZ6N.
All i had to do was loosen both my switch blocks, and move them about 10mm away from the hand grips, to give me roo to fit the compact, and well made bracket.
There is little change in the feel at the bars of both levers, as the stock levers are so long! Mirrors were calso not overly affected. Still have good vision from both.
The Wind deflectors are made of a reasonably thick plastic, so dont flap in the breeze.
They took all of 20 minutes to fit, and all that was required was 6mm,8mm, & 10mm sockets & two 8mm wrenches.
So how do they work....brilliantly. I rode the 20km journey home this afternoon in very cold conditrions with driving rain the whole way!
Had my heated grips on, winter gloves, no inners, and of course, the wind deflectors. My hands were toasty warm, & my gloves completely dry (hate soggy gloves).
The Wind blast is nullified completely, and now the heated grips heat my whole hand, seeing as they dont have to compete with a freezing wind blast.
My hands are not just not cold, but warm!
The Wind deflectors cost $49, and the mounitng kit was $29...cheaper than all the other brands too!
As for looks, the jury is out, but it was never about looks at this time of the year, when you ride everyday. If i cant get used to them, i will take comfort in the extra comfort for now, and take them off in the summer. Which should take about 2 minutes. (3 screws on each side, no nuts, all bracket mounts are threaded).
But i sorta think they look ok, could of been worse, when you have seen what else is out there.
The saga is complete...Wolfman now has the warmest hands in the Land! Mission accomplished.
Here's a few pics of how they look, do have pictures of mounting brackets, etc, if anyone is interested.
:rockon:
So with this in mind, i got lateral, and decided that MX style wind deflectors might be the go, to complete my mission to have warm hands!
At first it was a nightmare as the established brands such as Acerbis, and Barkbusters really only do stuff that is for MX, and lack suitable mounting brackets to put on a bike such as an FZ6.
Then today i found a solution. Powermadd wind deflectors, they look a bit more suited to a street bike, and come incolours other than bright fluoro. They also sell a mounting kit, that with a bit of manipulation will work properly on the FZ6N.
All i had to do was loosen both my switch blocks, and move them about 10mm away from the hand grips, to give me roo to fit the compact, and well made bracket.
There is little change in the feel at the bars of both levers, as the stock levers are so long! Mirrors were calso not overly affected. Still have good vision from both.
The Wind deflectors are made of a reasonably thick plastic, so dont flap in the breeze.
They took all of 20 minutes to fit, and all that was required was 6mm,8mm, & 10mm sockets & two 8mm wrenches.
So how do they work....brilliantly. I rode the 20km journey home this afternoon in very cold conditrions with driving rain the whole way!
Had my heated grips on, winter gloves, no inners, and of course, the wind deflectors. My hands were toasty warm, & my gloves completely dry (hate soggy gloves).
The Wind blast is nullified completely, and now the heated grips heat my whole hand, seeing as they dont have to compete with a freezing wind blast.
My hands are not just not cold, but warm!
The Wind deflectors cost $49, and the mounitng kit was $29...cheaper than all the other brands too!
As for looks, the jury is out, but it was never about looks at this time of the year, when you ride everyday. If i cant get used to them, i will take comfort in the extra comfort for now, and take them off in the summer. Which should take about 2 minutes. (3 screws on each side, no nuts, all bracket mounts are threaded).
But i sorta think they look ok, could of been worse, when you have seen what else is out there.
The saga is complete...Wolfman now has the warmest hands in the Land! Mission accomplished.
Here's a few pics of how they look, do have pictures of mounting brackets, etc, if anyone is interested.
:rockon:
