Cheap hand guards (sort of)
 

After freezing my hands off on the motorway (-3C), I knew something had to be done. I had the standard Yamaha guards already, very strong but the guards are dinky and certainly no good at keeping the chill off your hands. Sadly my Yamaha dealer is road focussed, so no luck on YZ-WR guards or similar off road Yamaha parts. Gulp, last resort was to go to the KTM dealer (please don't ever remind me). I ended up buying these 2 huge black guards and screwed them over my Yamaha ones. �13 so pretty affordable compared to Bark Busters etc. Not the prettiest job but heck when you're desperate, it calls for desperate measures.
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Yep another solution to the problem. But none round here to see first.

I also bought some Knox inner gloves, so will try the hand guards and double gloves before moving to the more radical fixes like complete muffs and heated gloves. I already had heated grips, but this only heats the inside of your hands, not the tops where the cold hits you. Time will tell how well this solution works. My hacksaw cutting was a bit crude, so may redo the guards if it works.

True but it's not cheap and I'm a miser

http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/...psfosxpyjr.jpg Hey Jacque , these look good value for your cold hands! Steve

Hey Jaques, surely you saw my Muffs at the last XT meet? Tucano Urbano, fit well over Barkbusters and keep all the rain off your hands, allowing the heated grips to do their job. Check out the old (last years) pics.

Cheers SteveD

I certainly remember your muffs. I'm told those are the rolls Royce of muffs. Hope to see some before I make the change. Thanks Steve see you in kent

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Here's an even cheaper alternative. Two plastic bottles, a bit of bubble wrap and some gaffer tape, job's a good'n......
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handle bar muffs
 

Now that's cheap:007: I bet the rider is a Yorkshire man:pjrlaugh_61OD3G:

If it's stupid and it works, then it isn't stupid at all!!
Love it.

Firstly the above design is undoubtedly cheap to amke, but they will fill with water. What is there to stop the plastic bottle getting forced onto the clutch / brake levers? When I park the Ten up I just clip a clothes peg onto the muffs to close up the entrance and stop water ingress..
Thet Tucano ones definately fit over Barkbusters.
The Tucano muffs go half way up my forearm and are furr lined. I use very thin gloves all year around and even take the muffs with me during the summer if there is a chance of rain. They strap onto the bike last thing and are very light. The current ones are about 3 years old and have travelled thousands of miles.:emoticons:
I consider it so much safer to have thin gloves that you can reach all of the controls readily and easily. The thin gloves allow the heat from the heated grips to come through.

You know it makes sense.

Steve
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