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Re: [ST] Heated gear



Rick,
I purchased ny Gerbing's heated liner some years ago, and wanted to use 
it with my Widder gloves. I had to send my liner back to Gerbing, for 
some sort of wiring change. I was told that they were not compatible.
Give Gerbing's a call.
Ira

Rick & Joyce wrote:

>When I sprung for a Gerbings heated jacket liner at the Seattle
>M/C show, I also picked up a couple of adaptors which I modified
>to plug my 20 yr. old Widder gloves to the Gerbings sleeve-end
>connectors.
>
>Imagine my surprise the next day when the jacket liner didn't
>seem to work.  I kept turning up the heat troller & finally
>started to feel a bit of warmth on my upper body but by this time
>my hands were medium-rare!  I borrowed a friend's Gerbings gloves
>& they seem to heat up to about the same temp as the jacket
>liner, so it would appear that my old Widders must use higher
>resistance wire.  Decision time.
>
>The choices I see are:
>    a) Buy Gerbings gloves (22w draw, $139 + shipping)
>http://www.gerbing.com/Pages/gloves.html  This is the simplest (&
>most costly) solution but I prefer the look & construction of the
>Widder Gloves.
>
>    b) Buy new Widder gloves (20w draw $90 + shipping)
>http://www.widder.com/html/Product/LectricG/index.htm
>
>    c) Buy another heat troller & interrupt the wiring to the
>sleeve-end connectors (likely voiding the jacket liner's
>wararanty) so I can use my old Widders (about $70 + shipping)
>
>I'm not considering heated grips.  I had them on my Trophy & the
>backs of my hands were still cold.
>
>Here's the question.  Any liSTeRS out there have experience using
>recent-production Widder Gloves with a Gerbings jacket liner?  Do
>they heat up at about the same rate?
>
>Any feedback will be appreciated.
>-Rick in Oregon
>'01 Sprint ST
>
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