I hear you matey. I rode without muffs last winter but sorely missed them as I used to have them on my Vespa. I know they ain’t pretty but I don’t care as they really do make a difference. I have tried heated grips last year and although they take the chill off, they do not come close to the muffs. We are doing our IAM training over the winter and the thought of being on the bike for two hours straight without them is enough to cancel all ORs!
for wind chill get some hand guards there mainly for like offroad and adventure bikes but they stop the wind chill and look better then muffs XD and with headet grips aswell your all set XD
OOOh I love my handlebar muffs, already used them a few times as I leave the house early in the morning and start my shift at 5 and ride a bike for a living so I’m out there rain or shine and wouldn’t be happy freezing my hands off so +1 to the handlebar muffs they are easily removable so I just swap them over to the work bike then back on to mine at the end of the shift…brill
Muffs are so uncool but who cares if it keeps your hands warm. Safety and all that!
I think if i rode all the time through winter for longer than 45 min periods then i would get muffs but as i don’t i’ll stick to heated grips and rukka winter gloves. I might think about the heated gloves as they are meant to be good but they are so damn expensive I think i would probably go the muff route.
They came in at just under £38, are a doddle to fit and we tried them today for the first time and had no problems at all. It takes a little time to get used to using the controls, but nothing major. I chose these particular ones as the cuff is not quite as long as on other ones, so it’s easy to get your hands in and out plus they are made of neoprene, so are 100% water proof and and light.
Check whether they make them for your Trumpet here Tucano Urbano
I can’t vouch for it working yet though! Only bummed around London today, but will put them to the test very soon. It should be alright though, as there is a bendable plastic loop that follows the seam of the glove and is strapped to the handlebar, so fingers crossed and it does the trick. I’ll update the thread as soon as we tested them at high speeds
Actually, they can be mounted more securely by drilling them where the bar end is then using a longer bar end bolt, in a similar style to the tucanos. Then they don’t move.