Gerbings or Whidder? Vest or liner? Free Will or Determinism?
K.
Gerbings or Whidder? Vest or liner? Free Will or Determinism?
K.
Gerbing, liner, and Free Will
Ain't no "h" in Widder.Originally Posted by KARLO
That said, I favor a Gerbing liner because my arms get cold too. I've owned several Gerbing products and also had them wire the liner of my FirstGear TKO jacket - they're a first-rate company with excellent products and service.
Widder may be equally good, but I have no experience with them.
Mrs. Howell
See the thread titles "electric heat" a bit further down the page.
Bouncin Bob Malehorn
Treasurer - BMWMOA
Mentor OH
98 K12RS RIP
02 K12RS
03 R1150R Hers
69 H1
Maryanne. Ginger looks like high maintenance.
R1200GS
KTM 625SMC
CRF450 SM
Southern Supermoto #171
I chose Gerbings and have been very happy with the jacket. My longest coldest ride was in February 2004 of air temperature of 19 degrees F sustained speeds of 60 and about three hours.
You may want to check out this thread as well http://www.bmwmoa.org/forum/showthread.php?t=2011
Last edited by BradfordBenn; 11-26-2004 at 07:10 PM. Reason: Added Temperature
-=Brad
It isn't what you ride, it is if you ride
Maryanne for sure.
I have no experience with Widder prooducts so I am not offering an opinion on which is better just what I have.
I have the Gerbing jacket liner and am very pleased. It is light weight and not restrictive. When I need heat it is there in spades. I prefer the liner vs vest to keep my arms warm. If you go with a jacket liner resist the temptation to go larger for perceived comfort. The more form fitting the liner the better heat transfer to your body. If you plan on using heated gloves at some point ensure you get the liner that is wired to plug in the gloves. If I recall there two types of wiring offered.
Pat Lynch
03K1200LTE
On cold days, Maryanne wears a Gerbings liner of her own free will.
Gene Merritt - Ames, IA - BMWMOA#111610 - IBA#21886 - Rounder #26 - Webmeister, Bahnsturmers---- 1986 K100 ---- 2006 K1200GT ---- 2001 F650GSD ----
My Widder vest was OK, but the theory was "If you keep your core warm, your arms will stay warm, too." That just didn't work for me. You can't wear a Gerbing jacket without a rheostat... it gets too hot! The jacket and gloves combination works well on my K1200RS.
Even the AGATT/beemer Gals glowed like madonna space angels -redclfco
It was 29 degrees when I left the house this morning. The Gerbing jacket/liner did a fine job of keeping me warm.
Euelle: Hey, these blow up into funny shapes at all?
Old Timer: Well, no. Unless round is funny...
Rounder Number 60
Maryann has less baggage. The gerbing kept me toasty this morning at 30 degrees.
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