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Get a pair of snow ski pants from an outdoor sports store (as a second layer) along with good quality gloves from your local motorcycle dealer. A heavy hoodie under a leather jacket, with a neck gator and helmet and you are good to go ......... if the bike is an R18TC.
I set the seat and grip heat to 3 and was off for a gratifying ride. This TC bike is growing on me.
 
Heated gear helps too. While the Powerlet plug has limited amps, it is convenient to use. I wear a Warm n Safe heated base layer shirt connected to the Powerlet plug. I then have some battery powered heated gloves to augment the heated grips and warm the top of hand exposed to wind.

Wind proof pant base layer and wind proof AeroStich shirt over heated base layer support the body. Wind proof balaclava helps neck and head.

With that setup, I’ve ridden my R18 Classic down to 20F.

My GSA has a proper pigtail, so I can use heated pants, socks and gloves, but the wind protection is closer to an R18TC than my Classic and I have Barkbusters blocking more wind at hands. I have ridden that down to 5F. It could go lower, but it’s rare to get below zero F where I live.

For me, both the R18 Classic and GSA are year round bikes. But as it gets below 20F, the GSA gets the nod. I don’t mind wet weather (rode my S1000R yesterday thru heavy rain at 60F after annual service), and I don’t mind cold. But I don’t combine them. Below 40F and wet, I don’t ride, black ice and bikes are a bad combo.
 
nielsm said:
Heated gear helps too. While the Powerlet plug has limited amps, it is convenient to use. I wear a Warm n Safe heated base layer shirt connected to the Powerlet plug. I then have some battery powered heated gloves to augment the heated grips and warm the top of hand exposed to wind.

Wind proof pant base layer and wind proof AeroStich shirt over heated base layer support the body. Wind proof balaclava helps neck and head.

With that setup, I’ve ridden my R18 Classic down to 20F.

My GSA has a proper pigtail, so I can use heated pants, socks and gloves, but the wind protection is closer to an R18TC than my Classic and I have Barkbusters blocking more wind at hands. I have ridden that down to 5F. It could go lower, but it’s rare to get below zero F where I live.

For me, both the R18 Classic and GSA are year round bikes. But as it gets below 20F, the GSA gets the nod. I don’t mind wet weather (rode my S1000R yesterday thru heavy rain at 60F after annual service), and I don’t mind cold. But I don’t combine them. Below 40F and wet, I don’t ride, black ice and bikes are a bad combo.
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+1 heated gear. Below about 40F, it's much less cumbersome to use a heated jacket liner/glove liners than try and use enough analog gear.
 
So my long ride Sunday Atlanta to New Orleans and back started and ended in mid to low 30s. I wired a coax port for my heated gear direct to the jump start post and it worked great. Prior to that I used the powerlet plug, I can say the gear was not nearly as hot on powerlet vs direct to battery.

For sundays ride I had warm and safe pant liners, w&s 90w jacket liner and forget the brand heated gloves wired to sleeves of jacket. I was warm other than toes when stopped on fwy for accident for 2.5hrs, then I regretted not looking for my heated sock liners as toes were very cold.
 
fastring said:
So my long ride Sunday Atlanta to New Orleans and back started and ended in mid to low 30s. I wired a coax port for my heated gear direct to the jump start post and it worked great. Prior to that I used the powerlet plug, I can say the gear was not nearly as hot on powerlet vs direct to battery.

For sundays ride I had warm and safe pant liners, w&s 90w jacket liner and forget the brand heated gloves wired to sleeves of jacket. I was warm other than toes when stopped on fwy for accident for 2.5hrs, then I regretted not looking for my heated sock liners as toes were very cold.
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Can you share a picture of how you wired it to the jump start post?
 
R12C-R18TC said:
Get a pair of snow ski pants from an outdoor sports store (as a second layer) along with good quality gloves from your local motorcycle dealer. A heavy hoodie under a leather jacket, with a neck gator and helmet and you are good to go ......... if the bike is an R18TC.
I set the seat and grip heat to 3 and was off for a gratifying ride. This TC bike is growing on me.
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How you say? I'll tell ya, YOU DON'T lmao!
 
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