frozen fingers

[derek1922]

Thanks for all the feedback guys,I may look into electric gloves but would prefer handguards,must be the masochist in me!

[Deleted User 287]

To answer Duane's question, no, I don't think Hippo Hands would fit over the brush guards in their stock configuration.

But Derek, handlebar "muffs", as they have come to be called in the 21st century, are all the rage lately with scooter riders.
Year-rounders have been using them since the early Seventies.
They don't look as cool as brush guards, but when it comes to keeping cold air off of your hands, there is nothing better.

[Major Softie]

Ya, CVA, if you put Hippo Hands on your bike, and then put electric gloves in the Hippo Hands, then you'll probably be golden down to zero Fahrenheit

[khittner1]

If your "masochist's" gear doesn't include an electric vest yet, try one. Keeping your hands out of the breeze seems like the way to keep your hands warm, but adding 40 watts of heat (the power draw from my old Widder vest and similar devices) to your body core will do as much, or more, to keep warming blood flow going to your extremities, including hands and feet. Much less daily wiring hassle than wires run inside your jacket sleeves to e-gloves.

[vanzen]

Hippo hands or other such muff are the proverbial "cat's ass" if you are concerned about keeping your (control operating) fingers at a suitable operating temp without encumbfering them with bulky insulation. Add heated grips - and you'll be asking yourself, ' what the f**k was I thinking.'

[Duane Ausherman]

I have ridden down to 18 F with Hippo Hands and light summer gloves.

[ME 109]

I have ridden down to 18 F with Hippo Hands and light summer gloves.

Lost 6 toes to frosbite tho'
And my mustache snapped off!

[SteveD]

. . . Or, do as a mate of mine did...just leave the oil bottle on the bars for 5 years!

You talk as if that were a bad thing. Why, paint it flat black and it will look, well, not quite as cheap and ugly.

Besides, there is the image of airhead riders as cheap bastards that needs to be maintained.

Ken

No, not a bad thing. He was a cheap prick and because they worked he was happy enough. He used a black bottle, and after he'd peeled the labels off they didn't look out of place.

[bbelk]

A friend on a Honda nighthawk ran into a problem with a hippo hand type product. At about 80 MPH the wind on them disengaged his clutch. He was already holding the brake lever out to keep them from dragging. There may have been something missing on his installation.

[vanzen]

A friend on a Honda nighthawk ran into a problem with a hippo hand type product. At about 80 MPH the wind on them disengaged his clutch. He was already holding the brake lever out to keep them from dragging. There may have been something missing on his installation.

Correct installation is the responsibility of the installer - not the product.
The HH site CLEARLY STATES that a support (such as brush-guards) MUST be used in conjunction with their product on MCs without fairings in order to prevent the scenario described above.
The original Craig Vetter HHs were equipped with a built-in support that was sewn into the outer perimeter of each muff.