5 (almost) FREE Ways To Turn The Tables On Cold 

In addition to a rain jacket, I carry Hot Hands handwarmers in my bag. They fit in inside my jacket pocket and inside the waistband of your pants in the back. And I also carry a couple of extra velcro straps. I hadn't thought about something to tighten pants legs but these will work for that, too. I saw a guy who put a battery operated heating pad inside his jacket and powered it with as USB connected power bank. Always get good ideas from you. Thanks for posting.

2017 R1200RT....heated grips and seat, Werks Quiet ride windshield, modular helmet, scarve around neck under jacket, hoodie sweater under jacket, jeans, boots, good to go down into the mid 20's F! GREAT bike. Warm hands are a BIG benefit of those grips...heats the blood. Hot coffee...heat up the core and good to ride!

I always found that keeping my ears warm is essencial for having a fun ride. Always carry a buff on the bike, goes under the helmet and helps a lot!

I rode home in two snow storms this winter. Made it just fine on my 1995 xt350.

Excellent tips! Newspapers have saved me on more than one occasion. Great idea on the package material, as well.

I keep a pair of disposable latex exam gloves in my mc primarily for oil and grease jobs or tire changes. Prior to heated grips I would put them on under my riding gloves in a pinch during long hauls in unexpected cold weather.

Great tips! I found in the swing season in the morning I put my 'afternoon' gloves in my jacket for extra insulation along with my Amazon bubble-package. Paper grocery bag works, too.

I've stuffed newspapers in my pants/jacket plenty of times. It's kinda stiffen things up (added body armor 🙃) but keeps the cold at bay and serves as fire starter if needed when you reach your destination.

I just go straight to the nearest pub and sink pints of guinness by the fire until my friends take me home))))

Great info! Enjoying your videos very much.

Great tips! Thanks a lot.

Wow these are all great ideas Thanks

Great tips man! Thanks

I like the umbrella bags idea! They're not free but I like Hippohands to extend the riding season.

That's some good advice. I use layers of long Johns and other stuff, when it's cold, but that could come in handy, on a longer ride, with an unexpected change in drop in temperature. Instead of that last one, though, I recommend what I do, to keep the bottoms of my chaps from flapping in the wind, which will work for the bottoms of your pants, too. Use bandanas that are folded up (from both sides to the middle or you want) to about an inch or so. Then tie those around each ankle. And keep them folded up, after you take them off, for next time. I use mine, anytime that I'm riding. They keep the buttons/snaps from wearing.

I’ve been riding nearly 50 years. CT to Rockies 3 times. To CA another trip. FL, Newfoundland. Certainly encountered exact scenarios as you described. Always made full use of gear brought, but I feel a bit silly that I never thought of newspaper and such. Just always went with keep your head warm and you will survive. Older, so more experienced now with better gear available. With your suggestion tips, I can more easily ride another 50. Thanks

I live near Tchernobyl and I've found a heap of small glowing rods in the dumpster that I use during winter time and when I ride my MC. They stay warm no matter what I do to them. Even if I put them in a freezer they come out just as warm. Strange thing but a lucky find for me.

These are actually great tips, thanks

I ride a Wing do I have a puffer jacket and rain gear in my saddlebags. Heated grips make winter riding easy. 105 degrees today so I'm not worried about getting cold.

Two T-shirts two pairs of blue jeans two socks then a flannel shirt the newspaper is a great idea you can also use beer cartons and then your coat on top and if that don't do it take a break

Wool poly base layer, cotton shirt, wool sweater, well treated wax cotton jacket. Wool poly base layer, PCM lined well treated waxed cotton pants. Wool socks and a water proof boot. Thinsulate or PCM lined long gauntlet leather glove. Good to go high teens/low 20’s. Typically only switch on the heated grips or seat if it has been an hour or more on the road or if riding in shadowed mountain valleys. Keep in mind there is a difference between feeling that it is cold and actually being cold.

I keep velcro straps on my bike for strapping down w/e a long with bungee chords but the velcro straps also double as pant-cuff cut-offs like your elastics but they can be re-used.

The rubber bands are a fine idea, but much better is a pair of gators, such as used by mountaineers. Do it! Get a pair! You'll thank me later. Also, I was staring at your naked neck through this whole video. Get a neck gator! Do it! You'll never ride without one after you've tried it. A pair of gators for your legs, and a neck gator, take up almost no space and weigh almost nothing. And the neck gator can be wetted in hot weather, turning it into an effective cooler. And it keeps bugs from getting down inside your jacket. And you can even pull it up over your head to help keep your scalp warmer.

Ooh i actually got one! If it starts raining saran wrap your shins OUTSIDE of your pants. You can find it at truck stops and walmarts and stuff. Sometimes the local restaurants have some. i have found above my knee doesn't usually get very wet but if the bottoms of my pants stay dry it keeps me much warmer. Also you can throw a heat packet in the toe of each boot and it will help. My St Louis to Omaha at 2:30am ride back from Tampa SUCKED. I was in a denim jacket, jeans and cowboy boots. Temperature dropped below 40°F and it rained on me all the way through Missouri.

We have similar techniques. Couple tweaks I've made: * A hiker's ultra-light windbreaker costs

I bought speaker cover fabric at the Auto Parts once, getting colder and still a 100 miles to go,,,,I cut inserts for the front- inside of both pant legs

Hello The newspaper is a very old trick. My grandpa used this system when he went to work very early morning and with his bicycle. North Italy could be very cold in winter time

👍🏾 go on with your bad self, good tips🍺

I've heard, anti-perspenst spray on your feet, stop feet from sweating, keep dryer.

I carry a piece of Tyvec house wrap in every motorcycle jacket. It folds up practically flat, takes up very little room and saves you from having to find a newspaper. I have cut a hole in the middle of a piece that is just narrower than my shoulders to put my head through and it covers the front and the back. My cousin had an entire jacket made from Tyvec that took up very little room.

Excellent tips! Thank you! The hot coffee bottle is gold!

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Great tips. I'm enjoying your channel neighbor - given the reach of YT I can safely say we're neighbors (Carroll county here). New sub btw.

I guess there's some up North somewhere that this is perfect timing on video on keeping warm Absolutely it is most important to STAY warm instead of trying to get warm I don't think anything under my jacket is going to help block wind, my winter bike is Versys 1000 and it has windshield, plus I just zip up the vents on my textile jacket Like another poster, your neck is bare, I wear breeze thru Russell hoodies under my jacket, the front comes up under my chin and then held there by jacket...... leatherup sells things made for keeping neck from the wind, they even make things that cover from nose down under jacket I've had made for motorcycle winter gloves, they suck, especially suck at the price, some cheap fluffy thinsulate gloves get from Walmart work great.....what they need to make now is thin palm side and insulated backside gloves, specific for heated grips Never considered covering my socks with plastic, should help. My wife made me a pair of stirrups, clip on pant bottom go under boot and clip to other side of pants.....you can buy such things, kinda expensive from leatherup and dealerships, she made mine from a pair of $5(then price) suspenders.... they're great especially if you have forward controls or ride on highway pegs......another thing I've seen on amazon, clips to front of pant bottom then snaps to boot laces(not tried should work) Now the biggest help for staying warm.....a pair of insulated work bibs......way way cheaper than motorcycle specific bibs.......best at Rural King, same thing a little more expensive at Tractor Supply

great tips!

In these days of £2000 rucka suits, it's a long time since I've remembered the newspaper trick. Saying that, it's a long time since I've seen a news paper😂 Don't forget petrol station gloves inside your riding gloves 👍 (In the UK our gas stations provide very thin polythene gloves for handling the diesel pumps)

Panty hose for the lower body. Cheap and easy. Put 'em on in a restroom. You may have stop at a Walmart or the like to get them. Also larger plastic grocery bag. Cut the bottom open and wear it like a shirt under your jacket but on top of your clothes. Or any combo of the aforementioned methods.

There's no feeling on Earth like riding home on winter's evening with a chip supper stuffed down the front of your jacket ☺

There are always the heated gear way, but like you said, sometimes you're caught without. I call this getting back to the basics. Using you're noggin, lol. Remember MacGiver? A little duct tape can save your life. At 70 even I find myself reminding to think about staying warm b4 I get cold. Keep them coming. 👍👍5🏍🙋‍♂️

Mustache, great tips. Black Swan Odysseys

With a proper gore-tex Pro suit, midlayer and thermo underwear, none of these tips are needed unless your driving hours and hours on icy highway 😅 That said, I do have handguards and a small windscreen . And that BMW GS probably also has butt warmer and heated grips 😊

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Ben, you can't ride a motorcycle and read a newspaper at the same time. Oh wait, you say use it as a shield for the torso. Great tip. And your wife will love all that cheap ink she has to launder LOL.

Not relevant, but that is a fantastic mustache 👌🏽

wind block for your hands, you can dig though any garbage and come up with enough plastic to make a sheild. I always have snowmobile gloves on my bike.bike gloves are crap, made to be stylish not warm.

You know a thing or two about a thing or two

Good practical ideas! For not so practical, how about old fashion hot water bottles (doubles as an airbag), tinfoil wrapped baked potatoes (via drive through) and the counterintuitive riding naked - you’ll either be warm after being arrested or feel warmer after getting dressed again . . .

very childish advice, but still fun)))

I used to use a battery heated jacket. It broke and I refuse to drive with these Biden gas prices so I doubled up my jacket and have rode all thru winter. Down to 8 degrees Fahrenheit.

Heated gear!