The drop in temperatures does not affect everyone equally.It is not the same to go to work at 8 in the morning in a car with heating than having to wear forty layers to jump on the motorcycle and, less than ten degrees and wind, travel the journey to the workplace.
Winter is not the ideal period of year to go on the motorcycle but sometimes we have no choice.So you have to prepare psychologically to have something cold and try to shelter as well as possible to cushion the unpleasant thermal sensation of driving without body.
The essential thing is to have adequate clothes and equipment.Maya and thermal shirts, technical jackets, driving boots...We must not forget the gloves or, of course, the Sotoclasco or Braga to place under the helmet.The latter if it is comprehensive and completely closed, much better.
You have to take into account the most sensitive points of cold to protect them properly.The hands, feet and neck are the areas that can suffer the most the wind or low temperatures, so protecting will help us stay hot.
Tricks to fight the cold in motorcycle
In addition to the ABC of bikers and adequate technical clothing, there are certain homemade tricks when fighting the cold in motorcycle.The main and more widespread is to use newspaper such as an inner lining, between the skin and the jacket or the sweater, to do the screen and isolates us from the wind.
To give an extra heater to the body if it is excessive cold, the gas tank and the exhaust tube are always hot areas that we can approach (care with the escape and burns) to take some heat.
Finally, applying a layer of moisturizer on the face and hands before placing the gloves and the rest of the protections will create an insulating layer that will prevent the limbs from staying so cold after the trip.
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