Base layer of haley hanson thermals, t-shirt and polar fleece lined jeans, polar fleece sweater, Joe rocket ballistic 5.0 jacket and pants, warm gloves , and ski tube for the neck alpinestar boots with thermal socks for the feet.
I have ridden three hours in snow/sleet in this gear and been warm at the end of ride.

 

UA coldgear on the legs and a Tourmaster heated jacket.
All the rest is my regular gear.

No more issues with getting cold.
(although I think I'm gonna need the aeroskirt thing for my helmet this year to protect my chin from the wind)

 

I have the UA face mask that you can use as a full face / half face / muffler. Might give that a try

 

I leave for work at 6:30 am, about 25 minutes mostly at highway speeds. My XX is down for a crapload of long overdue maintenance so I've been riding the gf's Speed Triple lately (naked bike, for those who aren't familiar with it). Wind protection = zero.

I wear an HJC IS-Max helmet with a dual layer heated visor -- HJC isn't my favourite brand of helmet, but on the plus side they are big in the snowmobile market and have a lot of nice cold-weather accessories. Of course the outlet the visor plugs into is on my Blackbird, but even so the dual layer shield is extremely fog resistant. Without it, I'd have to either wear an anti-fog mask or choose between riding blind or opening the visor enough to admit a high speed stream of freezing air.

Other gear includes my Teknic waterproof boots and Joe Rocket Alter Ego pants (with waterproof liner and vent cover installed). Upper body needs the most help; I wear an extra sweatshirt plus a thin nylon windbreaker under my leather CBR jacket. It's a great jacket, but it's not intended as cold weather gear and the cold air leaking through the zippered vents even when closed gets uncomfortable without the windbreaker. Scorpion Recon gloves complete the ensemble; with the removable liners in place they're quite warm and not too bulky.

This morning it was -7C, the coldest so far this fall. I had to crack the visor to prevent fogging whenever I slowed down to less than 50 kph (fortunately only in the last few miles of the trip) and if I'd been going twice as far I would've really been missing my Bird's heated grips by the end. Still, a bit of decent gear makes even a naked bike surprisingly comfortable in this weather, even with a few blasts up to 150+ on the deserted early morning highway. For short trips, anyway. The Bird's fairing, double-bubble screen, and heated goodies will serve me well until the snow comes for good.

 

Gloves? What can I do to keep my hands warm? I am kinda low in the money department and can't really afford an expensive pair of gloves right now. I am taking my bike to NY in 2 weeks, about 215 mile ride. I know my hands are going to freeze, I need some suggestions on what to do. As for the rest of me, I have under armour cold gear top and bottoms and a good pair of socks. I have a balaclava somewhere, my issue is hands.

I'm kinda fond of my fingers and would like to keep them attached. I know, suck it up and buy good gloves, right? Really can't afford that right now. Bitch of an ex wife and child support kicking my ***. I have a pair of under armour glove liners, but they are not the cold gear type. Would those hot hands hand warmers work? Maybe putting them on the back of my hands between the glove liner and my gloves?

Any ideas?

 

Heated gloves would probably work the best but they're not cheap. I personally use a good pair of ski gloves. My hands still get cold after 1/2 hour or more when riding in sub 40*F temps.

I recently did a marathon ride where I spent many long hours during the night in 30-40*F riding the highways. My right hand was colder than my left because I had to keep it on the throttle the whole time and I could not move it out of the wind. I now have a throttle lock that should help in the future. You can get a fairly inexpensive one for around $25. Also, I've read that glove liners under your outer gloves help insulate your hands a bit more.

Try to do your riding during the day. If the temp is cold the sunlight helps warm you up a little. The same temps during the day will feel much colder at night.

 

I have a pair of under armour glove liners, but the are not meant for cold weather. They are more like, fall gloves that some runners use. I bought them when I worked in the prison. I worked yard and it gets really cold standing outside in 15 degree weather for 3 hours at a time. They helped a little under my leather gloves, but I was also able to get my hands out of the cold, pockets, but I tried riding with them under my riding gloves and they didn't help much.

I guess, I may have to figure something out. Maybe frequent stops to warm up. I don't plan on riding much longer, my bike is going to NY for winter storage at my brothers in 2 weeks, so spending a lot on winter gloves is kinda pointless as I won't even have my bike anyway until spring.

But thanks for your input, RoadiJeff. I may look into the throttle lock. Is it easy to install?

 

The one I recently installed is a ThrottleMeister. It is one of the more expensive models but I wanted a stealth look that doesn't show that I have a throttle lock.

A cheaper throttle lock would be something like the Vista Cruise. The only issue, at least on my bike, is it is designed to be installed on bikes with the throttle tubes that extend downward from the handlebar. You can see the notched tab in the pic. That sits between the throttle cables and the thumb lock ends up backwards if your throttle tubes extend out the top.



If you want to go a really cheap route get some duct tape and some cardboard and make a couple of temporary shields that will block the wind from hitting your hands directly. I've seen things like these that you can buy (Hippo Hands?) but I think you could make something that would work.