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Motorcycle accessories for cold weather riding provide warm and dry comfort on damp cold days

Desertdawgs.com offers unique products for cold weather motorcycle riding that keep you warm and dry. Inspired by the Minnesota weather conditions, our line of products make the difference between a frozen riding experience and a warm and dry one. Warm and dry equals comfort and enjoyment!

Motorcycle Accessories for Your Feet

Heated Footwear: Boots are you first line of defense, so make sure you have a proper boot that tucks under your pants (short-shafted riding boots leave the ankles to the cold). You can also indulge in heated footwarmers. If you suffer from chronic cold feet, this might be just the solution for you.

Desert Dawgs Rain Guards: Quite possibly the easiest and least costly way to stay warmer and dryer on a motorcycle is by using the Desert Dawgs motorcycle lowers. Their patented design repels rain and cold air out and around your legs and feet - and they are a cinch to remove and store. Hand crafted by American craftsmen here in the USA.

Motorcycle Wind Deflectors: For an even better job of directing air flow (and rain!) away from your legs, get the Desert Digits Wind Deflectors. They can be mounted to virtually any standard engine guard bar, adjusted an unlimited number of ways, and are easy-on, easy-off.

Motorcycle Accessories for your Body and Torso

To extend your riding season, get beyond leather chaps and jackets. For more comfort, use a Heated Vest or Jacket. Make the electric vest or jacket your second layer, over a thin shirt. You want it close to your skin. And by all means buy the heat controller. Thermostatically control your comfort level.

If you really want to challenge the elements, consider a heated seat! A smart idea from the snowmobile market (where they know a thing or two about riding in the cold).

Motorcycle Accessories for your Neck and Head

Neck (yep, this deserves its own category): When it gets down into the 40's, and you're going 70 mph, you don't want ANY skin showing. A neck gaitor or balaclava is just the ticket.

Head: In the rain or cold, there's no getting around the best way to stay warm: a full-faced helmet. You can keep your half-helmet or 'beany' helmet for warmer weather, but make the investment in a full-face helmet too. Our advice: get one with good venting.

For those who argue that their full-face helmet fogs up in the cold, we have a solution for that (and it's less than $20): get yourself an Anti-Fog insert. Problem solved.

Motorcycle Accessories for your Hands and Arms

The obvious answer is riding gloves. What we don't like is the extra bulk that riding gloves add; it can make gripping the controls a dicey prospect at times. There's a better way:

1. Desert Digits. To keep cold air and rain away from your hands, there's nothing better. Desert Digits Hand Protectors can be mounted to any handlebar bar, adjusted an unlimited number of ways, and are easily removable when you're not using them.
   
   
2. Heated grips. We recently made the leap and installed heated grips on our motorcycles. And let me tell you, it is heavenly. The drawbacks? You have to wire them to your battery (that's what took us so long to try them), and they don't protect from rain.
   

"If happiness is a longer riding season, then money can indeed buy happiness." - Gail