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Totally agree on the activity. Sitting on a motorcycle is more like open cockpit aircraft than mountain climbing, there is little warming activity unless you stop to have a stretch.

Heated clothing however I find too unreliable to bet anything more serious than comfort on. I want food and insulation sufficient to survive a breakdown.

The biggest design flaw with motorcycle clothing is the short bomber jacket designs. Race fashion as usual, but the gap at the waist needs sealing. I wear a one piece flying suit under the armoured and waterproof layers.

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The biggest design flaw with motorcycle clothing is the short bomber jacket designs. Race fashion as usual, but the gap at the waist needs sealing. I wear a one piece flying suit under the armoured and waterproof layers.
I also had in mind open cockpit flying - not so much of it around nowadays, but a silk scarf would still work well.
I have thought about using my silk sleeping bag liner as a combined neck scarf and "body wrap" across my chest, especially on one particular occasion of heavy rain, thick mist and near zero viz in the Alps, in July!

The shortie jackets are a pain, but there does seem to be a decent selection of longer styled jackets in this "adventure" market of today.
Personally, I often wear a kidney belt for this very reason, it covers the potential gap very efficiently and it is just one more layer around that area which is very "comforting".
They are not expensive either.

The USA manufactured AeroStitch all-in-one riding suit is an interesting variant for the issue of sealing the gap.
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3/4 riding jackets have been around in force since at least mid to late 1980's.
Very common here in USA and in UK.

Silk is wonderful ... underused and underrated by riders. I love my Silk glove liners and Silk sock liners under my Smart Wool socks. I've not found a Silk Sleeping bag liner but it would be great!

Scarves are good, very romantic, but I prefer a really good wind stopper Balaclava. One that is all encompassing and tucks into top of jacket collar. Very effective.

In the Antarctic we were taught to keep head and neck warm as so much heat loss happens there.

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Silk is wonderful ... underused and underrated by riders. I love my Silk glove liners and Silk sock liners under my Smart Wool socks. I've not found a Silk Sleeping bag liner but it would be great!
I love this one: https://www.decathlon.co.uk/silk-hik...d_8329035.html

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Scarves are good, very romantic, but I prefer a really good wind stopper Balaclava. One that is all encompassing and tucks into top of jacket collar. Very effective.
I prefer a fleece buff, stuffed into the jacket collar and a larger goretex buff on top that goes over the jacket collar so that water won't run into the jacket. Stadler has a nice one, TouraTrinkets does one as well but I think it only fits on their own Companero jackets.
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I bought a moto-specific buff (Rev'it I think, but not certain) and I hated it. didn't keep my neck warm, leaked air, and was uncomfortable in general.

So on one cold day I resorted to using just a regular wool scarf, which I wrap around my neck a few times and then tuck into my jacket. I was surprised at how well it worked at both blocking wind and keeping me warm. Sometimes, old and simple trumps new and engineered.
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