Heated motorcycle gear, piece by piece

Every figure below comes from the product's own page.

Cords and adapters are sold separately unless a row says included. Each garment's page has a wiring table that names what your setup needs.

What to buy first

A good first piece is the core. The jacket liner goes over a T-shirt and under your riding jacket, heats the front, back and collar with ZEPTO fibres, and has hideaway plugs at each cuff for heated gloves or glove liners. The leg chaps also connect to it with no extra wiring. It is the hub of the set. The vest liner heats the same areas with no sleeves and a lower draw; gloves connect through the Snap-on Harness behind the shoulders. Our heated vest vs heated jacket liner guide compares them.

If your hands are what go numb first, start with gloves instead. The Gen-X4 Heated Gloves are drum-dyed leather with an extra-long gauntlet, a PORELLE insert and a rain squeegee on the left thumb for your visor. The Knuckle Armor Heated Gloves add TPU knuckle protection, Primaloft Silver 80g insulation and a cuff made to sit under your jacket sleeve. Prefer your own gloves? The glove liners go underneath (under a waterproof glove, their page recommends). Our heated gloves vs heated glove liners guide compares them.

Heated motorcycle pants: what we sell instead

We do not sell heated motorcycle pants. We sell Gen-X4 Heated Leg Chaps, which heat the front and sides of both legs and part of the groin. They have light thermal insulation, windproof and water-resistant fabric, and elastic and Velcro straps. They are not a base layer: the page says they must not touch your skin. Heated socks or insoles plug into hideaway plugs at the bottom of each leg. Size them a little shorter than your pant size, and go one size down if you will plug socks into them: the page's example is jeans with a 31 or 32 inch inseam, which take the 29 inch chaps.

For feet, the heated socks are extra tall and fit under tall or short boots; the heated insoles have a carbon fibre element across the whole foot and trim with scissors (not for women's sizes under US 7.5 or men's under US 6.5). Our heated insoles vs heated socks guide helps you choose. For a heated motorcycle seat, the Heated Seat Pad straps onto touring, cruiser, adventure and sport bike seats, but not enduro or dirt bike seats or other long rectangular ones; check its dimensions first. Pad or built-in heater? Read our heated seat pad vs seat heater kit guide.

How it all connects on a motorcycle

Our heated clothing FAQ covers the wiring step by step. On a bike, four things matter:

• The battery connection. The Coax Battery Cord goes red to positive and black to negative, with a built-in 15 amp fuse. If your bike already has an SAE lead for a battery maintainer, the SAE to Female Coax Adapter replaces the battery cord. That lead, its connectors and its fuse must all be rated for the combined load of your gear. Never fit a bigger fuse to make it work. Our battery maintainer guide covers the SAE lead itself.
• The controller. The Dual Temperature Controller has two dials for up to four garments, as long as everything together stays under 15 amps; it clips to your belt. The Single Temperature Controller runs up to four garments at one temperature, under 12 amps. Never exceed a controller's garment or amp limit.
• Your bike's charging system. A motorcycle's stator and regulator put out a limited amount of power that varies by model, and the bike's own lights, ignition and accessories use their share first. Confirm in your owner's manual or with your dealer how much spare output your bike has. If your gear draws more than that, the battery can run down while you ride, and output can be lower at idle. Your owner's manual is the place to check.
• Switch off when you stop. Gear wired to the battery keeps drawing with the engine off.

Which pieces suit commuting, touring and late-fall rides

• Commuting: short rides and a bike parked outside all day. A vest liner and gloves (6.0 amps together, from the page figures) are a good base for cold mornings. The ZR9 Cordless Heated Vest needs no wiring: its battery slides into a zippered pocket. See how long heated clothing batteries last.
• Touring: long highway days. A jacket liner on a Dual Temperature Controller with gloves at the cuffs is the base, and the chaps plug into the jacket for colder legs. That trio adds up to 11.9 amps on paper, under the Dual's limit, and your bike's spare output is the real ceiling. It joins two wiring tables (gloves on the jacket, chaps on the jacket), so ask us to confirm it. One owner told us his chaps and jacket kept him comfortable cruising the highway in Northern Ontario.
• Late-fall rides: the full set. Jacket liner, gloves, chaps, and socks or insoles plugged into the chaps. With insoles, the four pieces total 13.3 amps on paper (using the battery manual's 1.4 A for the insoles), under the Dual's 15 amps and at its four-garment limit. Each piece's page shows how it connects, but no single page shows that full set, so ask us to confirm the complete wiring before you buy.

Where to start

• Cold core first: a jacket liner and a Dual Temperature Controller. The jacket page advises the Dual if you might add gloves later.
• Hands and feet only: gloves or glove liners plus socks or insoles on a Dual, with the Coax Battery Cord, the Y-switch-cord for Heated Gloves & Glove Liners and the Y-switch-cord for Heated Socks/Insoles (a common setup, the glove pages say).

You can see every piece in our powersport heated clothing collection, or go straight to heated gloves.

Questions riders ask us

Can I run heated gloves, a jacket, chaps and socks on one circuit?

Each piece's page shows how it connects: gloves into the jacket cuffs, chaps into the jacket, and socks or insoles into the chaps. No single page shows that full set on one circuit, so ask us to confirm the complete wiring first. The total draw must stay within the controller's garment and amp limits (the Dual: four garments, 15 amps). By the page figures, with the battery manual's 1.4 A for socks or insoles, the four pieces come to 13.3 amps. Check your bike's spare output in the owner's manual too.

My bike has an SAE plug for a battery tender. Can my heated gear use it?

Yes, with the SAE to Female Coax Adapter, which takes the place of the Coax Battery Cord. The whole SAE lead, its connectors and its fuse must be rated for the combined load of what you plan to run. Never fit a bigger fuse to make it work.

Will the seat pad get too hot?

Several owners say it gets very hot. Its cord is on or off only, so either switch it as you ride or add a Single Temperature Controller (sold separately) to fine-tune it, as its page suggests.