Congratulations! I bet you love the bike and that trip sounds like quite a journey. Where are you headed?

MadStad on an F6b is the best pocket of clean air I've ridden in on a bike. And after having finally bought a heated Russell Day Long seat, I'll never own another touring bike without one, if I can help it. It's like others have said, everyone's opinion is different, but those two additions were night and day differences for me. For your feet, you might check out heated insoles. I think the set I have is from Hotwired and they plug into the heated pants. I've hardly used them, but on the one long below freezing trip I went on, they were a real help. Happy trails!

Jason