I thought I should probably do a short review of the Tucano Urbano Gaucho and Muffs I bought last November, seeing as the first proper snow has begun to fall.
First off the service was good and fast, even though the Gaucho was a special order. The quality of the Tucano kit is very good. I have had Oxford muffs on a previous bike (girlfriend's Bandit) and they felt very cheap in comparison to the TU kit.
Fitting of the gaucho was really quite easy, even though I was working by torchlight, and I got the muffs on shortly after.

Gaucho and muffs fitted-



The materials used are a heavy grade nylon with a pile lining. I like pile linings.

Inside Gaucho, all snuggly buggly-



It was when I went to put the bike away that I hit the first problem. I only have a narrow shed door and getting the Tenere in and out with the wider Renthal bars means you have to thread one end in first and then the other. This is ok with my normal handguards, but with the muffs making the bars wider still it was a real task. Trying to get the bike back out was even harder, with the muffs wanting to snag on the door frame.
So, off came the muffs, and back on went the handguards.

Next day dawned bright and crisp and so the girlfriend and I went off for a little ride about. She found that the gaucho meant she could stuff her hand around me and under it and enjoy some of the snuggly buggly also.

Out and about, notice the red handguards are back-



And so things went on through December. The thing was, I was finding the gaucho actually a bit too warm. Might sound daft but the extra warmth meant I didn't need liners etc in my oversuit, which is fine on the bike, but once off I was getting chilly. Also a bit of green laning soon had me quite sweaty.
I found that on the motorway at 75/80mph the gaucho would catch the wind a bit, though not actually as much as I was expecting. Somewhere similar to having soft luggage fitted I guess, but not as bad as hard luggage feels.
Filling up was reasonably easy to do, with the front edge sliding forward to reveal the fuel cap. The getting on and off the bike was ok as well; there's a strap that loops around the back of your neck that just keeps the gaucho in place on your front. It has a velcro safety loop that means if ever you and the bike part company you aren't attached in any way. It works very well as you forget it's there and then get off the bike and wonder what the velcro sound was, only to look down and see the lanyard there and go "oops".

In the end though it was just a bit overkill really, even with the much longer distances I was commuting, so the gaucho got removed too.
I won't be fitting the muffs back on due to the aforementioned shed issues so if anyone wants to make me an offer, please do. I'm in two minds about the gaucho, so likewise if you fancy trying one let me know.