[Jared] sent in his experiment in building his own heated vest for motorcycle riding. He used some of the ever so common enamel coated wire and some surplus teflon tape in place of Teflon coated wire.
As a wise man once told me, there are no fender-benders when riding a motorcycle. Without a steel cage surrounding you, bumpers to absorb incidental blows, seat belts to keep you in place ...