Heated grips - what do they tell you about the bike?

[Sossige]

Atom said:

Looked at the factory Honda set but they are £150 and feel very fat in diameter, which put me off. Are there any good ones that don't give you fat grips?

I'll measure my existing grips (OE Honda) and then I'll measure the new heated grips. I'll let you know how much fatter they are.

S

[Xenocide]

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These bad boys go under the grips! You can keep your original ones!

[dern]

Sossige said:

What do people think of bikes that have heated grips fitted? Do they scream "this bike is a winter sg" and scare people off, or would people buy on condition regardless?

You can take them off pre-sale if it bothers you.

[toxgobbler]

Got some Oxfords on mine and they're great tried muffs too but they interfered with the steering lock too much, but the heated grips are enough alone.

[Phil Mycock]

I have the bloody expensive Honda ones and they were great right up to the point where the left one packed up. Actually they both packed up as they're wired in series so if one breaks then neither works. I slit the wiring back and found a break, repaired it and all was well. Until the other one failed This time the break was internal and couldn't be fixed.
There's a rebranded Oxford set (Roxter) with push-button controller (very like the Honda unit) that can be had for under £30. As it's almost £40 for one genuine Honda grip I thought I'd buy a set of Roxters and just use the grips on the existing Honda controller. Works fine.
When I'm buying a bike (or car) I'm as interested in what sort of monkey I'm giving my money to as the bike itself and heated grips wouldn't be top of my list of reasons to reject a bike.

[SVS]

sjtscott said:

Total godsend in the Alps in september riding at altitude too.

Snap! I had the same experience.

I too wondered if heater grips would scream "winter shtter" ... especially fitted to a Ducati supersports!! When it came to selling the bike, however, nobody commented on the heated grips. The only thing that counted was the condition of the bike. All that matters is that your bike looks clean, tidy and well cared for. In fact, heated grips may make you look like the sensible sort of owner everyone want to buy from

[ManicMushroom]

true, If I were to be buying a bike and I saw heated grips on it, if the bike was in other wise good condition I would think ''Bonus''

dont have to fit them myself then.


(yes I have heated grips on a 125 :P )

[_g_]

Not a lot of hassle to remove.
Seeing them on a random bike in the street, to me it says "this person actually rides their bike, rather than using it as a status symbol".

[untruth]

They just say 'bonus' to me. It also suggests that the rider has learnt to ride in other conditions aside from just hooning it in hot weather, thus may have been more careful with it.

[Sossige]

Well, got the heated grips fitted. They are a little "chunkier" than the OE grips, but to be honest it's not noticible.

For fact fans, the OE grips had a circumference of 10.5cm, the heated grips a circumference of 11.5cm.

The Honda heated grips look well made and the control unit can be adjusted easily, even when wearing gloves. The dealer did an excellent job of fitting them and the control unit isn't mounted to the handlebars directly, but to the mirror mounts.

They are wired to a switched feed, but are also intelligent and monitor the battery voltage. Useful if the alternator packs up and I don't want the battery to be discharged quickly by the grips.





They seem very good, looking forward to some more miles with them fitted.

Soss

[Hooli]

thats virtually the same place i put my grip controller, easy to find in the dark etc.

[neenaw]

I've got a set of heated grips on my 08 R1 and I think they're great!
I commute on the bike year round and have never been able to find winter gloves that keep my pinkies warm. With the heated grips I'm wearing winter gloves even when it's around about freezing and my hands are reasonably warm.

The grips I've got are made by R & G who do the crash bungs. They're only about £35 a set so well worth a punt.
Another thing a that they aren't massively thick so you still have good feel of the controls.

[ribeye]

i've got the oxford ones on my cbr6 (that also gets tracked) so i'm not sure what that says about it?

it does mean that on cheap winter track days your hands are toasty warm!

[z1000 chick]

I had a set on my hornet, they kept my hands lovely and warm, now have a new set waiting to be fitted to the z1000, by the time we put them on it will be summer!!