Winter's on the way and the heated grips are being fitted
Discussion
Chilli, they are not cheap but they will not affect your warranty if fitted by your Yamaha dealer as they are an official Yamaha part.....£250 inc vat fitted. A tad more expensive than the Oxford and Daytona ones but they look and feel no thicker than the normal bar grips where the Oxford and Daytona are visibly thicker.
My fingers were really cold this morning and today was just the first day of the cold weather. Last year my fingers were numb for a good while after getting into work and then on the return journey back home. I thought the heated grips would be a good investment as I'm keeping the R1 until it falls apart and will probably get a BMW K1200R next year or early 2008 as a second bike.
My fingers were really cold this morning and today was just the first day of the cold weather. Last year my fingers were numb for a good while after getting into work and then on the return journey back home. I thought the heated grips would be a good investment as I'm keeping the R1 until it falls apart and will probably get a BMW K1200R next year or early 2008 as a second bike.
I'm thinking about fitting a pair of motocross hand guards on the bike to deflect the wind blast. I considered heated grips but have been told by people who have them that they heat your palms ok but do nothing to alleviate the icy blast experienced by your knuckles.
I did buy some bar muffs last year but they looked so crap and I was concerned that they may interfere with the controls (and that people would take the piss, obviously) that they went back in the shed.
I did buy some bar muffs last year but they looked so crap and I was concerned that they may interfere with the controls (and that people would take the piss, obviously) that they went back in the shed.
fergus said:
momentofmadness said:
? Unless you wear the jacket as a pair of gloves, this doesn't help a pair of cold hands!
Wrong! I knew someone would bite hehe Your fingers get cold cos the body is trying to keep the core warm. Plug in your heated jacket, the core stays warm and so do your extremities
I suffer from Reynauds syndrome (white fingers in the cold!) and the liner really does make the difference 
Heated grips are only tackling the symptom not the problem - more here.
momentofmadness said:
fergus said:
momentofmadness said:
? Unless you wear the jacket as a pair of gloves, this doesn't help a pair of cold hands!
Wrong! I knew someone would bite hehe Your fingers get cold cos the body is trying to keep the core warm. Plug in your heated jacket, the core stays warm and so do your extremities
I suffer from Reynauds syndrome (white fingers in the cold!) and the liner really does make the difference Heated grips are only tackling the symptom not the problem - more here.
all good points, well made. I was only winding you up momentofmadness said:
You'd be much better off with a heated jacket liner such as this.
That seems f*cking expensive for what is basically a thin waistcoat with a wire in it. I suspect that the control is simply a rheostat too and certainly doesn't have any kind of thermostat in it. I suspect that you could probably get by with something like this as it runs off 8 AA batteries which is 12v so all you need to do is rig up a fuse and a reostat and wire it up to the bike (*).
Mark
(*) disclaimer... if you catch fire don't blame me. Take in to account that 8 1.5v batteries probably won't give you 12v and that you bike battery may well give you 13v. Measure the voltage of both and the resistance of the heating wire and work out (V = I x R) what resistor needs to be added to the heating element to result in the same maximum current. Then add your rheostat and fuse and off you go. If you don't understand any of that then don't do it.
Edited by dern on Wednesday 1st November 19:42
fergus said:
momentofmadness said:
fergus said:
momentofmadness said:
? Unless you wear the jacket as a pair of gloves, this doesn't help a pair of cold hands!
Wrong! I knew someone would bite hehe Your fingers get cold cos the body is trying to keep the core warm. Plug in your heated jacket, the core stays warm and so do your extremities
I suffer from Reynauds syndrome (white fingers in the cold!) and the liner really does make the difference Heated grips are only tackling the symptom not the problem - more here.
all good points, well made. I was only winding you up No worries fergus, they really are a good bit of kit if you feel the cold
Dern, yeah they do look a bit overpriced. I bought a USA made Widder liner for £80 - very well made, lurvely and toasty!
Edited by momentofmadness on Wednesday 1st November 19:14
fergus said:
Andy Oh said:
...My fingers were really cold this morning....
soft lad.
These heated grips are the dogs danglies, tested them out on the way home and fingers like toast.....lovely
roll on the harsh mornings commute ....remember I am a southern fairy unlike you northern monkeys 
Edited by Andy Oh on Wednesday 1st November 20:22
Andy Oh said:
I am having a set of Yamaha heated grips fitted to my R1 today. The cold weather last year promptd me to have them fitted as I don't think my fingers could take the sever cold weatehr again this winter. Anyway my fingers are going to be like toast this winter
Total respect to anyone riding all year.
Im sticking to the car in the winter.
My Pan Euro came with heated grips: they worked great until last weekend when the main driver MOSFET went nipples-skyward and flattened the battery overnight.
Thing is, it caused the (brand new) alarm to do some odd things, so I misinterpreted it as an alarm fault and it took me three days to realise it was the grip controller that was fried. Sorted now, cost 80p and 10 mins with a soldering iron
Thing is, it caused the (brand new) alarm to do some odd things, so I misinterpreted it as an alarm fault and it took me three days to realise it was the grip controller that was fried. Sorted now, cost 80p and 10 mins with a soldering iron
Andy Oh said:
My hands were that hot this morning that I had to turn the grips down a couple of steps.....they really are very good 
and I know they weren't cheap but for me it's money well spent as the R1 is now my winter hack
and I know they weren't cheap but for me it's money well spent as the R1 is now my winter hack hacking around on 160 hp
At least your hands will be able to hold the pen when you have to sign the paperwork the BiB will give you for a 170mph ride home down the M**!!!fergus said:
Andy Oh said:
My hands were that hot this morning that I had to turn the grips down a couple of steps.....they really are very good and I know they weren't cheap but for me it's money well spent as the R1 is now my winter hack
and I know they weren't cheap but for me it's money well spent as the R1 is now my winter hack hacking around on 160 hp
At least your hands will be able to hold the pen when you have to sign the paperwork the BiB will give you for a 170mph ride home down the M**!!! Andy Oh said:
My hands were that hot this morning that I had to turn the grips down a couple of steps.....they really are very good and I know they weren't cheap but for me it's money well spent as the R1 is now my winter hack
Are they as thin as you you thought? and I know they weren't cheap but for me it's money well spent as the R1 is now my winter hack The fat grips had always put me off but I found a firm in USA who supply just the heated elements. I intended to put some Renthals over them.
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