Heated grips - what do they tell you about the bike?
Discussion
I'm toying with the idea of getting some heated grips for my Hornet - I've got some handlebar muffs on order with my local shop, but I expect that they will end up being bulky and I'll decide against them.
What do people think of bikes that have heated grips fitted? Do they scream "this bike is a winter s
g" and scare people off, or would people buy on condition regardless?
Do some people dislike having heated grips instead of normal ones, or is it a case of most people would be happy to have them, even if they wouldn't pay for them....?
I'd probably be looking at the Daytona grips - seems every make of grips has something against it, although the Oxford ones are prone to failure from what I've read?
Soss
What do people think of bikes that have heated grips fitted? Do they scream "this bike is a winter s
g" and scare people off, or would people buy on condition regardless?Do some people dislike having heated grips instead of normal ones, or is it a case of most people would be happy to have them, even if they wouldn't pay for them....?
I'd probably be looking at the Daytona grips - seems every make of grips has something against it, although the Oxford ones are prone to failure from what I've read?
Soss
Stu R said:
Normally the first thing you see before noticing the inch of unused rubber at each edge of the tyre. They're for wimps, buy some fingerless gloves and man up 
LOL 
I might try riding with pink marigolds for extra "real man" effect
Can we get back to the topic please?
S
Edited by Sossige on Wednesday 17th December 11:55
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
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
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
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