heated grips
Road Warrior
Joined: Oct 2009
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From: P.E.I. Canada
I'm sure you know, but just a heads up. The new heated grips take a while to heat up, change temp, and cool down. The old setup with almost instant heat had a bad habit of destroying the glue and allowing the grip to come loose. They changed in '14.
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From: SF Bay area
At least on my '15 Limited Low ( which thanks to the cheap *** MOCO DIDN'T COME WITH HEATED GRIPS, doesn't bother me tho) the grips get way hotter with the engine running, and take a while to heat. Maybe you just need to let them warm up.
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Road Warrior
Joined: Sep 2013
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From: ohio
Id make sure if they worked or not, if not, take to the dealer, Mine work great. If you can't feel heat in 5 minutes, they're not working
Tourer
Joined: Mar 2015
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From: Houston, TX
Mine are the same...takes awhile to heat up, but damn they get hot. I think they work great and I've turned them on/off at least 100 times. No issues.
Stellar HDF Member
Joined: Feb 2008
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From: Southern Maryland
Clarification
What I should have said, they worked last year at the top of Bear Tooth Pass, but this year when I tried them, they didn't seem to work, but it was cold and dreary, and I just couldn't feel any heat, even on full. So now I will try them in my basement, w/o gloves to actually see if they get warm. How hot should they get?
Road Warrior
Joined: Sep 2013
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From: ohio
What I should have said, they worked last year at the top of Bear Tooth Pass, but this year when I tried them, they didn't seem to work, but it was cold and dreary, and I just couldn't feel any heat, even on full. So now I will try them in my basement, w/o gloves to actually see if they get warm. How hot should they get?
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From: Rolla
And if you have them set any higher than #2, you should definitely feel them!
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Road Master
Joined: Mar 2015
Posts: 904
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From: Denver Colorado
I don't have heated grips as my "low" did not come with them. Would you guys recommend them over heated gloves? I have read that the grips only hear your palm(which honestly I have never got home and yelled "my palms are freezing") where as the gloves heat your whole hand including your fingers. I have no experience with either.
Road Master
Joined: Jun 2008
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From: Southern Utah, USA
Ha...Two weeks ago I got caught in a frigg'n So.Utah snow storm coming back from the MoCo factory test rides in St. George. The snow was accumulating on I-15, the front of the Limited was PACKED with show and even the ******** were slowing down on the interstate. I had all my heated gear on including gloves. It was VERY nice to have both gloves and grips that day.
Serious miscalculation on my part...not much worries me but my *** was starting to pucker there for a while...but this time of year anything can happen in this country.
Serious miscalculation on my part...not much worries me but my *** was starting to pucker there for a while...but this time of year anything can happen in this country.