Heated grips vs heated gloves
Road Captain
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From: Wichita, KS
Gloves for all the reasons mentioned above. The grips will leave your fingers and the back of your hands cold. Unless of course you live in a "warmer" climate, then the grips would be fine. Oh, and get the vest or jacket too. Gloves plug into the jacket sleeves. No wires except coming out the bottom to the controller.
Mike
Mike
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From: Chicago IL.
I have had them both, living in Illinois, and wanting to ride more than four months, I would not do without the gloves. The grips are ok, but my hands still froze in real cold weather. Just my opinion.
Road Captain
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I've got both. More for redundancy but if we are somewhere it's just that cold then I'm really covered. In the case of the heated gloves though, I have the Firstgear ones because they weren't as bulky as the Gerbing ones for me.
Road Captain
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I have heated grips on both my Dyan and Road Glide. The RG is also wired for heated gloves (and gear).
Grips don't work quite as well as gloves if it really cold, but...much easier and less hassle.
Probably depends on how cold the weather is you plan to ride in. They both really extend the riding season
And no, you aren't a candy *** any more than the car guy with power steering, air, power windows, etc
Grips don't work quite as well as gloves if it really cold, but...much easier and less hassle.
Probably depends on how cold the weather is you plan to ride in. They both really extend the riding season
And no, you aren't a candy *** any more than the car guy with power steering, air, power windows, etc
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From: livingston nj
I had the heated grips, after riding in the rain a few times they shorted out, 1 year warranty on HD heated grips.
I spent a little more $$$ on gerbings heated jacket liner and gloves which are under warranty for LIFE !
the jacket liner lets you be less bundled up when riding.
I spent a little more $$$ on gerbings heated jacket liner and gloves which are under warranty for LIFE !
the jacket liner lets you be less bundled up when riding.
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From: NorNev
I have the heated grips. When they wear out I'll switch to gloves if I replace them with anything.
Grips:
- Ease of operation and really no hassle to use.
- Only good to about 40* for me.
- Only heats the inside of the hand. If you're wearing thicker gloves for the back of your hands the warmth doesn't come through as easy on the grip side.
- Dependablity issues. Mine are still good after two years, however, do a search in the general or touring section and you'll find more info.
- The wiring between the grips goes through the bars. HD recommends not doing internal wiring with heated grips.
Gloves
- Hassle with wiring through jacket.
- Storage to put them if you don't need them later in the day.
Grips:
- Ease of operation and really no hassle to use.
- Only good to about 40* for me.
- Only heats the inside of the hand. If you're wearing thicker gloves for the back of your hands the warmth doesn't come through as easy on the grip side.
- Dependablity issues. Mine are still good after two years, however, do a search in the general or touring section and you'll find more info.
- The wiring between the grips goes through the bars. HD recommends not doing internal wiring with heated grips.
Gloves
- Hassle with wiring through jacket.
- Storage to put them if you don't need them later in the day.
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From: Alabama
Speaking of good deals, I found HD heated gloves on eBay for 49.99 including shipping, they are 185 at the dealer. It was too hard to turn that down.
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