Heated grips?
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From: Vancouver B.C. Canada
I have used heated demon, it heats up the grips and bar not your hands directly, it is good until the temp drops below 50. I have tried the HD and heat demons, no difference, work great in the fall not winter.
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Sure. I run into the teens in the winter and I am already using the Gerbing T5 along with the jacket liner. I plan on replacing my controls and while I was in there install an internal heater but when you guys stated that " more cons than pros about them" I want to know what issues there are with them. Heated bars would be nice to take the edge off when its in the 50's and to assist the gloves in the winter as the palms dont have heating elements in them.
here ill show mine... i run show chrome... i ride well into the single digits, to me it is not so much heating up the hands but also cutting the wind... so i also run hand guards.
i wear leather winter gloves as well..
if you go with a set up like this, you can take apart the stock housing for the control and mount it differently, i drilled a hole in my fairing and ran the temp **** up..
again i know this is not a HD... but i do run heated grips and i ride all year round... and rain and shine... if your looking to ride in colder weather, you may want to think about making a set up for hand guards to make them quick release... they look ugly but man do they help!
i got a set of ATV gaurds... and the mounts where to short
welded in some extensions
then powder and now it clears my controls
this is a good option as well and they come off with just 2 bolts... can be put on in the winter and pulled off for any other time... sorry to side track a bit but there are some cool options out there other than just grips
i wear leather winter gloves as well..
if you go with a set up like this, you can take apart the stock housing for the control and mount it differently, i drilled a hole in my fairing and ran the temp **** up..
again i know this is not a HD... but i do run heated grips and i ride all year round... and rain and shine... if your looking to ride in colder weather, you may want to think about making a set up for hand guards to make them quick release... they look ugly but man do they help!
i got a set of ATV gaurds... and the mounts where to short
welded in some extensions
then powder and now it clears my controls
this is a good option as well and they come off with just 2 bolts... can be put on in the winter and pulled off for any other time... sorry to side track a bit but there are some cool options out there other than just grips
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I read more about the failing over and over again, along with them being of no use when temp are below freezing because by the time the heat gets thru the grips and into your gloves it's mostly gone. Then there the whole limited choice on the kind of grips you can go with. My heated gloves heat both the palm and the outside shell. I have used them in temps of the single digits and my hands never get cold.
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From: Arizona
I use heated gloves and these guys http://www.jpcycles.com/product/760-233 . I put the deflectors on in the Winter and take them off in the Spring. I replaced the plastic bolts and nuts (4) that came with the deflectors with some H-D windshield bolts and nuts.
Last edited by mcwarren; Sep 26, 2012 at 02:32 PM.
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Thanks guys, I thought about the gloves but thinking the grips are harder to lose. 
Actually, at 65 and an arthritic foot, once the temps get so there's ice on the road I quit riding, so I'm thinking grips and insulated gloves will work fine.
I'll take a look at what was suggested, thanks again.
Al
Actually, at 65 and an arthritic foot, once the temps get so there's ice on the road I quit riding, so I'm thinking grips and insulated gloves will work fine.
I'll take a look at what was suggested, thanks again.
Al
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The main thing is once you have heated grips (good adjustable ones) you'll be surprised how often you use them. For instance you may not have the heated gloves packed when riding 70 degrees in a light rain, which can start getting cold after a while. I'm not talking about your hands, but rather just getting chilled overall. When you get chilled your body starts slowing blood flow to your extremities (hands). This doesn't happen when you're holding on to something warm. Doing this (in addition to keeping your hands warm) actually helps keep the rest of your body from getting chilled.
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You're certainly correct, that's one nice thing about heated grips.
The main thing is once you have heated grips (good adjustable ones) you'll be surprised how often you use them. For instance you may not have the heated gloves packed when riding 70 degrees in a light rain, which can start getting cold after a while. I'm not talking about your hands, but rather just getting chilled overall. When you get chilled your body starts slowing blood flow to your extremities (hands). This doesn't happen when you're holding on to something warm. Doing this (in addition to keeping your hands warm) actually helps keep the rest of your body from getting chilled.
The main thing is once you have heated grips (good adjustable ones) you'll be surprised how often you use them. For instance you may not have the heated gloves packed when riding 70 degrees in a light rain, which can start getting cold after a while. I'm not talking about your hands, but rather just getting chilled overall. When you get chilled your body starts slowing blood flow to your extremities (hands). This doesn't happen when you're holding on to something warm. Doing this (in addition to keeping your hands warm) actually helps keep the rest of your body from getting chilled.