Heated grips?
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From: NorNev
RE: Heated grips?
I got heated grips. The are good for cool but not cold weather(Colder than 40). As the weather gets colder and you start to wear thicker gloves itmakes the grips less effective. Also, there have been several posts on the site about heated grips reliability. If you want to internally wire your handelbars it is not recommended with heated grips. To do over again, I would have gone with heated gloves.
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After years of freezing fingers I put on heated grips this year, by far the best mod I've ever done. I can now ride in comfort and control all winter. I've even been able to wear unlined dear skin gloves down to the low 40's.
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Had them on my BMW. They are a nice featuregood on cool mornings, but at speed do nothing to warm the back of your hands. If you only have cash for one or the other, go with the Gerbings heated gloves. While your at it, get the heated jacket liner and be comfortable. With the jacket liner, you will not need to run wires down your sleeves. Nice setup, do a search, there are a ton of evaluations.
Road Captain
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I thought about heated grips myself. I have an 08 Road King Classic. However after reading the service manual about how involved it is to deal with the new throttle body when exchanging grips I decided to go with Gerbing's heated gloves.
To Harley's credit they apparently went ahead and installed a wiring adapter within the throttle body harness for a heated grip install. Their new heated grips for 08 touring bikes plug right into it. But....the way I read the service manual you need to do alot before you get to that point.
It seems way to complicated for me to do the install-I would probably have left it to the service department.
My solution will be to use the chrome Powerlet socket I am going to install on my handlebar to power my ZUMO (whenever I can find a good price to buy it -don't need it until Spring anyway). The whole Powerlet kit costs $129 and is permanently hardwired to the bike. I figured I would much prefer a powered outlet on my handlebar to quick install whatever device I want to. For those of us with Road Kings we lack such an outlet. Gerbing (and Powerlet)have typical BMW plugs that will pop right in the Powerlet socket.Moreover, to me the best way to stay warm is use heated gloves - and the Gerbing's seem to be the best. Gives me the option to use other Gerbing heated liners as well.
To Harley's credit they apparently went ahead and installed a wiring adapter within the throttle body harness for a heated grip install. Their new heated grips for 08 touring bikes plug right into it. But....the way I read the service manual you need to do alot before you get to that point.
It seems way to complicated for me to do the install-I would probably have left it to the service department.
My solution will be to use the chrome Powerlet socket I am going to install on my handlebar to power my ZUMO (whenever I can find a good price to buy it -don't need it until Spring anyway). The whole Powerlet kit costs $129 and is permanently hardwired to the bike. I figured I would much prefer a powered outlet on my handlebar to quick install whatever device I want to. For those of us with Road Kings we lack such an outlet. Gerbing (and Powerlet)have typical BMW plugs that will pop right in the Powerlet socket.Moreover, to me the best way to stay warm is use heated gloves - and the Gerbing's seem to be the best. Gives me the option to use other Gerbing heated liners as well.
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From: Bremerton
RE: Heated grips?
I have heated grips-work great for cold weather.If its COLD weather you cant beat the Gerbing heated gloves.The gloves/electric gear are great if its cold enough but wires are a pain.
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Have had them on ATVs and had them put on my Fat Bob before I brought it home from the dealer. Love them and highly recommend them! If you go for them, make sure you don’t get the ones that are too fat, can get very uncomfortable… Ones like the one they sell at Cabeles are really bad. Try Hotgrips or the Harley branded heated grips. They are top quality.