New Member with Questions
Road Master
Joined: Sep 2013
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From: Southern Maine / Seacoast NH
Before I bought my limited, I figured I'd go for heated gloves before heated grips. Bought the bike for everything else that it was, heated grips were a 'ok, they're there if I want them' thing.
What I found in practice is that the heated grips are awesome. I have a pair of summer leather/textile gloves, and a pair of insulated cold weather riding gloves. I prefer the summer gloves for dexterity, feel and touch screen capability. Before heated grips, I'd switch to the winter gloves somewhere around 45-50 degrees F air temp - basically any time I want more insulation than jeans on my legs. Now, with heated grips I can run the summer gloves down to 40 degrees comfortably and sometimes cooler than that. While the backs of my hands might get cold, the grip heat is enough to keep my hands from going numb.
I get the same effect once I switch to winter gloves - cold back of hand, but warm and not-numb palm side down to mid to low 30s. Below that I'm not likely riding anyway due to potential ice/snow/salt.
What I found in practice is that the heated grips are awesome. I have a pair of summer leather/textile gloves, and a pair of insulated cold weather riding gloves. I prefer the summer gloves for dexterity, feel and touch screen capability. Before heated grips, I'd switch to the winter gloves somewhere around 45-50 degrees F air temp - basically any time I want more insulation than jeans on my legs. Now, with heated grips I can run the summer gloves down to 40 degrees comfortably and sometimes cooler than that. While the backs of my hands might get cold, the grip heat is enough to keep my hands from going numb.
I get the same effect once I switch to winter gloves - cold back of hand, but warm and not-numb palm side down to mid to low 30s. Below that I'm not likely riding anyway due to potential ice/snow/salt.
Seasoned HDF Member
Joined: Jun 2012
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From: Pittsburgh, Pa
Welcome to the site.
Hate to say but this has been talked about many a time here and I think were (now) at 50-50. So it comes down to personal preference. If you were going to do the grips, look at Heat Demons. They are a thin metal "shim" that goes inside the bar. So you can use any grip you want.
https://heatdemon.com/
Hell, they now have seat heaters too! Just saw....
Hate to say but this has been talked about many a time here and I think were (now) at 50-50. So it comes down to personal preference. If you were going to do the grips, look at Heat Demons. They are a thin metal "shim" that goes inside the bar. So you can use any grip you want.
https://heatdemon.com/
Hell, they now have seat heaters too! Just saw....
Road Captain
Joined: Jul 2016
Posts: 532
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From: Manitoba, Canada
I have road king, so no fairing, and rode for an hour on the highway this morning with the temperature at 37 degrees. I have insulated gloves that aren't bulky, but for me the key to cold weather riding is to keep your core warm. I have a heated vest, works well. The body's response to cold is to send more blood circulation to where your vital organs are, in your core. If your core stays warm it helps your extremities as well. All that being said, heated grips sure can't hurt either.
Club Member
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 21,767
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From: North Carolina
Heated grips are AWESOME!
Handle bars that are both comfortable and improve control are a MUST!
Suspension is still a necessary improvement. Especially rear shocks. A true TUNED suspension impoves safety, ride and handling.
Congratulations on the new bike!
Handle bars that are both comfortable and improve control are a MUST!
Suspension is still a necessary improvement. Especially rear shocks. A true TUNED suspension impoves safety, ride and handling.
Congratulations on the new bike!
Road Master
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 1,026
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From: Lansing, MI
I love my heated grips. They do keep your entire hand warm because the heat transfers from your palms to the rest of your hands.
Using them, I ride the same gloves all year and just hit the heaters when it gets cold.
Using them, I ride the same gloves all year and just hit the heaters when it gets cold.
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