Heated Grips
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The obvious problem with gloves is that you have to have them with you and therefore planned to use them. If you go in the mountains and or you get rained on it is nice to just flip the switch and have warm hands even in the summer/srping/fall.
Yes the gloves are better but you can't have them ready to go allways like the grips.
Yes the gloves are better but you can't have them ready to go allways like the grips.
Unless MOCO did some improvements to thier heated grips-they suck. 220.00 bucks and they only lasted 18 months. The thermo grip filled with water and shorted out. No way to repair and they want 165 for a replacement grip. I'll stick with my gerbings heated gloves.
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I wrote this when I installed them on my 09 Ultra:
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touri...all-notes.html
I agree with those who say that the H-D heated grips are crap. The ones on my Ultra haven't failed yet, but those on my 07 Road King failed twice (first ones replace under warranty, but second ones weren't), so I just installed Hot Grips on that bike. Way cheaper and I have a lot more confidence that they will last a long time. I'm planning a writeup on that install soon.
Both heated grips and heated gloves have their place. If it's 50° in the morning and I'm making the 17-mile ride to work, I'll wear summer gloves and turn on the heated grips, since that works fine and it will likely be 80° in the afternoon. If I'm going 300 miles and it's 42° in the morning, I'll wear the heated gloves.
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touri...all-notes.html
I agree with those who say that the H-D heated grips are crap. The ones on my Ultra haven't failed yet, but those on my 07 Road King failed twice (first ones replace under warranty, but second ones weren't), so I just installed Hot Grips on that bike. Way cheaper and I have a lot more confidence that they will last a long time. I'm planning a writeup on that install soon.
Both heated grips and heated gloves have their place. If it's 50° in the morning and I'm making the 17-mile ride to work, I'll wear summer gloves and turn on the heated grips, since that works fine and it will likely be 80° in the afternoon. If I'm going 300 miles and it's 42° in the morning, I'll wear the heated gloves.
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