Heat demons: under grips or inside bars?
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Heat demons: under grips or inside bars?
Which style is more reliable? I have an 07 SG and want to put a set in my bike. I would imagine that the ones that go inside the bars don't give off as much heat, and take longer to warm up vs the under grip stye. My concern is me not understanding how the under the grip style works on the throttle side. Anyone have any experience with the under the grips style?
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I installed Heat Deamons last winter, the ones that go inside the bar, and have been very disappointed. I'm running chubby bars, which are thicker than a stock harley bar so that may be part of it. But I had to bore out the right side to get it to fit with the twist grip sensor, so that side is a similar gage to a stock bar and it doesn't warm up any more than the left. Also running the rubber nostalgic style grips.
The Heat Deamons replaced a set up Harley heated grips that were nothing to write home about, but much better than the Heat Deamons.
I'm planning to swap bars out again this winter and am looking for something that will do the job down to mid 40's.
The Heat Deamons replaced a set up Harley heated grips that were nothing to write home about, but much better than the Heat Deamons.
I'm planning to swap bars out again this winter and am looking for something that will do the job down to mid 40's.
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From: sunset beach nc
I have the heat demons on my 2010sg and I love them.. it's a very neat set up I've had them bout 2 years now still work great...I will admit they work a lot better with plane jane rubber grips but if you get them you will be happy
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Ok I installed the inside the bars style this weekend and as I mentioned earlier I use Harley x2 grips. They take about 15 minutes to heat up to an exceptible warmth. I had to do some modification to the clutch Perch because when I clamped it together the wires pinched and shorted. I dremmeled a notch in the perch so the wires would have some room once the controller clamp was tightened. Now all is well.... I will have to wait to see just how they keep my hands warm as we just got clobbered with 6" of snow here in the northeast, just outside of Philly....
Last edited by vbx07; Dec 8, 2013 at 06:49 PM.