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Re: [ST] RE: Winter Gloves (UK)
- Subject: Re: [ST] RE: Winter Gloves (UK)
- From: Jean Doublet <tigre20815@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 16:36:19 -0800 (PST)
A good trick is to put a thin layer of tin foil on the
left handlebar before putting the warming grip. I did
it when installing Hot Grips on an other bike and I
couldn't tell the difference between left and right.
- --- Andrew Tait <antait@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> One thing to add here. My girlfriend was looking to
> buy a BMW Scarver (the
> F650CS, which I got a one hour test drive of a
> couple of months ago. How
> much fun is this wee bike??) and the dealer pointed
> out that the grip for
> the left hand is mounted directly on the metal bar,
> whilst the grip for the
> right hand is mounted on the plastic throttle tube.
> Therefore the left
> hand grip loses more heat through conduction through
> the bars than the
> right. He also said that when you're riding, your
> right hand tends to grip
> slightly more tightly as it has to hold the throttle
> position, whilst your
> left hand moves around a lot more flicking
> indicators, pulling in the
> clutch etc., so it really does spend slightly less
> time in contact with the
> grip.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Andrew
>
>
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