RE: [ST] Heated Grips

["Rick & Joyce" <rnjwes@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Here's my post from last week:

I've installed hot grips on my last two bikes and will continue to do
so in the future.  My ST has Kimpex grip heaters from
http://store.azmusa.com/kigrhekit.html .  
Tech tip:  to keep the heat even from side to side, buy a spare
throttle sleeve & grip - about $13 from your dealer - trim off the end
which attaches to the cable(s) and pop-rivet it to the left handlebar.
With the heating element installed on it, the sleeve will act as an
insulator to keep the bar from absorbing the heat.

I've never liked the two-position switches which seem like 'too hot'
and 'really too hot', so I installed a rheostatic control from
http://www.warmnsafe.com/motorcycle_handgrips.php .  

--
Rick

 
> Living in FL, I've not paid attention to the discussions on heated
> grips (other than to see that when it is cold, they are a
must-have),
> figuring that since I don't much like the cold I'd just schedule my
> trips for the summer so I could be warm.  However, I'm now
> considering a trip to western VA in the beginning of November (going
> to crew for a 13-hour race at VIR for some friends), and I'm
thinking
> heated grips might be kind of nice.
> 
> I've done some googling to see what is available, there is a variety
> of options:
> 
> Triumph heated grips:  $180
> http://www.triumphnet.com/rs/acc/heated_grips.htm
> 
> Hot Grips: $110
> http://www.hotgrips.com/triumph-motorcycles.html
> 
> Dual Star: $30
> http://www.dual-star.com/index2/Rider/heated_grip_kit1.htm
> 
> Somewhere I saw a sort of external grip sleeve, I guess for a
> temporary installation?
> 
> 
> The Triumph and Hot Grips products include a thicker grip with the
> heating elements molded into the grip.  The Dual Star unit is a
> simple heating element that goes under a regular grip.
> 
> I'd like some feedback from those who have used the various units.
> Why the price difference, are the more expensive units really worth
it?
> 
> Since I live in southern FL, I will almost never use them.  It is
> cool enough here for about 1 month, and since I don't care much for
> cold, I will probably rarely ride up north when it will be cold.
> However, I realize that when you need them, they are definitely
worth
> having.
> 
> Jim

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