RE: [ST] Heated Grips [was: Need winter gloves]

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

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 .  

--
HTH,
Rick in Oregon
'01 Sprint ST
 
> You would be surprised. On my first ST I got the heated grips as a
"why
> not", and didn't think I would use them that often. I used them more
than I
> ever thought, and now crave them on every bike. Again, you'd be
surprised.
>  Matt Heyer
> 
>  >>
> > Nope, no heated grips. I considered that but would not really use
them
> > that often.

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