£5 heated grips - report back

[Blue_SV650S]

After seeing these things mentioned on here (somewhere). I decided for a fiver, I'd get some and see

Anyway, they finally came through and I fitted them today. They are pretty basic, but they do the trick, deffo feel the heat even today (snowing!).

Being what they are, you can also run them of AC, so ideal for enduro bikes that don't necessarily have DC.

My WR (pics below) actually has DC system too, but chose to wire it up to the lights which are AC as I can't leave them on that way*!

So, for a fiver, gotta be recommended ... the delivery time was shocking though ... anyone know a UK stockist?!

*AC system that only generates when bike running
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[pinkyfloyd]

Gotta be careful with them. I tried them once

https://farm4.static.flickr.com/3414/3558919727_8e16a70349.jpg


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Teflon-Mike:I think I agree with just about all Pinky has said.

[Blue_SV650S]

[silky666]

[silky666]

[Pernig]

[pinkyfloyd]

As the silky one said. I was just jesting.

On a serious note though. I'm impressed that they actually work. I remember seeing the old thread for these a few weeks back and at that price I would have been weary of using them myself in fear of the picture I used.
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illuminateTHEmind wrote: I am just more evolved than most of you guys... this allows me to pick of things quickly which would have normally taken the common man years to master
Hockeystorm65:.well there are childish arguments...there are very childish arguments.....there are really stupid childish arguments and now there are......Pinkfloyd arguments!
Teflon-Mike:I think I agree with just about all Pinky has said.

[N cee thirty]

mine arrived a few weeks ago,bikes in bits to fit them though
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[Blue_SV650S]

[Peirre oBollox]

Compressed air is the easiest way of getting the grips on/off the bars if you put the heaters under the grips there's plenty of videos on YouTube that show you how to do it
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[VTRkemshell10...]

i have a spare set of these if anybody want to buy them?
£5.00 posted
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[Rogerborg]

Got mine, not fitted yet due to The End of the World. Definitely planning to fit them on top of the grips.

They look decent enough, but the wires aren't very long - I suspect I'll have to splice in some extra length to fit them on my cruiser bars.

[Ichy]

I brought THESE.

I had my offer of £4 for two sets accepted and they took about 10 days to turn up. I copied the suggestion from a thread on here for fitting a two way switch to give full and half power settings. Worked well.

[VTRkemshell10...]

[Ichy]

The heat shrink on mine is red.

[Gazdaman]

My £2 bid was declined

Still, I'll likely buy some for the Husqvarna at some point.

Gaz

[Blue_SV650S]

[WillSwain95]

I haven't got a bike yet but would you recommend them? Is it worth it for £5 or below?

[Blue_SV650S]

[StevenF]

They seem pretty decent for £5! Easy enough to set up I'm guessing? Where abouts does the switch go?
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[Blue_SV650S]

[The Artist]

Mine finally arrived yesterday. I am going to fit them now. Will report back later tonight.

[The Artist]

Well I don't think that could have failed harder.

Just seeing how the wires would fit and one of the wires snapped off one of the heated pads. Will have to re solder when I find my soldering iron and solder.

[evoboy]

The wires are quite thin.

I managed to fit mine under my grips and out of sight. Changed the terrible switch it comes with straight away though!

Mine also came with black heatshrink. Bought 2 pairs of grips for £8.
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