Hot Grips

[Mark65]

Hi All,
I would like to try some hot grips with my muffs when it gets colder, are the differences with sport/touring/adventure just the grips?.
Thanks
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[Johanna]

I've been looking at getting some as well. It seems there is the difference in grips, as you mentioned, but there is also a premium or standard product with different settings.
I have yet to buy mine so need to do a bit more investigation as well.

[Polarbear]

If you get the wrap round ones it makes the grips very fat but obviously easy to remove if you don't want them on.

I had the Oxford sports grips on my old busa. 4 heat settings. They were the same size as the original grips and east to fit neatly unless you are a really bad DIYer.

Mine were excellent.
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[Mark65]

I see a lot of faulty reviews on amazon not sure on there longevity alternative is heated gloves, more reviews needed.
i know the new ones have a 3 year warranty so that might help, possibly the bad reviews are the older model.
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[B5234FT]

The older ones used to kill controllers, but the new ones (version 8 i think) seem to be fine. I have two sets and wouldnt have a bike without them

[G]

I like the ones that use a thin film with flat elements that go under your standard grips.

I've used symtec ones; not tried the much cheaper Chinese ones.

They don't noticeably add to the diameter of the bar and you can use your favoured choice of grip.

[Nobby the Bastard]

Hotgrips grips fall apart after a couple of years hard use. I suspect the material they are made from deteriorates due to the wide temperature range they are constantly subjected to.

I wouldn't use anything else, though.
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[Johanna]

[MCN]

[jakebrownbass]

[kawakid]

Have used heating for about 14 years.

On my Z750 I have the actual heated grips, 4 settings.

On my ER6 I have always used wrap arounds, I'm probably on my 3rd or 4th set, I've had the bike since 2007.

I don't actually have a problem with the bulk of the wrap arounds.

I do however also use muffs, in fact heated grips in winter without muffs are crxp. (warm palms, cold rear of fingers).

With Tucano muffs, heated grips are excellent and you DO NOT NEED WINTER GLOVES. The Tucano is fully waterproofs and it stops the wind chill and with the heating your hads are toasty warm.
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I've a twin and a 4.

[MCN]

[stinkwheel]

[talkToTheHat]

[pinkyfloyd]

On my old Yami I had the R&G ones fitted and they worked fine until the bike was stolen. We have a training bike which also has them fitted and still working fine after a good 5 years of us owning it.

I have 2 pars ordered at the moment, one for mine and one for Mr's Pinkys bike.

Get a 4 pin relay and fit them to the tail light via the relay rather than straight to the battery, that way you will never leave them on when you get off the bike. Mate had made the mistake of wiring them straight to the bike and one morning he could not start his machine. He'd left the grips on all night.
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[sickpup]

[myvision]

[B5234FT]

[Polarbear]

I have to say I was never comfortable with muffs. I'm sure it was purely psychological but I was always much happier with heated grips and decent gloves.
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[G]

[Mark65]

Thanks for the replys all
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