Try the wierd 3-finger gloves from Hein Gericke - they are excellent. Very warm, and also quite thin so you get plenty of heat into your hands from the grips, including fingertips.
Heated grips difference in heat?
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black1100
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Left hand one is more likely to fail since you tend to wheel the bike around using this side for leverage (think of the force you can pull through the grip when you pull bike back on center stand) I Changed the LH one on my 1100 last year and both equally warm now. The wifes 1150 is barely holdable on top setting on both sides.
ELIMINATOR
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I think that the earlier comment about cold fingertips (from which I suffered) are due to turbulence from under the handguards. My fingertips do not get as cold on my Honda which has no hand protection. Best thing I did was to fit Steptoes Muffs. Or try taking the handguards off.
snoopy
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Shep said:Yep, I was thinking along similar lines as well
Shep
Nope, put them on without starting bike.
Shep
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snoopy said:Nope, put them on without starting bike.
I know what I meant to say
I think the heat controller for the grips, dosn't come into play when the low setting is selected (less than battery voltage)
but when the high setting is selected (battery voltage + whatever the alternator is producing) the grips get enough voltage to heat up to the extent of needing to be regulated or too uncomfortable and so switched to low again All bollocks really, my dad would really take the p*ss if he thought I was discussing heated grips on a motorbike
Shep
Muffs Look Crap but your hands will be warm and dry.
After 12 winters of commuting I found no acceptable solution to cold fingertips when using heated grips. (The unacceptable option was handlebar muffs).
So when I changed bikes I didn't bother with heated grips and bought Gerbing heated gloves. I never looked back.
The only downside is with summer rain when your summer gloves are soaking wet and cold you can't just switch on the warm grips.
It's always better to have warm wet ones rather than cold wet ones!!
So when I changed bikes I didn't bother with heated grips and bought Gerbing heated gloves. I never looked back.
The only downside is with summer rain when your summer gloves are soaking wet and cold you can't just switch on the warm grips.
It's always better to have warm wet ones rather than cold wet ones!!
tugs
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warm hands
I agree. A 35 quid bargain. Got some 3 weeks ago and did an early morning 100 mile trip the next day - ice on the bike - and i was mightily impressed. This week proved them to be 100% waterproof too. I'm going to buy some more for when these wear out. I nearly didn't buy them because they were so cheap.
Grips on high on my 1150ADV are too hot at anything less than motorway speeds BTW, in summer gloves they're too hot on low.
And I commute 50+ miles every day whatever the weather.
Tobers said:
I agree. A 35 quid bargain. Got some 3 weeks ago and did an early morning 100 mile trip the next day - ice on the bike - and i was mightily impressed. This week proved them to be 100% waterproof too. I'm going to buy some more for when these wear out. I nearly didn't buy them because they were so cheap.
Grips on high on my 1150ADV are too hot at anything less than motorway speeds BTW, in summer gloves they're too hot on low.
And I commute 50+ miles every day whatever the weather.
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