Semi-DIY Hot Grips

[sleemanj]

Winter is upon me, and my fingers are freaking freezing, and I can't be bothered fixing my car.

Has anybody tried the almost-but-not-quite-DIY hotgrips that you put under your normal grips, like these...

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Motorcycle-He...#ht_3941wt_941

or same in NZ, these...

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-291531328.htm

would work out a fair bit cheaper than Oxfords, even if I had to buy new grips if the old ones won't come off in one piece, but my thought is that it might be mega hard to get the grips on over the top of the heating element without damaging it?

[John_H]

Spend the money and get proper ones, they aren't that much more expensive.

[BiK3RChiK]

By the time you muck around with those, you'll be so frustrated and possibly need extra's to make them work anyway, you may as well fork out the money for the genuine thing. And I can tell you, the Oxfords are awesome!

[CookMySock]

I doubt you will be able to remove your grips and put those on, and refit your grips - it will be too tight. From what he says, they will be too hot to put directly inside your gloves.

Steve

[Pixie]

I doubt you will be able to remove your grips and put those on, and refit your grips - it will be too tight. From what he says, they will be too hot to put directly inside your gloves.

Steve

Duh
They go outside the existing grips and are covered by the heatshrink

[CookMySock]

Duh
They go outside the existing grips and are covered by the heatshrink

Wont the heatshrink be slippery?

Steve

[firefighter]

How fucken tight is that?! Oxfords are like $100.......

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-291318101.htm

edit. $120. And you know they work.

[bogan]

Duh
They go outside the existing grips and are covered by the heatshrink

lol, fuck thats huckory

[CookMySock]

How fucken tight is that?! Oxfords are like $100.......

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-291318101.htm

edit. $120. And you know they work.

Hrm, they mostly work. I hope they have their shit sorted with recent controllers. The old controllers were junk.

Steve

[Pixie]

Wont the heatshrink be slippery?

Steve

You can wrap "grip tape" around it

[sleemanj]

I stumbled across another thread, in which some posters reckon these ones work well...
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...post1129734743

so I'll probably give them a go, what have I got to lose, $20.

[Squiggles]

Stateside they seem pretty popular

[clint640]

Can't comment on the china wrap around ones but the Symtec ones work well - Not inferior to the Oxfords at all apart from needing a weatherproof switch (cheap from Jaycar), better in fact if you like a smaller/softer/different grip than the Oxford one. Not hard to put on, just use some window cleaner for lube.

Be interested to hear how the $20 one s go if ya get em.

Cheers
Clint

[nodrog:Me]

they would be the go for the floor boards on my bike

[dmc]

Duh
They go outside the existing grips and are covered by the heatshrink

Thats a new one, KTM sell the same type and they always go under the grip of your choice, they don't add stuff all thickness and unless the grip is stupidly tight you'll get them over no worries.