Toasty warm hands

[windboy]

I thought heated grips were for wussies, and not needed except in maybe the colder parts of NZ. ....

I have no problem acknowledging I'm a wuss.

It's about having fun out there, why bother getting cold for the sake of being tough...?

Also, as you well pointed out, summer gloves are best for feeling/speed of reaction. My winter ones are bulky and you just loose the feeling... sort of like thick condoms I guess...

[skelstar]

Mate, I'd run heated grips if I could remember to hook them up...its not quite cold enough yet to have them on all the time (hence the controller being built).

I find that I just can't ride all that quick with cold hands.

[mazz1972]

I have Oxford hot grips and they are lovely.....no problem admitting I am a total wuss here....my hands get extremely cold and I wear winter gloves all year round and often use the hot grips in summer too.

I have mine set at about 1/4 to 1/3.....at full temperature they'd surely melt the handlebars....

Yes the tops of your hands and fingertips (unless you hang on for grim death) still get cold but for me it's great as without them my hands got so cold they would hurt.

[skelstar]

Finally plugged my grips in on Saturday. Was fun listening to the miserable people that had cold hands

[Lissa]

Finally plugged my grips in on Saturday. Was fun listening to the miserable people that had cold hands

Yea those bloody miserable people!! grr....

ps... Dont forget to make me some grips!

Wore two pairs of gloves yesterday... but couldnt grip the bike at all well, so just put up with icy cold fingers.

[scumdog]

Got all soft and hung up my fingerless gloves for the winter and started using nice full-fingered items about three weeks ago, I'll get the 'lectric grips in a few years when I get old....

[Ghost_Bullet]

I got some hot grips of the Oxford type, put them on over the last week. The only problem was getting the throttle side right for movement, and the left side out of the way of a switch/button.

I did not want to mess the bars with the controller, so positioned it out of the way.

Took a few pictures

by GhostBullet

[Zukin]

I love the heated grips on my 650GS, but I also have winter gloves and I use these for when its raining, nothing worse than having wet gloves.

In showers I just use them as overgloves, and in heavy rain I put them under my wet weather gear

Cheers Scott