Oxford Hot Grips.

[CookMySock]

no they are the same as normal grips...
so your sexy little fingers will wrap around them just fine...

oh, that is curious. Well, just for the record, my oxford hotgrips are fatter than standard ones. Measurements to follow! Yes! real measurements! With numbers in them.. squeal!!!

Heated vest?! My tits don't get cold...it's my fingers mayte! seriously though..there are heated vests too?! Probably couldn't fit it under my jacket though with the back protector and layers I need.

The theory is, if you keep your core warm, then the extremities retain circulation. Can someone who knows about this elaborate please ?

The vests are very thin, and are likely to comfortably fit under almost anything. You can also dispense with one of your layers. On a trip, I expect (I have never tried a heated vest) to wear singlet, polypro long-sleeve, heated vest, warm insulating layer, outer layer (DriRider, leathers etc).

Remember, you can wear your vest everywhere, and plug it into any 12V source. Car, home, workplace etc etc etc. The cord goes in a pocket when its not in use.

DB

[cowboyz]

oh, that is curious. Well, just for the record, my oxford hotgrips are fatter than standard ones. Measurements to follow! Yes! real measurements! With numbers in them.. squeal!!!
DB

The oxford grips are thicker than the standard ZX9R grips. I actually like them being bigger anyhow. My old grips I found quite often I felt like I was wrapping my hand round them twice.

[chanceyy]

I want some tooo! I have crap circulation in my hands and even on days that I don't consider that cold I have arrived at my destination with cold numb fingers. One question I have though is do they make your bars heaps fatter? I have llittle hands so it they are too fat I would probably not get them.

hey chick .. have not found it to much difference to the bars .. but yeah you can only try them

the difference is amazing, I have them on the new bike & found that if my hands are warm so is the rest of me .. absolutely brilliant

[Draig]

Stupid question maybe, but where do ya get them and how easy to install?

Dunedin is starting to get to that cold(er) time of the year again

Bought mine in Mciver & veitch - about $90 odd - had to ask as they don't have them on display - they also sell another make.

Ease of installation - depends what you fit em to I guess - I had to file some ribs of the throtle tube so they would fit but easy enough to do and quite common it would seem.

[HRT]

Any idea how long they take to warm up?

[yod]

Any idea how long they take to warm up?

couple of minutes

[pete376403]

Used both Oxford heated grips and a home made heated vest on this years Brass Monkey. found the push button controller for the grips easy to use even with thick gloves on. Started out on the hottest position, then after about 5-10 minutes had to go down a couple of clicks and left them at that.
Diameter of the grips installed is 35mm. Diameter of the original grips was 30mm so they are a wee bit bigger

Need to make a similar controller for the vest. jaycar have a 12v controller rated at 10amp, should be enough

[Taz]

Who else has had the new style controller crap out and have to be replaced??

[cowboyz]

well mine has lasted a day and a half and hasnt broken yet.

[banditrider]

Who else has had the new style controller crap out and have to be replaced??

How'd ya know it was the controller? Just wondering as mine seems to be going but I've lost heating to the RHS grip?

[Draig]

Any idea how long they take to warm up?

By the time the bike is warmed up and my gloves and helmet are on they are normally getting there.

[pete376403]

How'd ya know it was the controller? Just wondering as mine seems to be going but I've lost heating to the RHS grip?

Swap the left and right grip cables at the plugs. If the fault stays on the right side then the fault must be with the grip. If the fault moves to the other side it must be the controller

[CookMySock]

I actually like them being bigger anyhow. My old grips I found quite often I felt like I was wrapping my hand round them twice.

wickedly tempted

I cant find my calipers to measure them.. betcha my tape measure is nowhere to be found too.. grump! That extra 5mm diameter means a lot more circumference.

Any idea how long they take to warm up?

Very quickly. Noticeable in 2 mins, very warm in 5mins, very very warm in 10mins.

Who else has had the new style controller crap out and have to be replaced??

LOL. I toasted the controller in 5 mins flat. It does NOT like my HID lights. The interference from the HIDs destroyed one controller after the other.. 4 in total so far.. I'm just going to put a switch on it. shrug. It would be nice if the HIDs didn't reset my dash too, sigh.

DB

[PrincessBandit]

I get reeeeeaaaaalllly reeeeeaaaaaaaaallllllly cold hands (even when not riding) and have wondered how good heated grips would be. Would've thought all you tough Southerners would give us softie Aucklanders a hard time for feeling the cold but it's nice to see there are some up in the temperate north here who wouldn't be without them. Mmmmm. Food for thought.

[Biggles2000]

I have had them on my last 4 or 5 bikes, I love them. I don't mind them being fatter as I have gorilla sized hands, but also nowdays I don't often wear winter weight golves which helps me to control the bike better.