Heated grips?

[guest18]

Evening all!
With the autumn starting to nip I was wondering about perhaps trying some heated grips on the Skorpion. Now I have always just used muffs so I know stuff all about heated grips (other than on every bike I ever borrowed with them only one side seemed to work  ) so...

What are the best type?
What are the best value?
Where is the best place to get them?

Cheers Chaps 

[jules]

Evening all!
With the autumn starting to nip I was wondering about perhaps trying some heated grips on the Skorpion. Now I have always just used muffs so I know stuff all about heated grips (other than on every bike I ever borrowed with them only one side seemed to work  ) so...

What are the best type?
What are the best value?
Where is the best place to get them?

Cheers Chaps 

What are the best type?=Free ones
What are the best value?=Free ones
Where is the best place to get them?=Sent to your home address

[guest18]

Why thank you, as I'm reluctant to post my address on a public forum best to give GC a shout and he'll tell you where to post them.
I shall look forwards to the postmans visit now, thanks awfully 

[guest7]

Steve H has recently bought the wrap-around type that I used for my Austrian trip in january. They are made by Tech 7 and we both bought them from Busters (HERE). They are pretty neat and quite warm enough. £24.99 at the moment I see, but still not as good as free.

I have a set of proper Oxford grips on the outfit and they were good too, with the added advantage of a very good variable temperature control.

Keep your muffs on though, they let you make the most of the heat being generated.

GC

[Mark]

M and P's(and probably Busters) have got a deal for Hotgrips and Optimizer £55 http://www.mandp.co.uk/productinfo/902001/Bars-And-Footrests/Winter-accessories/Oxford

or the grips only at £40.

[002]

M and P's(and probably Busters) have got a deal for Hotgrips and Optimizer £55 http://www.mandp.co.uk/productinfo/902001/Bars-And-Footrests/Winter-accessories/Oxford

or the grips only at £40.

M&P and Busters are owned by the same bloke now !

Jethro

[robG]

Been using Oxford grips for the past 5yrs. Think I paid about £35 from Heinz Gherkin.En route to the Elefant in 2006 {-15 ish } had to turn them down to lowest setting, too hot.
Combined with trail type knuckle guards, spot on .

Rob .

[guest18]

I shall give them a try then, thanks chaps 

[Steve H]

The Tech 7 wrap-round grips work quite well, and at £25 are good value. They do add quite a bit to the grip diameter and because they are on the surface they get quite hot, the instructions suggest winter gloves.
I'm planning to chage my handlebars otherwise I would have gone for glued on grips.
Another option is these HERE which retain the original grips.

[Mark]

M and P's(and probably Busters) have got a deal for Hotgrips and Optimizer £55 http://www.mandp.co.uk/productinfo/902001/Bars-And-Footrests/Winter-accessories/Oxford
or the grips only at £40.

M&P and Busters are owned by the same bloke now !

Yeah, I know the guy, he's a Mark aswell. I was considering having a chat with him to see if we could register for club discount on our orders.

How much business goes their way with the TCers?

Mark

[Steve H]

How much business goes their way with the TCers?

I get most of my bike stuff from Busters.

[Mart]

My last chain, sprocket, and rear and front tyre came from them. Mart

[andy230]

Ello smudge

I have Oxford ones on the DR.  Just started using them again!

Anyway, dont get them- I've been thru 2x electronic switches (rubbish, they also need a good 12v, otherwise they switch off, ie, when indicating!) replaced with a switch from maplins, they seem ok.

Muffs- definately (not re-fitted mine yet)

However, be aware of battery drain, specially on a lecky start bike.  The DR is K/start only, so has a tiny batter (thus not great for heated grips).  However, it sucks the life out my battery.  Not a problem with a kickstart, but not much fun trying to bump-start a skorpion on greasy slushy roads.

Still, maybe the skorpion battery (bit of a weak point anyway...) will handle it better.

Cheers for now

a

[Mark]

Other heated grips I've read mixed reviews on, more positive than negative(only2 levels of heat control) are the Daytona ones. I've just bought a pair but not yet fitted.

[srx6]

Hey Andy
How did you wire them up to the switch?I am having the same problem with my grips,so i bought a 3 pin togle switch from Maplins, and wired thus : red wire input,black common and white output.But the grips do not get warm.I have checked the voltage on the out put which is reading 13/14 volts.
Any IDEAS?

Regards
Alan