Heated Grips
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Heated Grips
I have tried two sets of HD heated grips thinking if I install them they would work. The forums are full of horror stories about HD heated grips and I think most are true the dealers don't want to carry them. After two sets put on right by me with every precaution and they failed repeatedly. I now use heated gloves and have no problems and I can use them on other vehicles. They look nice (the grips with the adjustment on the end) I have the aileron ones on the trike now and they don't work. If you run your wires internal you would think it would help protect them, NOT. I ran the wires internal and heat shrinked them and soldered all connections and they work for a short while. Too much maintenance not worth it. I am sure there and some that work and there will be follow ups saying they work but read on several forums and you will see the many posts about them not working. When the dealers don't even want to carry them that might give you an indication of the reliability. The gloves work better and come with a lifetime warranty that also might give you an indication of how they work. I use my gloves on my 4wheeler trail riding and on my trike, lots of use and they keep on working. Thanks, Jerry
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I had them dealer installed when I purchased my 2010 and have not had any problems with them. I've ridden in temps of low 30"s and they do a decent job. My rides in these temps are usually 200 to 400 miles. Finger tips and thumb tip will get cold but not unbearable. No doubt heated gloves along with the grips would be ideal. Maybe heated gloves alone would work well too. Some of the gloves are battery powered which would be good; I don't want to plug into anymore than communication headsets every time you mount or dismount so I've not considered the gloves powered by the bike electrical system.
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I have the hard-wired heated gloves with the temperature control add-on and I swear by em. I made a trip from VA to Iowa in late March/early April last year with sub-freezing temperatures in the mountains of West Virginia and the whole state of Iowa and my hands stayed toasty the whole way. The grips would have kept my palms warm, but would have left my finger tips and top of hands cold.
Yeah, the plugging in and such is a pain, but it's worth it.
Bubba
Yeah, the plugging in and such is a pain, but it's worth it.
Bubba
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