I've run heated grips on most of my bikes until I realized heated gloves work soooo much better.
Well yes and no. I've had heated grips on my BMW for years and I think you need both if it's much below 40F. My Gerbings G4's only heat the top of the hands, and don't really keep up below 40. I'm going to install the Kawasaki heated grips this winter. Be sure you have an auto shutoff of some sort. I had the Oxford heated grip wraps on my Magna, and ran the battery dead a couple of times by forgetting to turn them off.I've run heated grips on most of my bikes until I realized heated gloves work soooo much better.
Ah, I did the same except I bought the premium sport set. I think they were $76. A guy at work installed them on his 10R and says they're much hotter than the factory grips on his V Strom. I think I'll run them straight to the battery for now. I'd like to set up a fuse block but that's for later.Scored a set of Oxford heated grips from revzilla.com on Black Friday for $39.97. They arrived in the mail today. Man that was fast. Going to wire them into my Twisted Throttle Power Hub as a switched power source, so they only work when the bike is running.
Ah, I did the same except I bought the premium sport set. I think they were $76. A guy at work installed them on his 10R and says they're much hotter than the factory grips on his V Strom. I think I'll run them straight to the battery for now. I'd like to set up a fuse block but that's for later.
The controller shuts it down after the engine is off for a certain time. It's a pretty slick setup.