have the heated grips been sorted?

i wouldnt rely on the pics they have on websites, they have a tendency to contradict each other. my head was melted trawling thru sites trying to find the correct part number for the legit ones. thank jeebus they were already on the bike i ended up getting.

anyhooo. my roadster ones have the nice grooves with 'triumph' embossed. the switch housings are different afaik - R3T has a dial-type analog setting, and the R3R has a cheap looking box with a chromed toggle switch.
what kind of controls box does yours have?
 
good point turbo - they can't have supplied the R3T ones by mistake because mine came with the naff handlebar switch. I'm hoping they simply put the neat rubber overgrips on to the 'good' plastic throttle grip from the old R3/Classic. If on the other hand they now use the same (flawed) heater/grip assemblies and just put different switches on for the R3T and Roadster, then perhaps it's an idea to take the original (non-heated) twistgrip with you when you go on a long trip.
Mike
 
saw some nice looking Triumph heated gloves at the weekend. OK they were £150, but they looked a lot better made than the usual heated gloves. Good mix of leather and other materials including knuckle protectors, and they had a visor wipe in the left thumb. ( or maybe that was another pair I was looking at)
Mike
 
mike5100 said:
then perhaps it's an idea to take the original (non-heated) twistgrip with you when you go on a long trip.
Mike
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good idea.
maybe i'll just pre-empt it and get a throttle handle tube made up out of billet aluminium in a machine shop, change it out to be sure...
anyway i forgot to say if you look up the world of triumph website parts locator thingy, you'll find diagrams of the classic-standard-roadster heated grips accessory and that of the touring, they are different kits and you can see the different switch types of each
 

just discovered something, the roadster has its own dedicated heated grip kit. cheap looking toggle switch box etc
 
My hot grips are great. They were priced right, installed easily enough and work perfectly. I've only had them on for about 4 months or so but I haven't had to turn the dial past the first setting except to heat it up initially. The switch is a knob that you turn and you push it to turn the things on. I didn't have any space to mount the switch on the handlebars so I put it in my tool bag behind my windshield and on cold days I let it hang out so I can adjust it if need be. Works fine for me.

It has an automatic sensor that will shut the heaters off when the battery approaches low but with enough to start your motor. The only installation issue was that you had to take a razor and shave down the ribbing on the throttle side to fit the grips over top. It was dangerous but went quick enough.
 
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