Heated hand grips

[RocketDaryl]

Heat grips? Seriously? What's next, an air conditioned helmet for summer?

You cupcakes need to man up, or stay in your comfy cages. The only one in this thread that gets some slack for having heated grips, heated seat, a Buick sized shield (even though he wears a fullface helmet), and leggings for his sensitive legs is Molinoman. I cut him some slack 'cause you really do need that stuff when you live in frigid Florida.

It was a bone numbing 74 yesterday. Brrrrrr!

 

[USMC-R3]

I got the factory heated grips on my Roadster when I bought it last year, here are pros and cons:
Pros
Amazing heat output, it's true that you will probably have to switch from high to low or from off to on periodically depending how thick your gloves are. I recommend getting some handle bar sleeping bags as I call them, which coupled with the heated grips cannot be beat. They're usually made for ATVs but work for any vehicle with handle bars and can pretty much be made to be waterproof! They turn each grip into a heated sauna. This is important because with just the grips the outside of your hands will start to get cold despite your hot palms. This means you have to wear thicker gloves which makes it harder for the heat to reach your hands.

Cons:
Note that the factory heated grips are different for the Roadster and Touring models and make sure your dealer gets the right ones! They ended up replacing them three times before a light went on and they realized this because if they don't fit exactly snug on the bars the thinner than hair wires break at the slightest movement of the grips.

Also, the grips for the Roadster are extremely unattractive regarding the switch box. It's just this ugly, rather large box that hangs off the bars with an archaic toggle switch. No lights, or even markings to indicate what's high low or off, you're just supposed to know. I can't believe this is Triumph's idea of a factory accessory as it looks very aftermarket. The grips for the Thunderbird are much more attractive and appealing as they are integrated into the bars a lot better.

Hope this helps

 

[HansO]

I ride with heated gloves....when the weather dictates.....

I can personally vouch for the value in these baby's....I get 3-5 hours of warmth withone set of batteries, and I keep a spare set as well....have had 'em for two winters now...:bch::bch:

Men's Campfire Heated Gloves

they look very nice and read correctly you can adjust them to diff settings

 

[ponters]

I will have look for the part no in morning when I get home, but they don't list the rocket on app list I had originally bought the under grip ones which they said would work with the ISO grips ..... They don't ... The force I had to apply caused the left one to strip a wire and cause a dead short.... Great I thought that's $150 buk down the drain anyway I noticed they had a phone # on the bottom of the sheet so I rang and spoke to a consult, I only wanted them to be aware of the fact that even thu I had followed thier instructions to the letter,it had ended in disaster as the grips are glued on so no way to resurrect and reattach shorted pad. She was apologetic and put me thru to the product development manager and when I told him about my saga he asked if I could get inside the ends of my bars, I said no because of the threaded lugs in there but they would not be hard to remove as I no longer used then with the Iso grips. He then turned around and said "I will send you a pair of the internal heat pads". I said what's the catch how much are they going to cost me and he said "oh no, no charge and he sent them, I was only out of pocket for set ISO grips ($63)


Cool, well i had the Triumph ones but damaged a wire when i was doing something...anyway didn't like them as grip was much thicker than stock and given throttle is so stiff i used to have to readjust my grip every 5-10 mins which gave me the ****s so i want to install the ISO Black with internal heat pads and the ISO black controller. Are their bar ends heavy enough to work properly on our animals?
To remove the threaded lugs you simply drill out the spot weld and the two pressed in indents put bolt in thread and yank hard. The internal pads are a clinch to put in and work a treat

 

[HansO]

I will have look for the part no in morning when I get home, but they don't list the rocket on app list I had originally bought the under grip ones which they said would work with the ISO grips ..... They don't ... The force I had to apply caused the left one to strip a wire and cause a dead short.... Great I thought that's $150 buk down the drain anyway I noticed they had a phone # on the bottom of the sheet so I rang and spoke to a consult, I only wanted them to be aware of the fact that even thu I had followed thier instructions to the letter,it had ended in disaster as the grips are glued on so no way to resurrect and reattach shorted pad. She was apologetic and put me thru to the product development manager and when I told him about my saga he asked if I could get inside the ends of my bars, I said no because of the threaded lugs in there but they would not be hard to remove as I no longer used then with the Iso grips. He then turned around and said "I will send you a pair of the internal heat pads". I said what's the catch how much are they going to cost me and he said "oh no, no charge and he sent them, I was only out of pocket for set ISO grips ($63)


Cool, well i had the Triumph ones but damaged a wire when i was doing something...anyway didn't like them as grip was much thicker than stock and given throttle is so stiff i used to have to readjust my grip every 5-10 mins which gave me the ****s so i want to install the ISO Black with internal heat pads and the ISO black controller. Are their bar ends heavy enough to work properly on our animals?
To remove the threaded lugs you simply drill out the spot weld and the two pressed in indents put bolt in thread and yank hard. The internal pads are a clinch to put in and work a treat

Hey Ponters couldn't find the part no on anything I kept but just had brain wave and found it in one of the e-mails I had with Joe from the Heatdemon makers, the part # is #211066 that should help you I got mine thru Cruiser Customising

 

[Dunnspeed]

Hey Hanso and MJackson...
In regard to the heated gloves. I use Gerbing which is powered by the bike battery. I would imagine gloves with batteries in them would not be very effective. I use a heated jacket too in conjuction with the gloves on really cold days and I have to turn the heat down because it gets so hot sometimes.

 

[Molinoman]

Dunnspeed...I don't know which battery heated gloves you have been testing but mine have worked fine from the get go. I have an extra battery for each glove if needed and the heat is "evenhanded" all the way around. The batteries actually start off on the max setting and can be turned down in increments so that once the glove is initially heated up it doesn't take as much battery power to maintain the heat.

I agree that gloves heated from being wired to the bike are probably best but I have never liked the wiring hanging off of the bike which is why I explored an alternative way of doing it.

Dennis

 

[mjackson1000]

heated gloves

Hey Hanso and MJackson...
In regard to the heated gloves. I use Gerbing which is powered by the bike battery. I would imagine gloves with batteries in them would not be very effective. I use a heated jacket too in conjuction with the gloves on really cold days and I have to turn the heat down because it gets so hot sometimes.

mine are actually gauntlets...come up to mid-forearm area.....the batteries are actually on the back of my forearms....with 4 increasing levels of heat....and LED heat level indicators...........

 

[nethound]

I'm using First Gear heated glove liners and are happy with them. They run from the bike's battery and have a variable thermostat. On the higher levels it feels like my fingers are going to burn, but on the low end of the dial they keep them nice and warm. I mounted the thermostat on the side panel beneath the seat. It isn't the most convenient location, but I didn't want to clutter up the handlebars with it or the wiring to it.

The only negatives I see is the need to run the wires through my jacket, which isn't a big deal, but a bit of a hassle and would be remedied by getting one of the heated jackets or jacket liners. I also wish I would have just gotten the heated gloves instead of glove liners. The glove liners work fine, but I need to buy a larger pair of gloves to go with them since they are uncomfortably tight with my usual gloves, so I didn't really save anything by just buying the liners.

 

[R-III-R Turbo]

It was a bone numbing 74 yesterday. Brrrrrr!

bastard!

Also, the grips for the Roadster are extremely unattractive regarding the switch box. It's just this ugly, rather large box that hangs off the bars with an archaic toggle switch. No lights, or even markings to indicate what's high low or off, you're just supposed to know. I can't believe this is Triumph's idea of a factory accessory as it looks very aftermarket.

true. the box does make them look like a cheap ebay kit from china. but the grips themselves are very good looking.
i was thinking of moving the switch for them to the dummy on the right hand controls housing, where you can stick a headlight switch if you wanted. they would look a lot more "designed" into the bike over there.