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Anyone install heated grips? - 10/10/2005 1:09:01 AM

TeeDub

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I ride year round and have always heard that heated grips make a night and day difference in comfort. Has anyone installed them on their CBR and if so, what type of grips/heaters did you use?

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RE: Anyone install heated grips? - 10/10/2005 7:49:37 AM

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Buy some better gloves -- we just don't have enough juice from the stator to be running heated grips. Output from the regulator is only 344W @ 5000 RPM and if you're running both lights you're already eating up 110W. I suggest the Tourmaster Winter Elite gloves -- they're the warmest thing I ever put my fingers in ... well, second warmest anyways

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RE: Anyone install heated grips? - 10/10/2005 4:17:33 PM

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Most of the heated grip kits I've seen only draw 20 watts. I just hate thick winter gloves, plus they don't offer the protection my Helds do.

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RE: Anyone install heated grips? - 10/10/2005 6:57:41 PM

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It's a sport bike NOT a sport tourer.............. he he

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RE: Anyone install heated grips? - 10/10/2005 7:58:41 PM

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Chain, I am just curious what was the warmest if the gloves were the 2nd, LOL. You dont have to answer just liked your comment.

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RE: Anyone install heated grips? - 10/10/2005 9:18:25 PM

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Well, I don't park it in the winter like some whimps do, I ride year round, and comfort is king!

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It's a sport bike NOT a sport tourer.............. he he

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RE: Anyone install heated grips? - 10/11/2005 2:13:35 AM

Whippet Goode

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quote:

ORIGINAL: TeeDub

Well, I don't park it in the winter like some whimps do, I ride year round, and comfort is king!

Now, now, some people have delicate conditions and can't come out after dark and when the mercury drops below 50-degrees.

I've used snowmobile type that just wrap around under the grip; usually around $20-$25. Easy install/inexpensive and unless you look very close no one else knows they're there.

What I'd really suggest is a heated vest (perhaps over heated grips). Keeping your core warm helps to keep your extremities warm.

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RE: Anyone install heated grips? - 10/11/2005 3:54:36 PM

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I hear ya -- I ride in the rain and cold also. A bad day on two wheels is better than a great day on four. I've also heard that the heated vest will do more for you than the grips. If I had to go more than 50miles to work then I'd look into a battery powered vest but so far the gloves do the trick down to 17F.

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