Heated Grips V’s Heated Inner Gloves?

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  1. Gazwhitespeed

    Gazwhitespeed Senior Member

    Jul 30, 2015
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    Hello mate,ebay item number 162717138696 oxford grips code of691 £48.99 & freepost.
     
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  2. Gazwhitespeed

    Gazwhitespeed Senior Member

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    The hardest bit in fitting is the triumph throttle tube,just got to dremel all the raised up blobs off then sand it down and the rest is straightforward.
     
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  3. 711jrp

    711jrp Active Member

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    I've had a couple of pairs of Alpinestars Celsius gloves and they are truly a gift from god, it's a toss up for me between these and pinlocks as to which is the best bit of modern kit that makes cold weather riding more enjoyable.
     
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  4. Johnjo

    Johnjo Senior Member

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    I'd go for the heated grips. For the odd chilly ride they would be fine. I would add them to your spec now. It would be cheaper than having them fitted at a later date

    I've got heated grips ( datatool ) excellent with 4 heat levels on my Bonnie.
    I've got heated gloved too. Personally I found the associated wiring to be a PITA with wires running down both arms down the back then fixed to the bike somehow. I eventually bought a heated jacket too so I could just connect the gloves to that. This was when I used to commute before retirement.

    The lobster claw gloves are good too. Just a bit strange to wear until you get used to them.

    Decisions, decisions. :p
     
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  5. steve lovatt

    steve lovatt Something else

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    I ride all year round on both the Tiger and the Bonnie neither of which have heated grips. I have two pairs of winter gloves - a Goretex pair which are waterproof and quite warm but a bit clumsy.
    I bought a cheap Spada pair last year which are not waterproof but warm and not too thick on their own but best worn with these inner gloves - not had cold hands since!
    I also have Kiess heated inner gloves and vest for when it us proper cold but a bit of a faff with the wires to be honest. Long journeys only.
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  6. Rich Bryce

    Rich Bryce Dead Eye Dick

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    I have heated grips and handguards on my Tiger. With silk inners inside Winter gloves and the grips on high I am pretty comfortable on the frostiest of frosty mornings. On a T120 with heated grips and the same gloves the ends of my fingers soon become cold, but just about bearable on a fast 15 mile run.

    I also have a pair of Keis heated inner gloves. My fingers are just fine even on my Bonnie and Street Twin neither of which have heated grips. I use the battery pack because I find plugging in to the under seat attachment a real faff. The Keis gloves come up large, so in retrospect even though I wear large gloves to go over my wide stubby hands, the Keis are baggy and medium would have been a better fit, so I've had to go up to an XL outer glove.
     
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  7. Toddy

    Toddy Member

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    I'm in the "Lobster claw" glove, brush guards or muff club. All look iffy but they work and I'm long passed the fashion over function stage. If fitting or wearing strange looking accessories means I can ride through the winter then I'm happy with that.

    I can't speak for or against Oxford heated grips [as I've never had any] but the BMW ones on my Rockster were too hot on my palms at max setting but were useless at keeping digits or the backs of my hands from freezing up. Wind chill is your enemy, so any device that keeps it at bay is good. I've fitted brush guards to the Scrambler for the winter. It doesn't look right but I can get out whenever I want to.
     
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  8. Tone Walsh

    Tone Walsh New Member

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    Had Gerbing heated gloves for about 5 years & they work a treat. Wife bought the whole kit & caboodle (at big £) and the batteries only last 30 mins now, on full blast. You’ll need to factor in a power socket. They biggest advantages are that they’re transferable from bike to bike and they DO heat the whole hand
     
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  9. dilligaf

    dilligaf Guest

    Gerbing heated gloves work :grinning:
    Had mine on Saturday and it was bloody freezing :mad: but nice warm hands :p
     
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  10. Noviceinhis50s

    Noviceinhis50s New Member

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    I went on Saturday - lovely and sunny but flipping cold - on my new ST TWIN which doesn't have heated grips and I don't have heated gloves. I thought I would be a summer only rider having only taken my cbt and A license last August but now I have the bike I like riding it whenever. I have now decided that I need both grips and gloves. Neither is perfect but if you ride out one day in warm sunshine without the heated gloves and get caught out you can turn the grips on for back up. I have read that the Oxford grips are better than Triumphs as they have more settings.
    Don't worry about the oven gloves and what others think. After passing my test I waited a couple of months and then took myself off to The Ace one Friday. I was nervous hadn't ridden at night before so wore my beautiful shiny new Hi Viz. When I got there I feel sure 250 other bikers did the wanker sign ha ha
     
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  11. Rich Bryce

    Rich Bryce Dead Eye Dick

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    I have both Oxford and Triumph on different bikes. Oxford grips have more settings, are cheaper and easy to install yourself, but then the Triumph ones work perfectly well with just the two settings, are less fiddly in use and integrate with the bike. If cost is the priority go Oxford, if functionality then go Triumph. Neither will disappoint.
     
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  12. Rich Bryce

    Rich Bryce Dead Eye Dick

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    Just so long as the hi Viz hasn't got 'Polite Notice' aka 'Wanker' printed on the back.
     
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  13. MikeyBobBlack

    MikeyBobBlack Member

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    Thanks for the reply ;)
     
  14. Alan Ford

    Alan Ford New Member

    May 13, 2017
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    For the price of heated grips you could get really good heated gloves that would work better. I have goretex gloves with heated grips and fingers still get cold so I'm considering heated inner gloves
     
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  15. tumpbro

    tumpbro Member

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    Never had heated gloves but have fitted heated grips to all 3 of the bikes I've owned. The new oxford ones which switch themselves off if you forget are great. I have to turn them down to minimum as they're that good. I used to have the hideous looking muffs which are very good ie cheap, but at higher speeds, I found the wind twisted them round, affecting the throttle and the clutch. No matter how I positioned the fastening strap, I lost confidence in them!
    As I've got 1" bars on my T100, I had to buy the more expensive grips, which did annoy me, as surely they are just as easy to fabricate as 3/4" ones? Still way cheaper than Triumph though!
     
  16. tumpbro

    tumpbro Member

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    Sorry 7/8" I meant, £40 compared to £100 grrrr!
     
  17. wkebrdr

    wkebrdr New Member

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    I don't have heated grips on my 68 t120r, but i do have heat demon bar heaters on my 04 Hd ultra classic. My wife has gerbings plug in gloves and wind deflectors. Her gloves cook her hands tosty. My bar heaters take a little while to warm up but provide quite a bit of heat to the grip. It's really nice when you do get caught out in cooler weather. The biggest thing is keeping the wind off your hands. I'm able to ride almost year-round in Missouri USA
     
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  18. popopeter

    popopeter New Member

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    Hi, I am Peter and new to this forum (see Newbies hangout)
    I use both; Oxfords on most bikes and Triumph as installed on the T20 1200. The colder it is, the more I turn up the gloves, e.g.: below 0 gloves at 80% and grips at 30 % or low.
    Grips are always with the bike, handy for the early mornings and late nights or inclement weather.
    The gloves are very nice in more serious cold, it also seems that if your hands are warm, you can tolerate more of it.
    I keep the gloves with the bike, wires directly from (the crown of) the steering bar to the gloves. I leave them on the tank for fuel- or coffee stops, start the bike, turn them on while putting the rest of the gear on and by the time I am ready (and usually waiting for the rest:joy:) I get warm hands.
    I have installed these Gerbing plugs on most bikes as I found the usual 'sigarette lighter' or smaller BMW plugs unreliable for navigation. I also converted my Zumo to these plugs and use Gerbing 'splitters', to connect it.
    My recommendation: occasional cold: heated grips,
    all weather, all winter: also heated gloves.
     
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