Heated grips or heated gloves, that is the question.

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  • softfat
    softfat
    5 years ago
    Fatboy doesn't come with heated grips. I thought about getting them fitted but the mechanic at Harley said it's a 4 hour job and not really worth it. Now with cooler weather, winter gloves really don't cut it. Rode last weekend and hands froze. Today I bought a set of heated gloves with a small battery in each glove they are nice and warm. What do you people do here for winter warmth? Some won't ride I suppose, but even in autumn and spring here we have some cool but good riding days.
    Soft...  
  • Arron
    Arron
    5 years ago
    Fitted Heat Demons Grip Warmers  , takes them a few minutes to warm up but they work for me.
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    5 years ago
    I just moved to Qld got to a chilly 13 last night
  • Ferrett62
    Ferrett62
    5 years ago
    Just went through that same thing, gloves with battery are warm when you put them on but don't handle the wind chill well in Canberra. Fitted heated grips and they get very warm but the wind chill still takes a toll on fingers but better than the gloves, I have seen heated gloves that plug in to a socket installed on the bike that have heaters in the fingers that might work but expensive. I am trying to work on deflectors for the hands in combo with the grips.
  • softfat
    softfat
    5 years ago
    Ah pauly, weren't not all lucky bastards........ Ferrett, that fucken Canberra can be cold. Even colder then some of the politicians hearts..... 
    How do the grip warmers work? Do you have to replace your original grips? What brand are your's Ferrett? WA, Arron? Always frigin hot there isn't it buddy?

    Soft...
  • mickle
    mickle
    5 years ago
    Put ya fingers in ya Vaginas.
  • softfat
    softfat
    5 years ago
    Quoting mickle on 27 May 2018 10:15 AM

    Put ya fingers in ya Vaginas.

    Yeah, I'm getting older and fear I am developing a vagina......
    Soft...
  • keith
    keith
    5 years ago
    Quoting mickle on 27 May 2018 10:15 AM

    Put ya fingers in ya Vaginas.

    Toughen up glove's are great, no battery's required. Imapussy are another good fitting glove.

  • Wideglider
    Wideglider
    5 years ago
    I installed heated grips myself, it did take around 4 hours/beers to install heater elements, switch & run through wiring, one of the best mods I have ever done. Two heat settings, on the highest cannot touch the grips with bare hands but with gloves on & travelling 120kph down the Hume Hwy in winter it is nice & toasty. All this means is that I can ride longer - that's what it's all about.  
  • Oz Dan
    Oz Dan
    5 years ago
    X2 agreed.
  • Wideglider
    Wideglider
    5 years ago
    Yeah, of course the bar-hoppers probably don't have any time for their hands to get cold!  
  • softfat
    softfat
    5 years ago
    Quoting Wideglider on 27 May 2018 10:38 AM

    Yeah, of course the bar-hoppers probably don't have any time for their hands to get cold!  

    Spot -  fucken - on....................................LOL.. The real riders might feel the " chill "....
    Soft...
  • keith
    keith
    5 years ago
    Quoting Wideglider on 27 May 2018 10:38 AM

    Yeah, of course the bar-hoppers probably don't have any time for their hands to get cold!  

    Quoting softfat on 27 May 2018 10:41 AMedited: 27 May 2018 10:42 AM

    Spot -  fucken - on....................................LOL.. The real riders might feel the " chill "....

    Soft...



  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    5 years ago
    Quoting mickle on 27 May 2018 10:15 AM

    Put ya fingers in ya Vaginas.

    Ha Ha
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    5 years ago
    Quoting mickle on 27 May 2018 10:15 AM

    Put ya fingers in ya Vaginas.

    Quoting softfat on 27 May 2018 10:22 AMedited: 27 May 2018 10:22 AM

    Yeah, I'm getting older and fear I am developing a vagina......

    Soft...

    Was thinking that maybe he was suggesting you ARE a vagina....
  • brucefxdl
    brucefxdl
    5 years ago
    Quoting mickle on 27 May 2018 10:15 AM

    Put ya fingers in ya Vaginas.

    haha,that would help your gloves slip on.get on the nose after a few days though.
    back when glove technology wasnt as good as to day i had a pair of inner gloves that were thin cotton with a fine metal thread woven in,as the sun went down and the temp dropped,would pull up pop the gloves on the cylinder head and wait a few minutes[have a smoke] slip on and warm fingers for hours,have hardened up a bit since then [ with good gloves].cheers
  • Ferrett62
    Ferrett62
    5 years ago
    I have heated grips because when it's really cold I lose feeling in a couple of fingers and it gets painful in others, bad circulation. Fingers in vaginas is good but only works when still attached to the women and that creates control issues for riding, close your eyes and see the vision trying to grab the clutch and brake. Priced harley heated grips at $420 plus fitting $300 more, got some oxford for $130 and fitted myself. Not as tidy as harley ones but I cut the wires to length and used smaller connectors to make it neater but still have the ugly cable's to the grips, 5 settings that I start on high and turn down progressively as they get too hot even with gloves. Just got to work on something to deflect the air off the fingers, at 120 kph the wind chill drags the heat right out of the fingers.
  • Bonkerz
    Bonkerz
    5 years ago
    Not really winter yet, but I can't ever remember thinking my hands were cold when wearing the winter gloves.  Short memory maybe?
  • Lowrider762
    Lowrider762
    5 years ago
    HI
    I have the heated grips and live in Canberra the best bloody purchase you can make. If your living in the cooler climates
  • softfat
    softfat
    5 years ago
    Quoting mickle on 27 May 2018 10:15 AM

    Put ya fingers in ya Vaginas.

    Quoting softfat on 27 May 2018 10:22 AMedited: 27 May 2018 10:22 AM

    Yeah, I'm getting older and fear I am developing a vagina......

    Soft...

    Quoting paulybronco on 27 May 2018 10:55 AM

    Was thinking that maybe he was suggesting you ARE a vagina....

    Yeah, the missus might agree. She reckons I'm a cunt sometimes.....
    Soft...
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