Cycle Gear grip heaters any good?

I need your opinions. Are these grip heaters from Cyclegear any good? TRACKSIDE - Grip Heaters - Heated - Motorcycle Vests - Biker - CycleGear - Cycle Gear

plenty of cheap ones in here...
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Wow, you're right, lots of cheap one there. Thanks.

cheap is not always good.........

I purchased some hand guards first. I have decent gloves so figured the wind protection might help some. Took her out for a spin tonight and noticed a nice difference. Tomorrow morning when its chilly will be a good test though. If my fingers get cold I know I'll have to get some grip heaters. Miss Demeaner...Absolutely true.

...or some heated gloves

I got a pair of this (TRACKSIDE - Deluxe Heated Grips - Off-Road Snow Accessories - Add-ons - Accessories - CycleGear - Cycle Gear) when I picked up the handguards. They were both on sale. I never did get around to install the heated grips. Now that Spring is here, I am thinking about taking them back...

So uh . . Has anyone tried these TRACKSIDE - Deluxe Heated Grips yet? Priced at $40 vs $200+ for OEM, it's worth a shot. If I'm the first I'll do a review.

Greg

Greg,

I also like the cheaper price options, although we may find the results not to our liking...time will tell. Definitely want to know how yours' turns out.

I just purchased the Oxford Hot Hands wrap around heater grips. Got these for $59 - no shipping charge via Revzilla (they price matched another vendor I located and submitted). They are enroute and I should have them installed by the weekend and I should get to try them soon and will also try to update the conference on my results as well. I really like the ease of install/removal. They are clearly not a permanent solution. I did not want to go thru the time and effort to pull the grips off, plus I only need the heat for a 13 mile to and from work daily during Dec -Feb when the temp drops below 25 degrees. Southeast Missouri has fairly moderate winters.

Yes I have the trackside grip heaters. They are good heaters. I installed plugs to wire them to the factory sub harness and put the switch in a hole I drilled in the black plastic to the left of the triple tree. The resistor for low gets very hot so tie it out of the way so I won't melt stuff. I found in sub freezing temps you still need wind protection. Also it's cycle gear if you hate them take them back.


Gigs

670cc said:

So uh . . Has anyone tried these TRACKSIDE - Deluxe Heated Grips yet? Priced at $40 vs $200+ for OEM, it's worth a shot. If I'm the first I'll do a review.

Greg

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I put these on last fall, and they work fine. It was an easy install, and they get hot enough that I don't run them full blast. About 2/3 to 3/4 is all I need to stay warm.

Gigs said:

Yes I have the trackside grip heaters. They are good heaters. I installed plugs to wire them to the factory sub harness and put the switch in a hole I drilled in the black plastic to the left of the triple tree. The resistor for low gets very hot so tie it out of the way so I won't melt stuff. I found in sub freezing temps you still need wind protection. Also it's cycle gear if you hate them take them back.

Gigs

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Gigs, if it's not too much trouble could you post a photo of how you mounted your controller? I like your idea.

Greg

If you are going the sticker type heaters… Some of these are really good heaters. Others not so much. I've had both.

I would highly recommend a set with out a ballast. The tests I have seen show they get hotter, faster than the ballast type. If you see photos of both types side by side the non ballast type have more thinner/ narrow metal filaments. Each grip has two sets of filaments. One set is for low and powering both sets runs high.

If you want to avoid drilling a hole. I recommend a handlebar switch like this one DooDad Switch :: Aerostich/RiderWearHouse Motorcycle Jackets, Suits, Clothing, & Gear I have seen similar ones on eBay.

670cc said:

Gigs, if it's not too much trouble could you post a photo of how you mounted your controller? I like your idea.

Greg

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You have to remove the "Fuct" and drill from the outside. Very easy.


Gigs