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Sounds right m8, must of just had a duff one.


Just to add, on cold days I use them Two finger mitts that look daft but are so much better at keeping your fingers warm.

They look akward, but they are very easy to live with.
Hi Roy "n" guys, I use the two fingered gloves from HG, excellent at keeping the cold out, i don't find them awkward, couldn't get on with hbar muffs, potentionaly dangerous imo...
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couldn't get on with hbar muffs, potentionaly dangerous imo...
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Any particular experience for this TDM?
I can see that it could be difficult to get your hands back on the bars if you take them out of the muffs for any reason while on the move.
I just don't take my hands off the bars now that they are heated!
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I've installed Daytona heating grips on my V strom. Works great, only thing is that You must put some tape under the left grip,to isolate the grip from the handlebar. Other than that, it's working very nice. It has two step heating switch, START and ON so when the grips are heated You just switch to ON mode and ride on
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I fitted the oxford hothands (the velcro wrapround ones) to my xt600 about 2 months ago.
There is only an on/off switch, and they get toasty warm.

Takes no time to get used to the 'chunkier' feel of the grips.

I've had various heated gloves/grips in my time, these appealed to me as they were the simplest of all the solutions.

Handlebar muffs have been known to operate the front brake lever when riding at high speed.
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Any particular experience for this TDM?
I can see that it could be difficult to get your hands back on the bars if you take them out of the muffs for any reason while on the move.
I just don't take my hands off the bars now that they are heated!
Hi Guys, I used them once a long way back, whilst riding and trying to keep me visor clear, fumbled trying to get me hand back in and promptly joined the hedge row, not very fast I'm glad to say, but there you go, as for the high/low settings for basic grips if you can switch the heater elements from parallel to series IE 6 volts across each heater (Low) or 12volts (High) you'll have approx 50% or 100% heating ....comprend'e? better than a kick up the......
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Another possibility?
Notice the lack of whoops.
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look at:
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...-gs-r100-37498

muffs are great! I used canvas to make my own; first option was cavas used for boat tops, then I got the lorry/trailer type. Lining - synthetic fleece. For winter, not chilly, cold, I use heat lining. Takes about 80-100W/per side for comfortable warmth. Connected as shown on pics in above link; series-parallel.
Neat thing about muffs is that the handlebar switches are kept "clean" and operational -
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Just one question (well, 3 actually): Can you cut off the ends of heated grips (eg Oxford ones) to fit "wrap-around" handguards (eg. Acerbis), which have the end go into the handlebars? I guess perhaps the symtec ones might be the way to go in this case?

And on a further note... how wide are they (Oxford grips)? I have Xl/XXL-sized gloves, and from the comment from Birdy this could represent a problem... :confused1:
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i have the symtec mylar film heaters and they are great.
i even managed to use the original grips over the top too!
2 tips;
1/dont wire them up as it says in the instructions, you could kill your battery by leaving the grips on connected straight to it. wire them up to the battery but through a switched live relay, like from the rear light or instrument feed or something.
2/kill two birds with one stone and wire in an accessory socket into the power line to the grips.

the only snag i found is that if you go for the panel mounted rocker switch instead of the bar mounted one, the cables from the grips are not long enough for a large adventure bike, but its simple enough to extend them.
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Just one question (well, 3 actually): Can you cut off the ends of heated grips (eg Oxford ones) to fit "wrap-around" handguards (eg. Acerbis), which have the end go into the handlebars? I guess perhaps the symtec ones might be the way to go in this case?

And on a further note... how wide are they (Oxford grips)? I have Xl/XXL-sized gloves, and from the comment from Birdy this could represent a problem... :confused1:
i cut the ends off mine with no problems at all but keep as close to the end as possible.mind you the new oxford switch should switch off when you leave them on accidentally! mine did'nt!! flat battery! i'm gonna run them through a relay now so it dont happen again. my first time with heated grips after years of calling my mate all sorts of homosexual tendencies! great things and shame i did'nt have them before!
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