Been commuting to work and last week got really cold fingers, so decided it was about time I invested in some Oxford Hot Grips. Fitted them today and went for a test ride up to the Ace this evening with summer gloves on. Air temp has really dropped and the air was cold and damp 8pm. You can feel the warmth coming through your palms but it does not get all the way to the tips of your fingers. The wind still chills the outside you your hands. I’d say they were a 6/10. Maybe they are more effective with thicker gloves, will have to try them this week. Could do with getting some mitts to go over the top of them, then they would be really toasty. Now who makes Hot Toes for your boots? :hehe:
Is this on your R1? Are you mad, or continental?
R1 ? where have you been
R1= history
ive had a go on a bike with heated grips before and that is the problem with them the outside still gets cold, and yeah the temp has dropped this week
Jay has selective memory. If it does not involve sports bikes he just forgets. I am sure I had this conversation with him at Brands too.
Funnily the guy at West London Yamaha asked me the same thing, you’re not putting them on your R1 are you? Erm no…
Well it’s not really an option on sports bikes, but if you’ve got a bike with ‘normal’ one-piece handlebars, you can fit a set of handprotectors & then the outside of the hands are kept out of the airstream, makes a big big difference particularly on faster roads.
I used a set of DL1000 vstrom ones on my 1200 Bandit, had to mod them slightly to fit but at around £35 IIRC, a bit of a bargain.
i shall be fitting a set this week to the tiger!!
There was an 04 R1 at Les’s, LJ Motorcycle Repair. He has Oxford heated grips. I can’t see a problem with fitting them to sports bikes, it is just why would you want to ride one through the winter? You might as well get a bike that you can use and abuse.
I think I’ll have to get some muffs.
Give me a break 
In case anyone’s interested, here’s the link to fitting the vstrom handguards onto a bandit, it gives the suzuki part number for the kit & there’s also an SV with it done as well.
http://www.suzukiownersclub.co.uk/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=32952&PN=0&TPN=1
May not look sexy, but in conjunction with a set of heated grips it transforms the winter riding experience & only takes 10 minutes to remove them come spring if you’re image concious 
Doesn’t interfere with the controls like muffs can either !
I’ll second AndyP’s comments. I used them for years on my BMW R1100s (factory fitted ones) and although they do warm up your palms, they do little else.
Oh, aside from drain the battery in traffic (esp with lights on too) and on my crapola bike the high setting actually made the throttle sticky, don’t know if it was melting something or making the alu swell up.
However, putting bar muffs on made all the difference. They are the best winter aid that you can buy with £20. I wore summer gloves and with my heated grips and the muffs were awesome. Water proof too so they just rock. Sports bikes may not have the bar clearance sadly, the muffs would certainly reduce the steering lock on the 675, but seven is ok provided I tape up the intake covers to avoid rubbing.
I said this in a previous thread but I think these are better than any hot grip:), Klan heated inner gloves
not that i’ve used hot grips but, since having these I’ve never had cold hands just lovely and warm all over:). they can go under your gloves. I ride right through winter and when I leave my house i’m straight onto the motorway so the wind chill is instant. The good thing about these is that they do the whole hand, the element inside them goes from the wrist to the tip of every finger and thumb. It’s only on the outside of your hand because thats where you need it but they really warm the inside of your gloves up. There very thin and comfy and don’t restrict you in any way. I had them on my ninja and now using them on my Tuono. I’ve got them running off my battery and the plug comes out under my seat and I just plug myself in and away I go. The wires run through my jacket and the conectors for my gloves pop out the end of my sleeves, and the inner gloves just plug into them. All the conections are water proof. There’s no temp setting just a switch to turn them off, they never get too hot but if the temp out side warms up I have to turn them off because my hands start to sweat. These are a great bit of kit, probably one of the best things I’ve bought, apart from the bike:)http://www.brmc.co.uk/Klan%20heated%20clothing.htm
very nice… as i find with the heated grips the top of the hand gets cold…
btw whats the price of these? as the website didnt say 
whats wrong with that! :Whistling: :ermm:
Whilst I’d agree that they’re better than just heated grips, if you’re going to bother plugging yourself in, then you’re better off going for a heated vest/jacket liner.
Keeping the core warm & toasty means you’ll not only be more comfortable, but unless you’ve got really bad circulation, you won’t have much problem with cold feet & hands either.
Tbh i can’t remember, I think they were about £65 but I’m not sure:)
My body never feels the cold, I’m always warm. The only place that used to feel the cold was my hands a face, everywhere else stays warm. Aparently i’m warm blooded, I’m always agrueing with the missus about putting the heating on, she says she freezing and i’m sweating. Blokes at work say if they ever borrow my drill or hammer and I pass it to them the grip is always hot. I’m a builder as well so i guess I’m used to the cold:)
Think there is a lot in that - remember seeing a programme years ago (something like a Brainiac type thing) where they were comparing peoples tolerances for low temps by IIRC dunking their hands in icy water. Most of the subjects couldn’t stand it for very long at all, but they had a couple of blokes that worked gutting fish in Grimsby docks & they were so used to those conditions that they barely noticed it.
Got me that everyone was going on about what a mild winter it was last year, I’d lost 50lbs during 2006 & without that insulation I found it felt like the coldest winter for years !