Thinking of putting a set of heated grips on my Speed Triple as I cannot stand another winter of numb hands. Been doing a load of research online and was going to get some Oxford’s but the guys at my local garage said to avoid them as the new switch is naff (they’ve stopped selling them at their garage)
Seen some R&G ones for £30 which seems good value and I have always liked R&G products, just wondering if anyone has any experience of them?
Thanks.
Just put these on this weekend.
They are good value for money and not as fat as the Oxford ones.
They dont get ‘mega’ hot though, and the throttle grip seems a tad warmer than the left side.
But look nice, feel good, and keep you toasty 
LB has an article (including a ‘how-to’) about the very products 
http://londonbikers.com/articles/12837/rg-racing-heated-grips-for-freezing-hands
Not badly written, if a little long winded.
+1 on all those points except the mega hot. In town I had to put mine down to two and still my hands were roasting - well I was wearing summer gloves with fleece inner. I have a feeling this will apply on the motorway with winter gloves
Just fitted mine on my GSR. It wasn’t easy to get it on the left grip and had to trim down a bit of the plastic on the throttle but otherwise ok. Now the stupid thing I did was trying to use the coathanger trick to get it on and scratched the inside of the grip - that was is, the throttle grip was ruined. Had to order a second pair
I do have a bit of fast road/motorway on the way in, and you are correct - in town they are hot enough - this morning i was positively sweaty! Nice.
+1 on cutting the throttle plastic, that did take time but I had expert help so was all good - i just watched… but thats still work right!?
I just snapped it off when pulling the standard grips off… 
sounds like decent feedback, thanks folks. for £30 it seems a no brainer if they will keep my hands toasty in town…
the garage want £60 to fit the things, but i might be brave and have a crack at it myself, that link to the install guide is really useful and it doesn’t look like it will be all that hard. famous last words…
cheers.
If you need any help give us a shout… I’m probably the least technical person here and managed to get them on… but I can try and offer advice if needed (from one mechanophobe to another). Just take your time - do not try and fit them within a 2-3hr block - allow a day where you have nothing else to do just in case things prove tricky.
do not cut the original handle grips off… better to take the time and lift them off intact in case something goes wrong and you need to fit them on again (this happened with me).
Some useful things to have in place:
WD40
Adhesive (might need to add some if the grips are too loose on the bars)
coathanger (can be used to roll the original grips off)
Gloves (my hands were very swollen after battling with the left grip to get it on - had not WD40)
Good advice above.
One point from me would be to link the power to something like your side lights, as if you go direct to the batt, you will prob forget to turn them off and “tadaaa” … flat batt…
Quick blob from the soldering iron and some insulating tape will be required.
Plus cable ties!
If you put some insulating tape around the left bar before you slide the heated grip on, it will help to keep some of the heat in the grip and stop it flowing into the bar.
Hmm anyone willing to do mine…? Too scared to use a soldering iron! 
Thanks.
I have had the chance to install grips a good few times; I’m on my third pair of hot grips and always buy Renthal mediums when I get a new bike.
Just in case anyone is interested I fitted these to my Triumph a few weeks ago.
Took me about 1.5 hours all in, and that was working slowly and carefully. Hardest part was putting the new grip on the throttle side as I did not want to cut off the small plastic fins on the throttle tube (I intend to put the standard grips back on in the warmer months). Had to force the heated grip on over them and feared i had stretched it a bit too much but after a few hours it seemed to have settled and no longer turn independently of the throttle tube (well, perhaps if you give it some force but not enough to affect normal operation) In hindsight I perhaps should have sprayed some sort of mild adhesive (some people recommend hairspray) inside the grip which might have helped it stick better.
Wiring was nice and easy (didn’t wire in to a loom or anything, just straight to battery terminals and MUST remember to switch off every time…) and managed to keep things relatively tidy despite the ridiculous lengths of all the cables (you’d be fine even if your bike was 4m long)
Now fitted and the only thing I don’t like is the wire coming out of the grip (unavoidable I know) as I have big hands and find they get in the way a little. But the grips heat up in a matter of minutes, get nice and hot and take the worst of the chill away in the mornings.
Need to sort something out with the bare metal levers though, as all the clutch work I do in town means my left hand is still freezing cold. Think i’ll just wrap some insulation tape around them in the absence of anything more elegant.
For £30 and an hours work I don’t think you can go far wrong.
I can only insist you wire these along the live as it’s so easy to leave them on or someone to turn them on when your not there.
Nothing wrong with the Oxford ones once you’ve got the right switch as a massive amount of dodgy ones went out to all the shops but should all be gone by now. Even if you get a duff one just take it back and get another one.
Wired mine into a relay switched by an ignition live - impossible to leave on and only a few minutes extra work, which you’ll be thankful you did when you leave them on by mistake!
I recommend the Daytona ones.
Good grips, get abit cold after a while dunno if thats normal, so you have to crank them up to ‘start’ again.
Anybody tried the R&G grips yet ?
Yup… but not tested them on long/ fast journeys. So far in town seem good - left one is less warm but someone on this thread (go up) mentioned insulating tape on the bar to stop the heat being lost… Since I bought them I’ve only used my summer gloves with some North Face inner gloves as the heat passes quicket onto my hands!
for the money they are pretty good… They have temperature control which in town makes it ideal but the control is annoying. only one button and the temperature goes from 1-5 back to 1 again so if you want to put it to the level below you need to press the button 5 times!
Generally I think that I would recommend them! 
