Heated Gloves or grips

[ztolley]

My previous bike, for last winter, was a Sprint ST and had heated grips. I loved it, the bike shield your hand a bit and the heated grips kept u warm and the switch was integrated into the bike.

So its just turned cold again and this year I have my RIII Classic. I looked at the heated grips briefly a few months back but is it me or is the control the ugliest thing ever, a total after-thought.

I decided then not to get the triumph heated grips this time but after the near freezing temps this morning I'm starting to think that I could live with a bit of ugly.

So 3 choices:

1. Just get the triumph grips.
2. Get heated gloves
3. Get some other heated thingy

Are heated gloves any worse/better?
How easy is it for a total novice, who is proud to have changed the rear bulb, to fit them? (I know how to get the tank up at least).
Does anyone have a picture of how ugly, or not, the controls are..

Also, are the R3t Grips the same as the classic, I thought I read that it has a better control unit.

[justinrhenry]

how long are your rides? a pair of leather gloves are usually enough to keep the cold wind at bay.

[PBRPAUL]

I have Tourmaster heated gloves. The wiring took about ten minutes. It just connects to the battery terminals. Then you route the little plug out from under the seat on the left side. These things work great and are easily adjustable. If you buy a set of gloves, all the required wiring is included and the instructions are easy to follow. The only problem with heated gloves is the few minutes it takes to run the wires down the jacket sleeves and then plug into the harness on the battery. You also have to remember to unplug when you get off the bike. You can run heated jacket liner and pants off the same harness. This is something you can't do with heated grips. Tourmasters glove sizes ran a bit small for me so measure your hand the way they show and order the next larger size. Its better to be a bit loose because too tight restricts finger movement.
I left my house today at 7:30 am and the temp was 44 deg. I didn't think I'd need the heated gloves. Within 30 min I was wishing I'd worn them. Paul
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[BeHereNow]

I have an ‘09 R3 Standard with heated grips, and the EX02 heated gloves and vest.
The heated grips work best with slightly oversized gloves (for a warm air pocket). They take care of me down to 35-40F. Below that and I want my heated gloves for anything over 15 miles. They too need to be not-snug.
My stock grips have high and low, and one or the other is just fine.
I haven’t driven below 27F this season, just used the heated grips, and after 25 miles my thumbs were cold, and I knew I would use the heated gloves next time below freezing.
The harness for the heated gloves is a bother for my short commute of 25 miles each way.
The connector cord for the EXO2 fits the battery tender, which is handy.
My commute speed is 55-80, except for communities. Fly screen, nothing more.

[TRIIICK]

I have the Gerbing heated Jacket and Gloves works great. Would recommend using the controller with the gloves.

[DaytonaNewbie]

I have the triumph adjustable heated grips on mine, and also have the full Gerbings gear. The cold has never bothered me as long as I'm physically active, but just sitting on the bike I chill out extremely fast, my hands especially so. With the grips & the Gerbing gloves I've fairly comfortably travelled with temps in the mid 20's.
I also have the aux power outlet installed, & its on the same fuse as the grips. Normally using the jacket liner, & gloves with the grips "on" is not a problem. However if its cold enough that I need to use the Gerbing pants too, I then need to use the battery ponytail to power the heated gear, as it instantly will pop the fuse for the grips/aux power.

[Trapper]

I live in Colorado and ride as much as possible in the winter. I have Gerbing heated Jacket and Gloves and Triumph heated grips. If it is cold the gloves are the only way to go, the grips just heat the inside of your hands and without a faring or shields they still get cold so I just use them cool days.

Trapper

[ztolley]

I managed to win a set of new Triumph grips on ebay at half price, yay. Last year on the Sprint grips where enough as I think the hands got a little relief from the wind.. I"ll see how I get on. I think in the long run it would be good to get a heated vest and gloves, but they aren't cheap.

[ztolley]

Finally installed the grips today, but not done a test ride yet due to the rain

Took a but longer to install them than I thought, most of it is straightforward enough. Removing various panels and lifting the tank up is easier than I thought. Getting the old grips off was also a no brainer. I was worried that I had to mess with the throttle cable but that was simple enough too. Good that the various wires and sockets below the tank have different connectors so you just plug in the ones that match and its a nice touch that the relay has a mounting point.

Downsides, the wires from the grips go into the bars and the hole for the wires to come out is tiny. I manage to get a piece of wire through, with string tied to that and then pull the grip wires through but the first time I did it took over an hour, the 2nd one was only 10 minutes.

Also, although the wiring it straightforward it would still be nicer if it was already wired up like some other triumph bikes.

Also, really not a fan of the controls, they really are an afterthought.

Anyway after a long day of installation at least they work and when it next stop raining I can try them out.

[Molinoman]

Sorry to be so lazy, it is getting late over here but I didn't want to re-type my answer to this question that I gave in another posting similar to this:

http://www.triumphrat.net/the-rocket...ml#post1431113