has anyone any info or recommendations on heated grips.
my old digits are getting cold now.
i had a set of KTM ones on my 950SM and they were great but I dont want anything thats to bulky

im getting some of these

http://www.windingroads.co.uk/shop/p...le-heated-grip

seen them on other peoples bikes and they are great. very reliable and with thin grips you dont even know they are there.

I had the Symtec kit and it was excellent - thoroughly recommend. However, I have now seen the light and use heated gloves rather than grips.

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Agreed. I went to heated gloves. Exo storm shield. Nice and toasty in the coldest conditions, no fitting required and you can take em with you to the next bike

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Symtec heated grips with bar muffs are perfect, you can even wear thin MX gloves or similar and be toasty warm and dry

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+1. I rode down to Llanthony nr Abergavenny from Huddersfield in the rain on Saturday. Nice warm hands on low setting and DRY. Heated jacket on medium and so warm my visor kept misting up!

I use Tucano Urbano muffs, cover all of the grips and switches and go up the stem of the wing mirrors. Take some getting use to but once you have used them for a while you won't look back.

.......and YES I use very thin gloves to allow the Symtec heated grips to get the heat through, no use using thick gloves, not that I need them!

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I've had a pair of these gloves. Not something a biker often says, but they were too warm for me, even without power they are still a very warm glove...

When I changed the bars, I opted for the Oxford sports bike grips, they are thin and feel just like normal grips. I've used Oxford grips for years and years and years and only ever had one failure (which I can't properly remember now). Others have had many failures, but not me.

An old biker (long since departed now I guess) once told me that oversized gloves are the answer, having an inch of space at your finger ends. They are something you need to get used to, but it certainly works.

Then again, I don't really suffer from feeling the cold.

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I discovered heated grips when I bought an FJR1300 a few years back. Wonderful machine for distance riding and Rome to Alicante was easy BUT too much like a car to me shaft drive an all so traded it in for another XJR, what a fun bike. Anyway I found the heated grips brilliant. I know that R&G sell them fairly cheap and I am told they work well....

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(Now sold on, sob) 2011 Blue XT660X with gold wheels, was 26,500 km.
Engine mods: K&N Stage 1 filter, DNA Stage 2 filter, snorkel removed, Kev fuel mod fitted.
Plus: smoked Puig screen, Yam aluminium sump guard, Yamaha / Acerbis handguards, Givi Trekker aluminium side cases, Leo Vince X3 cans plus Kev front fork mod and Fender Xtender. Just fitted Michelin Road Pilot 3 tyres.

SOLD the XTX for a Super Ten 1200. And just bought a Raptor 700 so staying on here for some tips....

Yes, Tucano muffs are designed to fit bikes with hand guards. I have some for my Transalp which has huge OEM handguards. They would fit easy over the slim Acerbis jobs on my XT660r. R


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Hi there,
Thinking of heated grips second winter now...anyway, anyone knows if oxford 'original' will fit our xt660z's ? I have Yamaha handguards - any mods to grips required before fitting or they will go straight from the box?
Cheers