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Old 18-03-13, 21:17
alpine100 alpine100 is offline
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What hot grips to buy?

Hi all im looking at buying some heated grips for my XTR, i used Oxford on my Ten & they was good but a bit expensive, i left them on it when i sold the bike so now im after some more but was thinking abit cheaper, any recomendations of where to buy & brand would be appreciated, Cheers Dave
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Old 18-03-13, 21:46
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I've noticed they have all went up in price recently so the Oxford price isn't gonna be the worst in the world
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Old 18-03-13, 21:54
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Dr Bike grips from J&S Accessories. �29 last time I looked. AFAIK they are the same as the old Oxford grips - with the simple on/off dial type controller. We have 3 sets on various bikes in our household. One switch has failed in two years and a total of of around 60,000 miles between the bikes.
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Old 18-03-13, 21:56
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I’ve had Oxford Hot Grips and Symtec Heat Demon grip heaters. The old style Oxfords were good, the last set rubbish and the controller broke; overall I preferred the Symtech pads that go under normal grips.

Symtec Heat Demon

I have now seen the light however, use heated gloves, and probably won’t go back to heated grips again. Gloves heat your hands quicker and more efficiently as the heat doesn’t have to work its way through the grip rubber and glove. I also never found that heated grips kept my thumbs warm – gloves do. One big advantage with heated gloves is you don’t have to remove them, or sell them with your bike! If you’ve got more than one bike gloves make huge economic sense too.

Keis heated inners start at about the same money as heated grips.

Keis Heated Inners

Keis gloves are around �100 and Gerbings a little more, but well worth it in the long run. I use Gerbing T5
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Old 19-03-13, 21:05
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Thanx for the replys i will try J&S, dont fancy the gloves with wires, i might tie myself to the bike, cheers lads very helpfull, Dave
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