HonDerpa500r
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Gear- Oxford Heated Grips (Universal)
Install difficulty - Childs play
Install time - 30 to 40 minutes
Rating - 10/10
Price - $120
Comments -
As most of you know, Canada can be quite the ***** when it comes to weather.
I recently purchased a set of Oxford Heated Grips for my GSXR600, and couldn't be happier with them. I'm a new rider and have been trying to get out on my bike ever since getting my first bike back in September of 2017. So far, I've ridden every month, and have just had to deal with the cold weather by bundling up. It's worked fairly well, except I always found my hands getting frozen after the shortest of rides, even after purchasing winter gloves, the sharp cold air just cuts right through them, causing my fingertips to go numb.
After looking up battery powered heated gloves and weighing out the fact that a decent pair of heated gloves are around $300, I decided to look elsewhere.
I'm sure most of you have heard about heated grips, or heated wrap arounds for your current grips. Well, I purchased a set of Oxford heated grips from Fortnine (Link at the bottom), and it's made my riding in the cold weather so much more enjoyable.
The installation was quick and easy, simply cut away your old grips, sand down the bare handlebar if necessary, then superglue the handlebar and fit the grips on. After that, it's simply running the wires back to your battery and you're set. The grips come with a 5 setting controller, and I can tell you right now, you probably won't ever have to have it on 100% heat. I had it on 100% heat for today to test them out, and even with my thick leather gloves on, I still had to turn down the heat because it was too hot on my hand even with gloves on. It also comes with a 'battery saver' which turns the grips off after you shut your bike off, in case you forget to turn them off yourself.
The only negative thing I can really say about these are that you should buy a thing of super glue, because the super glue it comes with in the package is very cheap and I broke the bond after setting the grips up the first time.
If you have any questions about the grips, I'll try to answer them to the best of my ability.
Link to the grips- https://fortnine.ca/en/oxford-heaterz-premium-sport-heated-grips
Install difficulty - Childs play
Install time - 30 to 40 minutes
Rating - 10/10
Price - $120
Comments -
As most of you know, Canada can be quite the ***** when it comes to weather.
I recently purchased a set of Oxford Heated Grips for my GSXR600, and couldn't be happier with them. I'm a new rider and have been trying to get out on my bike ever since getting my first bike back in September of 2017. So far, I've ridden every month, and have just had to deal with the cold weather by bundling up. It's worked fairly well, except I always found my hands getting frozen after the shortest of rides, even after purchasing winter gloves, the sharp cold air just cuts right through them, causing my fingertips to go numb.
After looking up battery powered heated gloves and weighing out the fact that a decent pair of heated gloves are around $300, I decided to look elsewhere.
I'm sure most of you have heard about heated grips, or heated wrap arounds for your current grips. Well, I purchased a set of Oxford heated grips from Fortnine (Link at the bottom), and it's made my riding in the cold weather so much more enjoyable.
The installation was quick and easy, simply cut away your old grips, sand down the bare handlebar if necessary, then superglue the handlebar and fit the grips on. After that, it's simply running the wires back to your battery and you're set. The grips come with a 5 setting controller, and I can tell you right now, you probably won't ever have to have it on 100% heat. I had it on 100% heat for today to test them out, and even with my thick leather gloves on, I still had to turn down the heat because it was too hot on my hand even with gloves on. It also comes with a 'battery saver' which turns the grips off after you shut your bike off, in case you forget to turn them off yourself.
The only negative thing I can really say about these are that you should buy a thing of super glue, because the super glue it comes with in the package is very cheap and I broke the bond after setting the grips up the first time.
If you have any questions about the grips, I'll try to answer them to the best of my ability.
Link to the grips- https://fortnine.ca/en/oxford-heaterz-premium-sport-heated-grips