Tue, 13 Oct 1998 18:28:28 +0200 - Message No. 4255
From: Jouko Juutilainen

Subject: Re: Heated grips


>All you North Guys know much more about cold than us Med guys here, which
brand heated grips are the best? Or are they all the same?

That's such a good question, but I don't know the right answer. I have had
heated grips now only one month, but I am surprised how comfortable they
really are. I have ridden bike almost twenty years and it has been allways
the same problem with cold fingers ( one of them has frozen), but not any
more. I just love heater system.
The grip heater solution of my AT is self made. There are 2 x 15W slides,
which are originally made for Arctic Cat, Skido and Lynx riders for
temperature below zero. A friend of mine who has also AT has 2 x 21W power
inside the bars, but he complains it's often too hot before the real
winterdays. He had before this solution the BMW's original ( very, very
expensive) heated grips, but on those days he didn't like them because they
were too cold. So the fingers get wet but not hot and dry as they should.
The heat on my AT's grips is now rather suitable, but I am planning a way
to adjust them more than on/off. Some kind of thermostat maybe?

Have a nice ride all of you

Joxy from Finland
and AT 98'( +6 C) 



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