| Author | Message | ||
     Thejosh |
Does anyone have the link for the aerostich heated grip wraps, I remember somebody posting a link a while back and can't seem to find them on their website. Thanks. Josh | ||
| Rodclement |
http://www.aerostich.com/a-to-b-utilities/rider-co mfort/heated-grips-accessories/aerostich-warm-wrap -grips.html | ||
| Thejosh |
Awesome! I figure I'll put an adapter on so I can run them off the outlet on the dash. Thanks Josh | ||
| Dcc46 |
I never used the aerostich ones but the oxford hothands worked great on my street triple  | ||
| T9r |
I personally like the Polly Heater handlebar warmers. Once installed it is stealth looking (no wires hanging around). Polly Heater Install on a 2003 XB9R: http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/327 77/233037.html?1161092162 | ||
| Dr_greg |
Just to stir the pot, I've been VERY pleased with the "Dual-Star" heated grips over the years. I think they are also one of the least expensive at $35. Highly recommended. --Doc | ||
| Fltwistygirl |
I used the Aerostitch grips for one winter and they worked just fine. Just remember to turn them off when you park the bike to go into work so they don't drain your battery. DAMHIK. | ||
| Thejosh |
Was thinking of plugging them into the 12v outlet on the dash so that won't happen. The outlet should only be energized when the bike is running, so should be good! Thanks, Josh | ||
| Hughesatron |
I installed the Polly inserts on my buell and have been satisfied for the past 25,000 miles. | ||
| Sprintex |
Yup Polly grip heater's. Just don't get the one's for snowmobiles, HOT HOT HOT, but an inline resister brings the temp down. | ||
| Nik |
I have the ones for snowmobiles. I have them wiring series/parallel through a DPDT switch for high and low and don't have problems with them being too hot. | ||
| Reepicheep |
There are two versions of the polly heaters... one with a single setting (nuke) and two wires (+ and -), and one with two settings (nuke and melt) with three wires (+h, +m, -). The Aerostitch grips (haven't used them, but Aerostitch is a great company to deal with) will have the advantage of being on the outside of the grip... so they will heat up and cool down faster, with less overshoot, and use less power. The downside will be they will be much more fragile, the wire going to the throttle will fatigue every time you twist a wrist, and the pad surfaces with fragile heating elements will wear with every ride. But if you get 3 to 5 years out of a $45 set of grips, that's not expensive. They are also easy to remove in the summer, or switch between bikes. The polly heaters are a big solid heating element (read: resistor) in a brass tube that goes inside the bars. Just about indestructible. In point of fact, I totaled a Ulysses by riding it bars first (literally... stoppie to impact) on the side of a Toyota Corolla (which was also heavily damaged). Bars mashed against tank, Polly heaters (and my controller) survived fine. The down side of the polly heaters is how much stuff they have to heat before you feel it... the resistor heats up some kind of potting compound, which then heats up the brass tube, which then heats up the bars, which then heat up the grip, which then heats up your gloves, which you then FINALLY feel. They also have stupid amounts of thermal overshoot... so if you turn them on "high", and turn them off the moment you get up to temperature, they will continue to get hotter for a 1 to 5 minutes (depending on wind chill)... OOOWWWWW. So you are forever chasing your tail with the switch. Polly heaters are really cheap though. | ||
| Pontlee77 |
Polaris, great stuff, easy to install, and have worked for me fine. | ||
| Bluzm2 |
I've got a set of Heat Demons on my S2, they work well. They are in the bar type like the Polys. I'd by another set for my Uly but they are about $125 or so and the Uly control layout doesn't work with their metric version. The HD is a 1" bar... |
