Archive for April 14th, 2010

14 Apr 2010

Posted by under Mr. FixIt

Heated Motorbike Grips (Part 1)

The best thing since sliced bread.

After years of procrastinating I finally (at Brenda’s prompting) purchased and installed heated grips on both of our motorcycles – last June! Then I continued the trend by procrastinating on posting this write up. As a reward for mentioning to Sean just how much more pleasant cool/cold weather riding is when you have warm hands, Sean has prompted me to describe how I did it. So here’s the skinny.

I decided to use Symtec Motorcycle Grip Heaters that are installed underneath the stock grips. In my research over a couple of years, I’d sort of settled on these as the simplest to install and the most cost effective grip heaters available. I ordered them in from the US when I couldn’t find a local supplier.  Continue Reading »

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