juddspaintballs
Dual Sport Touring
- Joined
- Nov 14, 2007
- Messages
- 516
- Age
- 38
- Location
- Berkeley Springs, WV
- Bike
- KTM 1090 Adventure R
- STOC #
- 7186
the idea of heated grips still confuzzles me. it's 10 degrees today (i drove the cage because making it sit so long kept it from starting for a while the other day), would heated grips keep my fingers toasty? my finger tips keep getting cold. would heated grips actually keep my finger tips warm? gloves seem like a better and more reliable solution, however they are not cheap and without a heated jacket liner, they seem like a nightmare to plug in each time i mount. would heated grips actually work? (I'm thinking the dual stars with a heat troller)
yes, I am a cheap feller. let me know if I can do this cheaply
so the idea struck me that there are battery heated gloves out on the market. most of them use a single D cell battery. I realize they are not the hottest things on the market, but they do provide some heat. my cheap mind wondered if I could remove the D cell battery (which only produces 1.5 volts), modify a power reducer found in so many car chargers, and wire the battery heated gloves to my bike's battery. I think it's possible and I think it's not that expensive to actually do, but is it worth it even? even if I stepped the voltage up to 2-3v would they actually be that warm?
anyways, what I'm looking for here is someone to convince me that heated grips would keep my fingers warm in a pair of lightly lined leather gloves. the project of battery powered heated gloves modified for the bike sounds neat and i wouldn't mind doing it but heated grips would be nicer if they'll keep me warm at 10 degrees.
thanks for reading!
yes, I am a cheap feller. let me know if I can do this cheaply
so the idea struck me that there are battery heated gloves out on the market. most of them use a single D cell battery. I realize they are not the hottest things on the market, but they do provide some heat. my cheap mind wondered if I could remove the D cell battery (which only produces 1.5 volts), modify a power reducer found in so many car chargers, and wire the battery heated gloves to my bike's battery. I think it's possible and I think it's not that expensive to actually do, but is it worth it even? even if I stepped the voltage up to 2-3v would they actually be that warm?
anyways, what I'm looking for here is someone to convince me that heated grips would keep my fingers warm in a pair of lightly lined leather gloves. the project of battery powered heated gloves modified for the bike sounds neat and i wouldn't mind doing it but heated grips would be nicer if they'll keep me warm at 10 degrees.
thanks for reading!