BikeMaster Heated Grips 7/8 120mm Black

The media could not be loaded. I am writing this review after riding six times with these heated grips in temperatures ranging from 35 - 65 F. These grips are excellent, period. They are also excellent value compared to other brands. I picked this model because of its price, ease of installation, with a fully integrated unit that can be swapped on in place of the original grips, and because the controller is small and simple. I hate the look of other models with huge controllers and lots of distracting LCD screens or LED lights. This is simple and does the job.Specs: My “offline” testing using a 12V switching power supply indicates a draw of 2.5 A, so at 12 V that is 30 watts. Others indicate these are rated for about 3 amps, which may be what you get from a battery. The fuse in the wire is rated for 4 A. There is no official spec, but good to plan for about 3-4 amps draw on your bike. With the engine running and alternator charging the battery, you will be looking at something closer to 14 V, so ~36 watts. The grips got up to 160 F on the hottest setting, and lower settings use PWM (basically rapid switching power on and off) to modulate heat.Heat: Excellent! It takes a few minutes to warm up. Other people comment that the heat is unbearable on the hottest setting. Maybe this is true with bare hands, but with gloves this was not my experience. That being said, on a 60 F degree day, the hottest setting was uncomfortable. Even on a freezing day (35 F), with thick winter riding gloves, the hottest setting was very warm, and after about 5 minutes I opted to turn it down to the 3 setting.On moderately cool days with thin gloves, I will probably use 1-2 for a heat setting. On colder days when I wear winter gloves, I will likely start on 5 for 5-10 minutes, then turn it down to 3 once it is warmed up. Adding this to my bike will definitely have a huge positive impact on the quality of my cool-weather riding, and extend my riding season! Really happy so far! That being said, additional accessories like handguards to block wind, good quality winter gloves, and warm weather gear are still needed for a comfortable cold-weather riding experience.Installation Difficulty: Installation is easy if you are comfortable doing basic work (read: if you change your own oil and know how to remove the fairings/covers/gas tank of a bike to get at the internals, you can do this job). I agree with other reviewers who have noted that the instructions are pretty poor. That being said, the kit is very self-explanatory and detailed instructions shouldn’t really be necessary.TEST BEFORE YOU INSTALL. It would be really frustrating if you cut off your old grips, get these installed, and then find out they don't work. Get a 12V power supply or spare battery, hook them up, and verify they get hot. They go on snug, and once they are on it is very difficult to get them off again.Installation – Wiring: Again, in my experience the wiring is very self-explanatory. Each grip has a cable and 2-pin plug, which goes into a wire harness that the control module is attached to. It doesn’t matter which grip goes into which plug. This harness has a 4-pin plug that attaches to a long cable, which has two wires at the end that you attach to 12V power. I would recommend switched power, if you can get to it easily, so you don't kill your battery by leaving them on accidentally. There is no auto-off or voltage monitor on these, like some of the more expensive brands have. I used the Honda 6P connector on my NC700X. I added a splice to my custom wire harness, and terminated the cable with a Sumitomo HM waterproof connector.The end of the cable supplied in this kit has its own fuse, which you should leave in if you are connecting this directly to the battery. I opted to cut off the fuse, so I could trim the cable to the correct length, and because I'm attaching to a fused, switched circuit.Installation - Grips: One of the grips has a larger inner diameter; this one goes over the throttle tube. The other one goes on the other bar. If your throttle tube has ridges or bumps, such as my Honda did, you *will* need to cut these down with a Dremel or file them down some other way. Some people disassemble the whole throttle tube/cable assembly to do this, but I found it was easy enough to just grind it down with the Dremel while still mounted to the bike.The kit includes end caps for bikes that don't have bar-end weights.I opted to just cut off the old grips - I won't ever put them back on. If you want to save them, some people lift them up and blow compressed air or lubricant (PTFE or silicone) to break up the adhesive. Clean the adhesive off of the bars before installing, then get them slippery with soap or hair spray, which will allow you to press and twist the new grip on. Some people use a block of wood and mallet to help this process, but I found that it wasn’t necessary. Once the soap or hair spray dries, the grip will be firmly stuck in place.I used the included superglue on the right throttle tube side, but not the left side. The bottle of glue is very low quality, and leaked on my hand when I opened it up! Not good. It also leaked on the paint on my bike, because I stupidly did not put a towel down to protect everything first. Regrets. Buyer be warned. If I did it again, I'd go buy some name-brand Permatex cyanoacrylate "super" glue to use instead of what was provided.

Iv'e been using Symtec Heat Demons for yrs on a variety of bikes and they work great but are a bit fiddly to install so i thought i'd try something different and found these. The price is great considering they come with a decent set of grips and a control module with 5 settings. I first installed them on a DRZ 400s then moved them to my 2022 Honda CRF 300l. I wired them to a switch that is keyed to the ignition and the rear turn indicators so there is no chance they will drain the battery if accidentally left on. I also connected my Garmin Zumo hard wire into the same line so the GPS is also keyed to the ignition. The control module is small enough to not get in the way and can be attached with the included plastic plate and bar clamp or via a sticky pad. I used the sticky pad on the DRZ and it worked great, using the clamp on the Honda. The first time i tried them out it was 37 degrees and i started out on the hottest setting then moved them to 3 of 5 where they worked perfectly. The only minor gripe i have with these is they are slightly larger in diameter than the Renthal grips i usually use but i'm already adapting to that and it's no problem. For the $$ these are easy to install and work really well.

We buy heated grips for the warmth in the winter, but we have to live with these grips all year long. It's summer time now and I really like the feel of these grips. They are a little larger diameter than regular grips which suits me fine. It's like grabbing the fat steering wheel of my sports car compared to the skinny wheel of my wife's Lexus. The rubber is soft enough to give good grip without feeling like it will wear out too soon, but time will tell. The texture grips my gloves without transmitting any unusual ridges or pattern like some ridged grips.Now for the heat: I've turned these on a few times on chilly mornings and the heat seems to come though quickly and evenly between left and right grip. Every motorcycle will be a little different based on throttle tube size and handlebar material, but they work well on my aluminum bar on my Suzuki SV650. I've owned heated grips of various types for almost 20 years and these are the best design and one of the cheapest yet.The controller is very intelligent as it remembers your last setting when you turn them on after shutting off the bike. The button is easy to use with thick gloves and the LEDs give good indication of the power setting. The electronic controller is so much better than the Hi-Lo toggle switch on some other grips. When you have the heat set to one of the low setting, it only draws a little power from your battery as opposed to some designs that use a resistance block to regulate heat. The only thing I didn't like about the controller was the mounting. If you use the bar mount, you need to use a rubber shim to keep it from rotating on your bar. If you use the two-sided tape to stick it to your dash like I did, well...it looks just like that. For this price, it's a minor complaint. There are only 2 wires to connect to your system. Even if you lost the directions or ignore the red/black color coding, you still have a 50/50 chance of getting it right. I was replacing an older set of heated grips so I already had the switched relay in place (highly recommended so you don't overload an existing circuit or drain your battery if you connect them directly and forget to turn them off).Some people complained about the tight fit on the left grip. My aluminum bar came with a knurled end so a little time with a flat file made installation easier. I still used the included superglue and a rubber mallet to drive it home the last inch or two. The throttle side was a little loose so a little JB Weld took care of that. Now, there is no movement and I'm confident they won't come off--ever. Overall, these are the best heated grips I've owned yet.