765 Heated Grips 2023/24 Models

I have a 68 plate 765rs without factory heated grips and a 68 plate street twin with.

My experience with the Oxford ones in the past wasn't great as they felt too bulky in my hand, however, there is no noticeable difference in the size on the two bikes above.

The street twin has off, low and high, all working through the clocks with a very discreet button on the left grip.
The Oxford has the big bulky blob of a controller on the handlebars.

In my experiences, I think the price is excessive however it is a good product and integrates well so I would bite the bullet and buy OEM.

 

I had Daytona heated grips that I fitted on my speed triple 1050, they where pretty darn hot on top setting, the factory heated grips on my 2024 RS i would say are ok, there is not a lot between the 3 settings, but they do the job, they may improve as they get used, to have them built in and the level indicator on the screen is worth it, if they were like £400 def not, but at there current price definitely

 

I think heated grips will be the next accessory that I fit to my Striple. My main criteria is for the control to be integrated with the grips, but even they can be downright fuggly on some I’ve come across, and secondly to have a good heat settings range.

The one I favour at the moment is Ultimateaddons Advanced heated grips. 120 or 130 mm in length with 5 heat settings indicated by the LED showing a different colour. List price £130.

There’s a YouTube video from Infinity Motorcycles showing the fitting of same.

With regard to wiring them I would take the power straight off of the battery via a fused relay. You will find an ignition switched power to use as the relay trigger on the USB charger under the seat using a piggyback connector. From memory it’s the green wire, but do check as that is how I powered the twin USB A & C charger that I have fitted to the bars.

 

On the high setting, which I don't normally use, they were very effective at drying my gloves out on my recent Orkney trip.

 

Lucky you didn’t poach your hands

 

From what I can see the OE grips have the heat settings control integrated with the left hand grip and will talk to your TFT display to indicate which heat setting you have selected. Whereas the Ultimateaddons grips indicate the selected heat setting by the LED on the grip changing colour.

For the ability to interface with the TFT you are paying an additional £110.

What I don’t know is, having fitted the OE grips, will you have a further cost for the dealer to connect their box of tricks to the bike to establish this dialogue between the grips and the TFT?

 

Interesting thought @Baza given the recent discussions on vehicles having all the options installed, but not yet activated - absolute con

Dealer or Stealer?

 

I have had the heated grips before. Great for the palms of your hand. But the knuckles still freeze. I now have heated gloves not cheap ones but they heat the whole fingers. I also where i can fit handlebar deflectors.

 

This maybe the way to go. If you have more than one machine on the road you have just the cost of the gloves rather than two or more sets of heated grips.

However, if your gloves rely on something like Gore-Tex to keep the water out, the fact that the heat is on the outside can reverse the function of the waterproofing membrane. See this Bennett’s YouTube video about 6:30 in. The other possible down side is if the heated gloves don’t come up to scratch when it comes to protection.

 

I am always buying my bikes with OEM heat grips. The additional price is it worth in my opinion. I didn't had any issues with them and the integration to the bike's electronic system is also without any issues.

 

I have some budget, Chinesium heated gloves with 3 heat settings and they are great although not waterproof. I have some Oxford grips on the dirt bike which get pretty hot on the high setting and are waterproof of course but I agree the controller is a bit naff. The LH grip packed up after a big off during some, over enthusiastic, green laning but I was able to purchase a spare grip on it's own.
I was fancying some OEM heated grips for the Scrambler but I would probably have to also wear the heated gloves so, at the price, I think I'll hang fire for the moment.
What about a muff? I like a nice warm muff.

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I've had three or four sets of OEM heated grips, and I swear by them (and they're far, far better than the BMW equivalent). Given their neatness and integration with the bike, well worth a little extra investment over the Oxfords IMO.

 

I was surprised how expensive they are and amused at them being described as waterproof. Whilst they may not soak up water there is no way that water is not able to get inside them.

 

Thought hard about the triumph heated grips. I like the integration and neatness. But I was quoted 120 for the fitting which took them up to 360 all in. A bit steep I thought at the time so didn't have them.

 

Have another look at the ones I suggested earlier. You should be able to fit them yourself.