02-02-2018, 02:12 AM
pdedse, I had the installed grips included in the original OTD deal for the bike, and they're a small fortune. Honda charges $400 for the grips, plus a couple of hours of shop time for the install. The tech had to remove the tank and do something with the ECU module, the shop manager said. He thought it would only take an hour, so that's what he billed the shop. Instead, it took three hours. The mechanic was not happy.
marvincon, apparently these new heated grips are the third generation. The first two versions didn't get hot enough, so Honda replaced the controller and now this version is what they're shipping out.
mscb1100, never having met you, I can't say whether you'd qualify for geezer status. The guys I saw yesterday checking out the new Gold Wing definitely did. They were all well over seventy-years-old, including at least one octogenarian. One dude in a Vietnam War veteran's denim vest was debating with his buddy whether he could swing his leg over high enough to mount the bike. Another was worried that he couldn't lift the bike off the sidestand. No way he could ever get it on or off the centerstand, he said.
All these guys were drooling over the bike, and, in one case, I mean it literally.
mickey, as often as you ride, you have to get these grips on your '14 Deluxe. Besides the very high price, the only downside to them is the indicator on the grip lights up Kawi green instead of Honda red. I would have preferred red.
marvincon, apparently these new heated grips are the third generation. The first two versions didn't get hot enough, so Honda replaced the controller and now this version is what they're shipping out.
mscb1100, never having met you, I can't say whether you'd qualify for geezer status. The guys I saw yesterday checking out the new Gold Wing definitely did. They were all well over seventy-years-old, including at least one octogenarian. One dude in a Vietnam War veteran's denim vest was debating with his buddy whether he could swing his leg over high enough to mount the bike. Another was worried that he couldn't lift the bike off the sidestand. No way he could ever get it on or off the centerstand, he said.
All these guys were drooling over the bike, and, in one case, I mean it literally.
mickey, as often as you ride, you have to get these grips on your '14 Deluxe. Besides the very high price, the only downside to them is the indicator on the grip lights up Kawi green instead of Honda red. I would have preferred red.