Anyone had blisters from the heated grips? Rode to the NEC show yesterday from Newcastle, 220 odd miles each way, was -1 degrees when we set off so pretty cold. Had the heaters set to medium as full gets too hot. It was bloody freezing so fingertips were numb cold but palms red hot. Got a bit painful on the return journey so had to loosen grip and just use fingertips. Anyway by the time I got back long after dark I've noticed I've got burns on right hand palm, grips were recently replaced with genuine Ducati parts after the originals failed. Can't be right can it?
Yes they do. I've had a few bikes with heated grips, right one always warmer than left, I guess it's down to the plastic throttle tube insulating on the right and a metal bar sapping heat on the left.
got that myself earlier in the year , gloves were very wet tho,, all gone the next day thankfully. ( Oxford not Ducati )
The Ducati ones on my Scrambler don't get hot enough to give you blisters piss poor and expensive compared to Oxford only good thing you don't have a load of excess wire to hide
the old 1200 MTS grips were great , got proper hot. The DVT ones on the other hand....................
When on our recent disastrous trip to Spain, when we got caught in snow in France, I discovered that a Honda Goldwing a Triumph 1050 sport and an old GS 1200 have much better heated grips than my DVT has, and the lowest temp I saw on the clock was 2deg. I think I might have welcomed some heat blisters
I had similar on the way back from Czech Republic. Gloves were wet through and my hands got poached, a bit like if you stay in the bath for hours. Not actually a burn, but could be mistaken for one. Jon.
