Are heated grips worth it?

[Yamahauler]

http://www.denniskirk.com/jsp/product_catalog/Product.jsp?skuId=391957&store=Main&productId=p391957&catId=115&leafCatId=11504

do they drain the battery too much?

how hot would these get, as hot as a sled's?

[trikezilla]

I have found they are nice in northern WI winter, so as you are from Manitoba I think you would like them. To me it almost seems as though, the grips become firmer when installed. I have no experience in using them in sport riding, but when I plow with the boss's quad they do a good job. We have not had a problem draing batteries, and the set he got from Dennis Kirk a couple years back do get nice and toasty, but the ones on my Aunts ski-doo Touring E get alot warmer..almost hot.

[broook]

Not sure about trikes, but the heated grips on my snowmoble work without a battery. There is no battery on the machine. They get too hot at times. Wouldn`t go without them now. :) You will need one for the grips and one for the thumb throttle.

[trimoto225dxl]

yeah...all the cats work right off the stator...and if you have them on the hot setting plus riding about 90-100 across lakes you have to turn them off!

[Name Brand]

Lots of times when I've been riding snowmachines, those grips will get rather hot. sometimes hot enough to start melting the insulation inside of gloves. Not a big problem except you're gloves won't work as well when you're not riding and may leave your hands cold. I have noticed that they do get hotter the faster and longer you ride.

I will probably get a set form a snowmachine to use on my 200x project, and wire in a simple on/off switch so that I can turn them off when I don't need them on.