2013 Heated grips

jengel451 · 03-16-2013, 05:11 PM

Have the '13 heating elements changed from previous?

Removed my wimpy thin ones for some ProGrip Superbike gells.

JRWooden · 03-17-2013, 07:17 AM

Yup!
Those look different than mine!
The old style was a flexible kapton coated element...
kinda like this:

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=770662

I would suspect that yours is a much more robust design,
and will not fail as easily... but may not distribute heat quite as evenly...
but I think like it ...

PS: I think some other BMWs have used this design maybe it's now just being brought over to the twins?

ixab · 03-17-2013, 07:21 AM

If that is a photo of the '13 grip then yes, they have gone back to using a wound wire instead of a printed element in a plastic film (like Symtec or KTM aftermarket).

I wonder why they did that?

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03-16-2013, 05:11 PM	#1
jengel451 ^OP 1 Cool MotherF#$cker Joined: May 2011 Location: Eastern WA Oddometer: 119	2013 Heated grips Have the '13 heating elements changed from previous? Removed my wimpy thin ones for some ProGrip Superbike gells.

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03-17-2013, 07:17 AM	#2
JRWooden Beastly Adventurer Joined: Jul 2008 Location: The great state of confusion Oddometer: 3,441	Yup! Those look different than mine! The old style was a flexible kapton coated element... kinda like this: http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=770662 I would suspect that yours is a much more robust design, and will not fail as easily... but may not distribute heat quite as evenly... but I think like it ... PS: I think some other BMWs have used this design maybe it's now just being brought over to the twins?