Easy DIY $20 KLR 650 Grip Heaters & COMFY GRIPS

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  • Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
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    Installing & testing Tusk Grip Heaters & ProGrips on my 2022 Kawasaki KLR 650!
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 27

  • @LetsrideJ
    @LetsrideJ Рік тому +3

    pro tip put a layer or two of self fusing tape on the non throttle side between the bar and heater. The metal bar acts like a heat sink so you get uneven heating on that side. the tape insulates the heater from the metal bar.

    • @andyanderson5242
      @andyanderson5242 Рік тому

      Looks like a Harbour freight pick set used to pull the plugs from that connector, I have the same ones!

  • @DS-gv5fs
    @DS-gv5fs Рік тому +1

    Thank you for all the vids on this bike. All these changes I have planned to do to mine as well.....pretty much a clone of yours. Now, these are like tutorial videos. :) Keep up the great work!

  • @jrod4717
    @jrod4717 Рік тому +1

    I like using those same grips for harescramble racing. It seems to help reduce arm pump

    • @SwankyCatProductions
      @SwankyCatProductions  Рік тому

      I'm interested to see how they do for me off road, seems like it they should really help!

  • @Surly1966
    @Surly1966 Рік тому

    Here in the North Atlantic we have had 5 snow falls or more. So it’s definitely upgrade season after the longest riding season we ever had. Me batteries all around this year- maybe a round of Quad locks after this maybe a set of heated gor my goldwing

  • @southerndualsport3827
    @southerndualsport3827 Рік тому

    Awesome, I definitely need these riding to work in the 30s!!

    • @SwankyCatProductions
      @SwankyCatProductions  Рік тому +1

      I remember riding to the Tech School on my dad's Magna when it was in the upper 30s. No heated grips and thin gloves, boy did the suck lol.

    • @southerndualsport3827
      @southerndualsport3827 Рік тому

      @@SwankyCatProductions yeah it gets very difficult to even hang on haha!

  • @FrancoisTX1974
    @FrancoisTX1974 Рік тому +1

    The 80 watts are the extra output from gen 2 to gen 3

  • @black_widow_overland
    @black_widow_overland Рік тому

    Great video. I've been looking at heated grips for my 2nd gen..

    • @SwankyCatProductions
      @SwankyCatProductions  Рік тому +1

      Thanks! These should work pretty well on a gen2 I think, you'd just have to find a keyed wire under the fairing. Not sure there's much to choose from though, headlight maybe haha.

  • @billcotton1551
    @billcotton1551 Рік тому

    When I had my KLR ,I noticed a big difference with gel handgrips.

  • @Werkmaster666
    @Werkmaster666 11 місяців тому

    These heaters still working for you?

    • @SwankyCatProductions
      @SwankyCatProductions  11 місяців тому

      Yep! I've got them on 3 bikes now. No issues yet. I did buy another bike with Oxford heated grips already installed. Those definitely heat up faster and the clutch side keeps up much better with the brake side (however if you wrap electrical tape around the bar prior to installing the heater it'll help insulate it from the heat sink bar.

  • @ianferrier235
    @ianferrier235 Рік тому

    Hey Ben you don't use glue on your grips?

    • @SwankyCatProductions
      @SwankyCatProductions  Рік тому +2

      Naaa, these grips all seem to be tight and sticky enough that they don't move. Makes it much easier to remove them if need be too.

  • @316madness
    @316madness Рік тому

    What grips were you using again?

  • @mojomoto259
    @mojomoto259 Рік тому

    not selling the t7?

  • @howie119
    @howie119 Рік тому

    Change that ugly toggle switch.

  • @mattbarrois8675
    @mattbarrois8675 Рік тому

    First