Love My Triumph Bonniville

[Sarah Fawcett]

Bike of my dreams. Great to ride, comfortable, feet touch the ground, aftermarked muffler has a wonderful sound. Everytime i stop for a coffee or fuel up people come and talk about my bike. My husband on his new BMW gets no comments. Love it.

One problem is I get frozen hands. Only hand grip warmers I've seen are too thick for my little hands. Can anyone help with locating warmers of the same diameter as the standard grips??

 

[DaveM]

Hello Sarah welcome to the forum . Gromit should be able to help you with some info on grip warmers as she was doing some looking into this for her Bonnie a while back, she is our technical guru and just know these things

Oh and BTW

:worthless:

 

[DaveM]

I think maybe you should start a thread about this in our Accessories and Modifications forum

 

[Gromit]

Hey Sarah - I have a Bonneville T100. Same thing - everyone comments on how beautifully my bike has been 'restored' and blah blah whilst hubby stands around with the Tiger or Scrambler getting no comments

I looked for heated grips for a long time but wasn't really happy with any of the aftermarket stuff. Eventually I bought a pair of heated gloves - they're actually oil riggers gloves used by guys working in Alaska - anyway, I bought a pair of xxs off the web and they fit comfortably over my normal winter gloves. Each glove is powered by a 9v battery and the batteries are housed in a clip-close pouch on the cuff of each glove - easy on, easy off and no wiring hassles.

 

[gumpt1oo]

Hi Sarah and welcome to the forum. I fitted some grip warmers to my scrambler. They work very well and do not increase the size of the hand grips. Here is a link, https://www.triumphtalk.com/showthread.php/16606-Warm-hands!?p=105803#post105803

 

[Gromit]

GumpT - do these switch off automatically when you turn the ignition off? I'm unfortunately notorious for not switching off properly and FS is tired of pushing my bike.
Which is why I like my gloves - they go with me when we stop so no chance of running the bike battery flat.

 

[otherwise]

Sarah, easy fix for the cold hands, move on up to the "Big Island". I actually love your little island but only in summer. I also like your choice of bike. Welcome.

 

[Sea Dog]

Sarah, easy fix for the cold hands, move on up to the "Big Island". I actually love your little island but only in summer. I also like your choice of bike. Welcome.

Agree with Kevin, however a chilly 21 degrees up here in Gods country (Qld) today had me put my textile jacket aside for the leather jobbie.

 

[gumpt1oo]

GumpT - do these switch off automatically when you turn the ignition off? I'm unfortunately notorious for not switching off properly and FS is tired of pushing my bike.
Which is why I like my gloves - they go with me when we stop so no chance of running the bike battery flat.

Yes, I took the live feed for the grips from the live to the side light, so it turns on and off with the key.

 

[Gromit]

Great! Thanks for the info - FS now has a job to do I'll be on stand-by with the duct tape!

 

[CarlS]

Sarah, welcome to the forum from Florida, USA. The Bonneville is a fine ride; good choice.

I prefer heated gloves over heated grips. The gloves keep the back of your hands warm, not just the palms. Plus I ride four different bikes and I can use the heated gloves on which ever bike I ride.

 

[The Seeker]

Hi and welcome to TriumphTalk from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA!

 

[shanered6]

wow im late here ! but welcome to TT from scotland .