Heated Grips

[ak49er]

Carbon Fiber

I have never had the adhesive seperate rorm the electrical tape my self. But have had the grip come off at the end of the season in Valdez, while landing, due to the 3M Spray Adhesive breaking down. I only tied the tape as insulation, at a buddies suggestion.

With Carbon Fiber, would there be a danger of catastrophic failure if you have a large and very precise thermal differential. The stuff is kinda' like glass almost, and I would suppose that the edge of the hot grip would be a weak point, if it were hot and the bar was cold?

 

[icr]

the carbon fiber is just an overlay on aluminum bars, it's for better heat transfer to the grips, it's not structural.

 

[IQRIDR]

the carbon fiber is just an overlay on aluminum bars, it's for better heat transfer to the grips, it's not structural.

As a bonus side effect it DOES make the carbon bars more sturdy than the aluminum only bars, but the primary gain is that they hold heat like a chromoly steel bar, with 1/4 the weight.

 

[shortstop20]

Make sure you run the doo cork in between the bars and the elements if you have aluminum bars, it makes all the difference.

doo cork? What's that? Ski-Doo sells it?

 

[icr]

As a bonus side effect it DOES make the carbon bars more sturdy than the aluminum only bars, but the primary gain is that they hold heat like a chromoly steel bar, with 1/4 the weight.

Sorry, guess I didn't read the sales brochure

 

[IQRIDR]

Sorry, guess I didn't read the sales brochure

Haha, I did!

 

[homeslice]

doo cork? What's that? Ski-Doo sells it?

on the XP's doo went with aluminum handlebars, so they come stock with a thin layer of cork in between the element and the bar. I have heard of guys going to napa and getting a sheet of 1/16th cork and making their own, but I always just use the doo cork because they come pre cut.

 

[shortstop20]

on the XP's doo went with aluminum handlebars, so they come stock with a thin layer of cork in between the element and the bar. I have heard of guys going to napa and getting a sheet of 1/16th cork and making their own, but I always just use the doo cork because they come pre cut.

I think I'm going to put RSI high-powered handwarmer elements on my XP. I'll just re-use the old cork assuming I don't ruin it.