| Author | Message | ||
     Buellmeister57 |
Finally got around to installing a set of Polly Heaters (thanks Daves) on my wife's bike. They take about 10-15 minutes to fully warm up. On hi, they get HOT!! Does anyone know of a grip glue that will withstand the heat? | ||
| Metalstorm |
I'm planning on using Dual Star's Three Bond Grip Cement. It's what they recommend for their heated grip kit so it's likely that it's good to at least to 250 degrees. On Edit: I'll be ordering some Pollys myself as soon as the tax return arrives. Every time I see (read) some one describe how hot they get the wait gets harder.  (Message edited by metalstorm on February 26, 2007) | ||
| Littlefield |
I've never used any cement on grips including over the heaters. Put some alcohol inside as a lubricant and slid them on. The alcohol goes away and you have to try like hell to get them off. | ||
| Buellmeister57 |
Metalstorm: Thanks for the glue tip. They apparently make 2 versions of Polly Heaters, snowmobile (which is hotter) and motorcycle. Got mine from Appleton HD/Buell. The package said for snowmobiles. They get HOT on hi. Easy to install, no visible wires. Littlefield: Very familar with the alcohol method, but it's not working this time. When the heaters are off you can't budge them, on hi the grips twist. | ||
| Metalstorm |
I got the motorcycle ones & they get plenty hot. When fully up to temp on high I can hold onto the grips bare handed for only about five seconds. That's with the bike motionless in the drive way. The low setting is about as hot, if not a tad hotter than the Aerostich heated grip wraps I was using. | ||
| Pso |
I use hairspray for the grips. goes on wet and then dries. Has always worked for me over the years, and is working with my polygrip heaters and BMW grips. | ||
| Ridrx |
So i take it the cement that comes with the Traction grips is no good for use with Polly's? | ||
| Reepicheep |
I used that stuff that came with the traction grips with the polly heaters, no problems. | ||
| Metalstorm |
I got some traction grips when I got the pollys and guess what.. The glue that comes with the traction grips is the same exact three bond glue that Dual Star sells for their heaters. | ||
| Spike |
My traction grips are applied with the stuff that came with them and they get very squirmy when my polly heaters are turned on. If they weren't safety wired in place they'd definitely be moving around. As it is the wire keeps them from actually going anywhere, they just squirm a bit between the safety wire. On another note, I still can't tell which setting is which on my polly heaters. Both settings are too hot after ~15 minutes, both take about ~5 minutes to generate any heat at all. The wiring description that came with them is a little vague, the white stripe wire was ground, the black and red wires were both power to the grips. Which was high and which was low? | ||
| Jayvee |
"Very familar with the alcohol method, but it's not working this time." my new tag line | ||
| Reepicheep |
The instructions in mine were fine... though I don't recall which was which. My traction grips don't get squirmy either... wonder what is different? Both low and high were "really hot" riding around at 50 degrees. You had to periodically lift your hands to air them out to stay comfortable. Pretty hard to tell a difference when its warmer out. But at 30 degrees yesterday morning at 70 mph on I-75 northbound, they were *perfect* on the high setting, and not hot enough on the low setting. Maybe you wired them up wrong, such that both are always on? That would explain why one setting is on "ultra-bake" and there is no difference between high and low. Got one of those harbor freight $9 non contact digital thermometers? Thatd be an easy way to see if there really is a difference between high and low. | ||
| Ridrx |
Reep., Did u use the glue that came with the traction grips? | ||
| Reepicheep |
Yup. | ||
| Henrik |
I keep my grips in place with safety wire on both the S2 and my track bike. Has worked well so far. Henrik |
