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Junior Member 24 posts TPH Junior Member 24 posts
TPH
Recently moved to vic have t ridden to work In the winter yet but I was here at the end of winter and I’m thinking I’d probably need them ? 
2019 Bobber named Rain Falls 
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BigTone Administrator 1,638 posts
BigTone
Yep. If you are thinking of riding between April and August you will want then. 
Cheers,
Tony
St. Kilda  Victoria
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TPH Junior Member 24 posts
TPH
BigTone wrote:
Yep. If you are thinking of riding between April and August you will want then. 

I thought so cheers mate 
2019 Bobber named Rain Falls 
“life is like a mandarine”
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V-Twin Founding Member 7,820 posts
V-Twin

TPH wrote:
Recently moved to vic haven’t ridden to work In the winter yet but I was here at the end of winter and I’m thinking I’d probably need them ? 
I don’t know how effective they are on Scouts, but on my Vintage, ridden without the screen, heated grips are not that effective at highway speed in the middle of winter.  They are more effective on a full fairing bikes like Chieftains And Roadmasters.  


How you hold onto the grips makes a difference as well.  If you close your fingers tightly together and grip firmly, heated grips will be more effective.  However, if you grip loosely and with natural gaps between your fingers, the heat gets lost quickly.

Around town, heated grips a great even on naked bikes.
Melbourne, Victoria
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TPH Junior Member 24 posts
TPH
V-Twin wrote:
I don’t know how effective they are on Scouts, but on my Vintage, ridden without the screen, heated grips are not that effective at highway speed in the middle of winter.  They are more effective on a full fairing bikes like Chieftains And Roadmasters.  

 


How you hold onto the grips makes a difference as well.  If you close your fingers tightly together and grip firmly, heated grips will be more effective.  However, if you grip loosely and with natural gaps between your fingers, the heat gets lost quickly.

Around town, heated grips a great even on naked bikes.


yeah that makes sense 
2019 Bobber named Rain Falls 
“life is like a mandarine”
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Dr.Shifty Senior Member 1,623 posts
Dr.Shifty
I mentioned in your other thread about the handguards I have. This is what they look like. Not everybody likes them, I get that, but they keep the wind off my gloves and in rain I can ride for a long time before the gloves start to feel damp. I take them off in summer unless I'm touring, it's about ten seconds to unclamp the RAM mount.

handguards 01.jpg 

handguards 02.jpg 
Cheers, Kim.

From Woodrising (no, nobody else has heard of it either)
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TPH Junior Member 24 posts
TPH
I recon they would actually look sweet on the bobber and like you say would only wa k them on for rainy weather , where sis you get those was it in oz ?
2019 Bobber named Rain Falls 
“life is like a mandarine”
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Dr.Shifty Senior Member 1,623 posts
Dr.Shifty
They come from Indian Aftermarket in the US, a small company run by one of the members of the international forum. Mine are the short ones in plain black. I painted them with matte black paint over the gloss plastic. I also changed the u-bolt mount to a RAM Rail Mount that looks neater. They are not cheap but are good quality and well made, and the exchange rate is not our friend at the moment.

https://www.indianaftermarket.com/hand-guards.html

 
Cheers, Kim.

From Woodrising (no, nobody else has heard of it either)
Rides a Springfield Dark Horse
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Dr.Shifty Senior Member 1,623 posts
Dr.Shifty
Here's another option for you to chase up.

https://www.indianmotorcycles.net/threads/hand-guards.326112/
Cheers, Kim.

From Woodrising (no, nobody else has heard of it either)
Rides a Springfield Dark Horse
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TPH Junior Member 24 posts
TPH

Dr.Shifty wrote:
Here's another option for you to chase up.

https://www.indianmotorcycles.net/threads/hand-guards.326112/

how good is that so easy , I have plenty of room for that set up 👌🏼 Cheers and happy Australia Day 🇦🇺 
2019 Bobber named Rain Falls 
“life is like a mandarine”
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Darkhorse Founding Member 108 posts
Darkhorse
BigTone wrote:
Yep. If you are thinking of riding between April and August you will want then. 


as well as between August and April 
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