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Title: KOSO Apollo Heated grips.
Post by: aviationfred on March 24, 2018, 11:55:20 PM
I installed these grips on my new handle bars. They are unbelievable. The best take away is the integrated controls. No need to locate a place to mount an external control. The grips themselves are not too hard and they dampen vibrations well. I work night shift, so the morning ride home is still in the upper 30's and lower 40's.

http://rpmracingca.com/proddetail.asp?prod=KOSOGrips&cat=1 (http://rpmracingca.com/proddetail.asp?prod=KOSOGrips&cat=1)


5 heat settings.

blue=warm
green
yellow
orange
red= Hot



Fred
Title: Re: KOSO Apollo Heated grips.
Post by: Pat Conlon on March 25, 2018, 12:25:14 AM
Do they have an auto shut off like the Oxford grips?
Title: Re: KOSO Apollo Heated grips.
Post by: aviationfred on March 25, 2018, 12:57:31 AM
I found a review for the grips. There is an auto shut off

https://www.webbikeworld.com/koso-apollo-heated-grips-review/ (https://www.webbikeworld.com/koso-apollo-heated-grips-review/)
Title: Re: KOSO Apollo Heated grips.
Post by: Pat Conlon on March 25, 2018, 02:19:02 AM
Thanks Fred!

I used to scoff at the biker weenies who had heated grips...
Well you can call me a weenie all day, heated grips are the bomb, second only to my heated vest.
Title: Re: KOSO Apollo Heated grips.
Post by: Bezmozek on March 26, 2018, 02:24:02 PM
No bar end weights?  :nea:
Title: Re: KOSO Apollo Heated grips.
Post by: Country Joe on March 26, 2018, 05:14:40 PM
Looks good Fred! I like the fact that you don't have to find a place to hang a control box.
Title: Re: KOSO Apollo Heated grips.
Post by: aviationfred on March 26, 2018, 06:12:28 PM
Quote from: Bezmozek on March 26, 2018, 02:24:02 PM
No bar end weights?  :nea:

The grips do have open ends to allow for bar end weights. I have aftermarket clip-on handlebars that have hard plastic nubs that I have not attempted to remove.


Fred
Title: Re: KOSO Apollo Heated grips.
Post by: Pat Conlon on March 26, 2018, 10:37:22 PM
Vibranator made an anti vibe bar end weight that fit a non threaded 7/8 handle bar. It used a compression type adjuster. Worked well, actually very well, on my Spiegler fat bar I had on my old FZR USD front end.

They are currently out of business, but I understand thru Randy that they will soon open back up.
Title: Re: KOSO Apollo Heated grips.
Post by: ZOA NOM on March 27, 2018, 07:36:14 AM
Here's mine with the fancy Throttlemesiter ends...

I've had them since just before Christmas, and used them through the coldest part of the winter, and they are flawless.

Title: Re: KOSO Apollo Heated grips.
Post by: airheadPete on March 28, 2018, 04:44:53 PM
Wow, what a beautiful, slick installation!
I'm going to have to get a set. I've never liked heated grips much because of the clumsy controller boxes, but this takes care of that dislike. Nicely done Fred & ZOA.

Randy, here I come.
Title: Re: KOSO Apollo Heated grips.
Post by: Bezmozek on March 30, 2018, 02:48:41 PM
Quote from: aviationfred on March 26, 2018, 06:12:28 PM
... I have aftermarket clip-on handlebars..
ups, sorry, I did not noticed. BTW beautiful piece of alloy? you have there.
I had Saito hated grips before, twice repaired, but last time I cut off wiring and looking for replacement.
These are looking great, except LED indicator which will look weird on old bike like 1100, but....
Title: Re: KOSO Apollo Heated grips.
Post by: FJmonkey on March 30, 2018, 02:53:28 PM
No worries on the LED, Marty has just the solution. Very elegant and cost effective and can be near color matched.
http://www.fjowners.com/index.php?topic=17704.msg178676#msg178676 (http://www.fjowners.com/index.php?topic=17704.msg178676#msg178676)