I just did a test ride on a Tracer 900 (or perhaps MT-09 Tracer, since it is a 15 plate). It has heated grips, but the only thing I can really fault it for is that the right hand grip got way hotter than the left hand grip - or the left hand grip is a bit bung. It wasnt a mild annoyance, it was a case of to feel any temperature at all in the left hand my right hand was burning off. I dont believe it was a case of simply my left hand is opened up or off the grip more than the right due to working the clutch - I found myself a little stretch of A road and had a little cruise for a few minutes with both hands firmly in place to make sure this was not the case.
Sales man of course tells me this is normal because the right hand grip is thinner due to the way the throttle is built, but I dunno - it was vastly different. My feeling is that surely the designers would know about this, and it would be catered for in their resulting design and not be an issue...
Case in point, a few weeks ago I installed some Oxford heated grips on my Fazer, and I must say that the temperature consistency between the left and the right was spot on. All I needed to do was find the most comfortable temperature setting and forget about it and enjoy the bliss.
I really liked the Tracer 900 I rode, brilliant bike, but the heated grip thing has me reconsidering... I suppose I could always ditch the official grips and put some Oxford grips on, but that defeats the purpose and you lose the ability to control it via the dash.
What are others experiences with this, I only have my Oxford grips to compare to. Or is the sales man just being a sales man and trying to sell it?