Nytro 1
Newbie
I know this has been discussed before but I wanted to share my experience with this and some helpful tips I learned while doing the bar foaming. I decided to foam both my 08 Nytro and my wifes 08 Phazer - her warmers worked better than mine but she is a freeze baby so I thought why not do both at the same time. Anyway I purchased a can of low expansion foam for the job. Some helpful insights -
1. Secure some kitchen trash bags to the bars to catch any drips from the grips so they do not drip on your side panels. Put them on both sides!
2. Insert the straw and pull the trigger for approx 10 seconds - I waited pulled the trigger for about another 5 seconds and then foam started dripping out the other grip. I removed the straw and then foam started to drip out of that grip.
3. Let drip / dry overnight. Check in the morning - mine had expanded and dried into a huge glob on each end which when I removed it more foam started oozing out so don't remove the bags yet! It took another two hours for the foam to finally quit dripping out. The temp was 30 degrees F in my garage.
4. Start the sled - in my case the vibration and heat caused more foam to ooze out, shut the sled off after 5 minutes and wait until the foam stops oozing again - about an hour and a half for me. Take some goo gone and clean up the ends of the bars. That was it.
Lessons learned - The foam kept oozing and took a lot longer to stop and finally dry than I had anticipated - I am sure there is a temp factor here and if I could have heated things up a bit I am sure it would have gone faster. Perhaps I could have put less foam in but it is hard to tell how much you have in the bars because of course you can't see it. Do wear gloves as the can suggests, I accidently touched the straw and man that stuff is sticky - you need mineral spirits and or sandpaper to get it off your skin.
Results - We rode 100 miles yesterday - I noticed an immediate difference in the grip warmth, temps were around 15 degrees F at the start of our ride and were about 4 degrees F when we got back to the cabin. No cold hands for me - I had the warmers on about 3/4s and then full on the way home when it was closer to 4 degrees. - I wear the Yamaha team gloves. My wife reported that she had to turn her warmers down because her hands were too hot on the way home, she wears a standard leather mitten.
So in conclusion it did make a difference- I agree with eveyone that when you pay close to $10K or more for a new sled, handwarmers should not be an issue but I am happy with the results for a total cost of $6. Good luck for anyone else who tries it.
1. Secure some kitchen trash bags to the bars to catch any drips from the grips so they do not drip on your side panels. Put them on both sides!
2. Insert the straw and pull the trigger for approx 10 seconds - I waited pulled the trigger for about another 5 seconds and then foam started dripping out the other grip. I removed the straw and then foam started to drip out of that grip.
3. Let drip / dry overnight. Check in the morning - mine had expanded and dried into a huge glob on each end which when I removed it more foam started oozing out so don't remove the bags yet! It took another two hours for the foam to finally quit dripping out. The temp was 30 degrees F in my garage.
4. Start the sled - in my case the vibration and heat caused more foam to ooze out, shut the sled off after 5 minutes and wait until the foam stops oozing again - about an hour and a half for me. Take some goo gone and clean up the ends of the bars. That was it.
Lessons learned - The foam kept oozing and took a lot longer to stop and finally dry than I had anticipated - I am sure there is a temp factor here and if I could have heated things up a bit I am sure it would have gone faster. Perhaps I could have put less foam in but it is hard to tell how much you have in the bars because of course you can't see it. Do wear gloves as the can suggests, I accidently touched the straw and man that stuff is sticky - you need mineral spirits and or sandpaper to get it off your skin.
Results - We rode 100 miles yesterday - I noticed an immediate difference in the grip warmth, temps were around 15 degrees F at the start of our ride and were about 4 degrees F when we got back to the cabin. No cold hands for me - I had the warmers on about 3/4s and then full on the way home when it was closer to 4 degrees. - I wear the Yamaha team gloves. My wife reported that she had to turn her warmers down because her hands were too hot on the way home, she wears a standard leather mitten.
So in conclusion it did make a difference- I agree with eveyone that when you pay close to $10K or more for a new sled, handwarmers should not be an issue but I am happy with the results for a total cost of $6. Good luck for anyone else who tries it.
rz918
Extreme
I'm glad to hear that it worked out for you. I tried it as well and it didn't seem to do anything for me. I really did not notice any difference. I rode last weekend in -11 celcius and my hands were frozen. Sucks to be me I guess. I think I will order the powermadd guantlets.
Philscbx
Extreme
Alright, a neighbor.
With temps that low, I bet it did take a while.
Heavy plastic window rap as tent and small heater would add major speed.
On the other hand, you may have gotten the best density with it cold.
With temps that low, I bet it did take a while.
Heavy plastic window rap as tent and small heater would add major speed.
On the other hand, you may have gotten the best density with it cold.
