Faulty Oxford Hot Grips

[kiwirider26]

So bought some oxford hotgrips off trademe, working fine hooked up straight to the battery, used them for about a week no problems, then came to my bike today and they wouldnt turn on, went for a ride and stopped again and still didnt work, after taking out the fuse and putting it back on i could turn it on... but only to 30%, then it wouldnt turn back off!! out comes the fuse again, so yeah, looks like a faulty unit now, anyone know what i should do now? Contact the person from trademe? or contact Oxford as a mate told me they have a 1 year warranty (Though i cant find any info about this)

just lookin for advice
thanks in advance :niceone:

[CookMySock]

This is a known fault with them. I have had three controllers go exactly the same way. Take them back to the shop, or else throw the controller in the bin and hardwire the grips directly to your headlamp relay. Include a connector near the bars so you can unplug them on hot days.

Steve

[Elysium]

I would say just man up :laugh::dodge: Real bikers don't need hot grips.

[banditrider]

I would say just man up :laugh::dodge: Real bikers don't need hot grips.

Even Firestorm riders like hot grips! (Although my one still needs some...)

[Chrislost]

So bought some oxford hotgrips off trademe, working fine hooked up straight to the battery, used them for about a week no problems, then came to my bike today and they wouldnt turn on, went for a ride and stopped again and still didnt work, after taking out the fuse and putting it back on i could turn it on... but only to 30%, then it wouldnt turn back off!! out comes the fuse again, so yeah, looks like a faulty unit now, anyone know what i should do now? Contact the person from trademe? or contact Oxford as a mate told me they have a 1 year warranty (Though i cant find any info about this)

just lookin for advice
thanks in advance :niceone:
Often thats caused by a dogey earth.

[PrincessBandit]

,.... or else throw the controller in the bin and hardwire the grips directly to your headlamp relay...

Steve
That wouldn't be dodgy for your headlamp though would it? If there is a problem with the grips it could affect anything else they're wired to??

[CookMySock]

That wouldn't be dodgy for your headlamp though would it? If there is a problem with the grips it could affect anything else they're wired to??naw the problem isn't the grips themselves - its with the little electronic doo-dad gizmo that's supposed to let you turn them down a bit. The headlamp relay usually has enough power spare to run the grips - if it doesn't - then just add another relay. This makes sure the grips come on with the engine and it won't allow you to leave them on with the engine stopped.

I leave mine on full all winter. I've got to the point where I don't even notice they're on.

Steve

[breakaway]

A bit off topic, but I've had oxford grips before (the ones with the turn knob for heat setting). And on cold days, even if I set it to maximum, it wouldn't feel even slightly warm once you get up to highway speeds. Is this normal?

[CookMySock]

it wouldn't feel even slightly warm once you get up to highway speeds. Is this normal?Nah something is screwy there. Even with solid bars (which conduct a lot of heat away) they get toasty hot even on a very cold day.

Steve

[kiwirider26]

It's ok i found the problem, saw a bit of moisture under the 100% light, opened it up and sure enough it was wet inside, fried the circuit board...

[Morcs]

It's ok i found the problem, saw a bit of moisture under the 100% light, opened it up and sure enough it was wet inside, fried the circuit board...

arent the control units supposed to be waterproof?
id say you could have a warranty claim there...

[kiwirider26]

arent the control units supposed to be waterproof?
id say you could have a warranty claim there...

haha yup theyre 'supposed' to be waterproof, ive emailed the guy who i bought it off, otherwise ill send it straight back to oxford

[scott411]

we have had a set do it as well, they warranted them and sent out a replacement controller, contact the seller, they should sort it out

[Love my Bonnie]

I used to work for the Oxford importer in NZ.
There was a faulty batch of controllers manufactured a while ago.
Heaps & heaps of returns & warranty claims.
The importer is Northern Accessories in Auckland, but I don't think they will deal with the public, but you can try
Good luck

[CookMySock]

The new controllers have completely different connectors - quite likely so they are conveniently unable to supply a replacement controller module. "Nar it won't plug into that - incompatible!"

You don't need the controller anyway.

Steve

[Muppet]

All I know is my Oxford Hotgrips work fine, bloody great on a cold day, call me a soft cock but I'm the one with warm toasty hands while you can't feel yours!!!!:cold:

[Blew]

Reading this is great - "Just wire to the Headlamp relay" I think"fuse" works better in this statement than relay. Anything bought on trademe has a full manufacturers warranty and just return it to the poor bastard you have just crucified for 6 weeks and he will honor the "Kiwibiker" warranty. I have seen some writers of this crap purport themselves to be experts in the motorcycle field.

[CookMySock]

Reading this is great - "Just wire to the Headlamp relay" I think"fuse" works better in this statement than relay. Anything bought on trademe has a full manufacturers warranty and just return it to the poor bastard you have just crucified for 6 weeks and he will honor the "Kiwibiker" warranty. I have seen some writers of this crap purport themselves to be experts in the motorcycle field.Quite likely what you mean is, make sure there's a fuse inline somewhere. The hotgrips come with a fuse in the battery lead, and unless you throw that lead in the bin and buy a new one, it's your only option.

Steve

[PrincessBandit]

mine work really well too - love 'em! Balu's work, although the first light apparently doesn't come on when he turns his on. Maybe that's 'cos he installed his first before doing mine, and worked out how to do it best by the time he got to my bike....hehehehe.

[Crasherfromwayback]

This is a known fault with them. I have had three controllers go exactly the same way. Take them back to the shop, or else throw the controller in the bin and hardwire the grips directly to your headlamp relay. Include a connector near the bars so you can unplug them on hot days.

Steve

Icecreams...

[Blew]

I used to work for the Oxford importer in NZ.
There was a faulty batch of controllers manufactured a while ago.
Heaps & heaps of returns & warranty claims.
The importer is Northern Accessories in Auckland, but I don't think they will deal with the public, but you can try
Good luck

Northern Accessories aka Triumph NZ another of your most likely dealers/suppliers who will leap to help Kiwibiker members.
"Online purchases not from an agent are always fun."

Whats this about" ICE CREAMS"

[Love my Bonnie]

You must be confused.
Triumph used to share a building with Northerns, but they were not in business together

[Blew]

You must be confused.
Triumph used to share a building with Northerns, but they were not in business together

They may still share a director ??. Info from some years ago.

[Love my Bonnie]

They may still share a director ??. Info from some years ago.

Na, that all turned to custard long ago.

[CookMySock]

Whats this about" ICE CREAMS"It's a old term intended to be derogatory. Many KB idiots think using it causes some distress so they poke it about. What they don't realise, from the beginning they were set up to be laughed at, not the other way around. So we have a chuckle at our success every time they attempt to use their poor wee sad riddle. Tragic isn't it. Stupid cruiser riders.

Steve

[scott411]

You must be confused.
Triumph used to share a building with Northerns, but they were not in business together

actually they were, but it has ended about 10 years ago, Triumph and Northerns are now completly seperate,


They may still share a director ??. Info from some years ago.

again, this is no longer the case