Heated grips - looking for advice

**junkmanjoe** · 11th June 2009, 22:17

Originally Posted by BMWST?

might be hard to do now Joe they are glued on,and they will fairly easy to damage the wiring i would think

i didnt use much glue on left side, so it might come off ok.
ill give it a wiggle tomorrow, c how it go.
other wise ill just leave it as is.

**Paladin** · 11th June 2009, 23:03

Originally Posted by pampa

For what I know between 90 and 200.

The Oxford that can be removed are around $90, and the oxford sport around $130

That's just to give u an idea

Cheers,
Pampa

Cheers Pablo!

Btw, when are you comin ridin mate? Bout time you got out and dropped the X Challenge to take some heat off me for crashin the DR LOL!!!!

Would be good to see you - come out this weekend mate - we're ridin Sat and Sun so there's choices to fit tricky schedules!

**bikerboy011** · 11th June 2009, 23:35

Oxford heated grips are the way to go cost 120$, you got four temperature settings. And its very good during those cold mornings or night time.

**cooneyr** · 12th June 2009, 08:19

Originally Posted by junkmanjoe

i didnt use much glue on left side, so it might come off ok.
ill give it a wiggle tomorrow, c how it go.
other wise ill just leave it as is.

I'd stongly suggest when you put the grips back on you wire them on. For various reasons I've had to take the grips off about three times now and if they are wired on this is a peice of cake. The wired on grips have stayed in place better than the previous glued on grips and no the wires dont so any damage to your gloves if you do it right.

You dont need the fancy plyers to do the wireing either. Just get some grip wire (about 0.75 stainless steel) from the local dirt bike dealer, wrap it around three times pull it tight (perpendicular to the bars) with a pair of plyers and start twisting. Just don't over do it with the twisting and keep pulling perpendicular to the bars as you twist.

Wire costs about $20 for 25m or so. Last a lifetime at the rate I use it.

Cheers R

**junkmanjoe** · 12th June 2009, 08:25

cheers will look in to it..

**warewolf** · 12th June 2009, 08:32

Mine are glued and wired but they still come loose sooner or later. The wire is really there to stop water getting in to the glue.

Make sure the lockwire tails are a) bent in to the grip rubber rather than left sticking out, and b) are underneath facing forwards/outside so they don't catch on your fingers as you fingers roll off the grip in an off.

**nallac** · 12th June 2009, 08:33

wiring them ons a good idea cooneyr,

makes it easy to remove if you sell the bike and want to keep em..

**warewolf** · 12th June 2009, 08:34

Originally Posted by Paladin

Cheers Pablo!

Btw, when are you comin ridin mate? Bout time you got out and dropped the X Challenge to take some heat off me for crashin the DR LOL!!!!

Hey, it's happened, but what happens on tour, stays on tour.

'specially when you don't take a camera.

**BMWST?** · 12th June 2009, 14:16

i dont know how "deep" the wires are buried in the oxfords i would be scared the tie wire might sever the heating wires?

**vifferman** · 12th June 2009, 14:52

Originally Posted by BMWST?

i dont know how "deep" the wires are buried in the oxfords i would be scared the tie wire might sever the heating wires?

They aren't in the end-most part of the grip, but of course would be in the bit nearest the inside end.
My grips were tight enough that I used no glue on the left one, and only a smidgeon on the right one (Justin Case).

**twotyred** · 14th June 2009, 11:58

anyone have any trouble with the oxfords being too long? mine are hanging over about 8-10 mm,especially on the throttle side.
Did you just cut the end off or leave it?...

**dmc** · 14th June 2009, 12:38

You should be able to trim the end of them, depends on the model some are from the inside others from the outside, if they are still long you can loosen the the controls and slide them in a tad then they should fit sweet.