Naked_Duc
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I have collected a few accessories for winter commuting but hadn't had time to put them in. After a long week at work, I was in dire need of some alone time; some moto-therapy time in the garage. I got an afternoon to myself and installed the Oxford heated grips. I also wired up an accessory power outlet and wiring for heated jacket liner.
Ordered the Oxford grips from Revzilla. The grips look to be rock solid and very well made. The wiring is easy and very straight forward. So I jumped right in.
Taking off the clutch side grip wasn't too bad. I used a long skinny screw driver to break up the rubber cement under the grip and then twisted it off. Put on the heated grip is a different story. The inner diameter of the grip is exactly the same as the handlebar. Since the rubber of the grip has very little give, it took some muscle to twist that damn thing on. But once it's on there, it's on there. No need for the super glue that's included in the kit.
Now on to the brake side grip. Geeeesauce! It is very well designed and installed. The grip wraps around a inner and outer ring on the throttle tube. On top of that, the throttle tube has little knobbies and form inside the grip. It took a little while to figure out what's holding the grips in place. Even after that, it took a little work to get the grip off since I don't want to damage anything. Now it's the installation of the new grip. The inner diameter of the grip fits the throttle tube almost exactly. So I had to cut off the outer ring that holds the original grip in place and file down the knobbies on tube. I took a little off at a time so I wouldn't risk taking too much off. Finally, I got slide the grip snuggly over the throttle tube. Ahhhhhhhhh, now I could let out a big sigh of relieve
Now, this part took a long while. First of all, the grips stick out a little too far out. Even after cutting 1/2" off the ends, as suggested, it is still too long, longer than the spacers that I put in for the Trackside Handguards. I just happened to have some 1/2" PVC pipes sitting around that might work for this. I cut a 1" section off and that fit right inside the handlebar and just big enough to go over the weight inside the handlebar. I put a couple of washers on top of the PVC pipe and fit the handguard over that. The grip is clear of the handguard. PERFECT!
The next hour was just taking off body panels, wiring everything to the battery, and re-route/hide/ziplock all the wires. I can't be happier with the result
Ordered the Oxford grips from Revzilla. The grips look to be rock solid and very well made. The wiring is easy and very straight forward. So I jumped right in.
Taking off the clutch side grip wasn't too bad. I used a long skinny screw driver to break up the rubber cement under the grip and then twisted it off. Put on the heated grip is a different story. The inner diameter of the grip is exactly the same as the handlebar. Since the rubber of the grip has very little give, it took some muscle to twist that damn thing on. But once it's on there, it's on there. No need for the super glue that's included in the kit.
Now on to the brake side grip. Geeeesauce! It is very well designed and installed. The grip wraps around a inner and outer ring on the throttle tube. On top of that, the throttle tube has little knobbies and form inside the grip. It took a little while to figure out what's holding the grips in place. Even after that, it took a little work to get the grip off since I don't want to damage anything. Now it's the installation of the new grip. The inner diameter of the grip fits the throttle tube almost exactly. So I had to cut off the outer ring that holds the original grip in place and file down the knobbies on tube. I took a little off at a time so I wouldn't risk taking too much off. Finally, I got slide the grip snuggly over the throttle tube. Ahhhhhhhhh, now I could let out a big sigh of relieve
Now, this part took a long while. First of all, the grips stick out a little too far out. Even after cutting 1/2" off the ends, as suggested, it is still too long, longer than the spacers that I put in for the Trackside Handguards. I just happened to have some 1/2" PVC pipes sitting around that might work for this. I cut a 1" section off and that fit right inside the handlebar and just big enough to go over the weight inside the handlebar. I put a couple of washers on top of the PVC pipe and fit the handguard over that. The grip is clear of the handguard. PERFECT!
The next hour was just taking off body panels, wiring everything to the battery, and re-route/hide/ziplock all the wires. I can't be happier with the result
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