Heated Grips
#1
Posted 27 January 2019 - 08:39 pm
Oxford seems to be a popular choice but I notice they do a few different models. Adventure, Touring, commuter.
Is their any difference in them? I would probably go with adventure the TDM being of that ilk but wondered what experiences others on here had had.
Cheers
#2
Posted 27 January 2019 - 08:58 pm
the adventure are slightly longer, I have them on my bike
#3
Posted 27 January 2019 - 09:13 pm
Choose based on the width of grip - they vary between the three models.
Do a search here - someone recently reported the correct size to use for one of the TDMs. See the Oxford on-line data for details of sizes and maybe the fitting instructions.
Fit the controller to the clutch perch bolts for left hand operation; tuck spare cable under the tank; zip tie wires to existing harness for neatness and to stop it binding.
Here's a pic of mine (now 10 years old) showing controller and alignment of the wires at the grips.
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HTH
#4
Posted 27 January 2019 - 09:17 pm
Same as Ramo.
Single-handedly reviving the Wave.
2008 reg. Black TDM 900 ABS
#5
Posted 27 January 2019 - 09:24 pm
the adventure are slightly longer, I have them on my bike
Choose based on the width of grip - they vary between the three models.
Do a search here - someone recently reported the correct size to use for one of the TDMs. See the Oxford on-line data for details of sizes and maybe the fitting instructions.
Fit the controller to the clutch perch bolts for left hand operation; tuck spare cable under the tank; zip tie wires to existing harness for neatness and to stop it binding.
Here's a pic of mine (now 10 years old) showing controller and alignment of the wires at the grips.
DSC07448 crop.JPG
HTH
Brilliant, cheers folks
#6
Posted 28 January 2019 - 09:21 am
I've literally just fitted Oxford grips to mine - in this months Practical Sportsbikes they have an offer for free grips with a 12 month subscription. The subscription is around £48 so you can see it as low price hot grips with a free subscription or vice versa
Also Sportsbikeshop . com are currently doing them reduced for not much more than that either - a tad under 50 notes.
I went for the Sports model and they fit perfectly on the TDM bars. The only difference is the texture / pattern on the grips is slightly different on each one and as above, the adventure are slightly longer.
I don't find normal grips too narrow at all so didn't see the point in wider grips, and the sports have a nicer look (personal taste of course).
I didn't use the super glue supplied though - makes them too permanent and any issues you have to basically destroy them to get them off again. Rubber solution works fine and on my bars they were so tight anyway they were hard work to get back off even for the test fit.
Edited by Nog, 28 January 2019 - 09:22 am.
#7
Posted 28 January 2019 - 12:35 pm
Choose based on the width of grip - they vary between the three models.
Do a search here - someone recently reported the correct size to use for one of the TDMs. See the Oxford on-line data for details of sizes and maybe the fitting instructions.
Fit the controller to the clutch perch bolts for left hand operation; tuck spare cable under the tank; zip tie wires to existing harness for neatness and to stop it binding.
Here's a pic of mine (now 10 years old) showing controller and alignment of the wires at the grips.
HTH
I fitted my controller in the middle so I could see it and use it in the winter when my muffs are on (I have bigger muffs that cover the mirror stalks and brake reservoir )
Edited by ramo, 28 January 2019 - 12:59 pm.
#8
Posted 28 January 2019 - 07:48 pm
I've literally just fitted Oxford grips to mine - in this months Practical Sportsbikes they have an offer for free grips with a 12 month subscription. The subscription is around £48 so you can see it as low price hot grips with a free subscription or vice versa
Also Sportsbikeshop . com are currently doing them reduced for not much more than that either - a tad under 50 notes.
I went for the Sports model and they fit perfectly on the TDM bars. The only difference is the texture / pattern on the grips is slightly different on each one and as above, the adventure are slightly longer.
I don't find normal grips too narrow at all so didn't see the point in wider grips, and the sports have a nicer look (personal taste of course).
I didn't use the super glue supplied though - makes them too permanent and any issues you have to basically destroy them to get them off again. Rubber solution works fine and on my bars they were so tight anyway they were hard work to get back off even for the test fit.
If practical sportsbike have a deal on, you can normally find a bargain on ebay/guntree/ FB selling pages...last year i got an oxford roll bag for £20, as these were last years ‘giveaway’ ...... think i might get myself a pair now
#9
Posted 29 January 2019 - 11:38 am
I bought the Oxford Adventure ones and they are exactly the same size as the originals (on a 9er). One tip beyond those already given - if you do use the superglue supplied make sure you cover your tank and fairing paint work under your handlebars, 'cos if the glue drips down it's hell on earth to get if off paintwork.
Cheers
Riggers.
#10
Posted 29 January 2019 - 11:41 am
I bought the Oxford Adventure ones and they are exactly the same size as the originals (on a 9er). One tip beyond those already given - if you do use the superglue supplied make sure you cover your tank and fairing paint work under your handlebars, 'cos if the glue drips down it's hell on earth to get if off paintwork.
Cheers
Riggers.
Hopefully, you are not speaking from bitter experience!!
2004 900 - Blue with lots of goodies
2012 900 - Still adding shiny bits. Was black, changed to white and now back to black again.
#11
Posted 29 January 2019 - 11:45 am
Hopefully, you are not speaking from bitter experience!!
I am actually Ali it was on my previous 9er. It was only a teeny weeny drop about the size of a pinhead, but it NEVER came off!
#12
Posted 29 January 2019 - 12:15 pm
Acetone will remove super glue. Just use a cotton bud soaked in it and dab on, it should slowly lift it off.
If fully cured then it will soften the glue rather than dissolve it, but it should then be able to be 'peeled' off.
#13
Posted 29 January 2019 - 01:26 pm
Acetone will remove super glue. Just use a cotton bud soaked in it and dab on, it should slowly lift it off.
If fully cured then it will soften the glue rather than dissolve it, but it should then be able to be 'peeled' off.
Good to know Nog. If I ever see my old bike again I'll tell its owner!
Riggers
#14
Posted 29 January 2019 - 07:25 pm
Oxford adventure grips here too they work good
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#15
Posted 29 January 2019 - 09:08 pm
#17
Posted 30 January 2019 - 09:06 am
They switch off when the engine shuts down by sensing the voltage.
Well they're supposed to. In reality they drain the battery to a level at which point they shut down.
When I fitted mine I thought I'd turn them on to see if they all worked ok (bike off) and flicking them on thought I was going to have to start the bike as remembered the cut out should cut the supply off.
I thought I'd see what happened to test the circuitry and a few minutes later they were nice and warm no problem before the battery indicator light started flashing occasionally and starting to shut them off.
Turned them off and put the battery on charge and the optimate immediately jumped into "save" mode showing the drain on the battery had been quite high. It would have recovered but showed how the grips had knocked the voltage quite low.
IMO not a great system and I wouldn't like to trust the bike to start after that drain. I'll be fitting a relay to mine just to make 100% certain they don't impact the battery.
#18
Posted 30 January 2019 - 12:53 pm
IMO not a great system and I wouldn't like to trust the bike to start after that drain. I'll be fitting a relay to mine just to make 100% certain they don't impact the battery.
Was left stranded once due to heated grips running battery down (my own fault). Everything that gets fitted to the bike now is run through a relay linked to the rear lights for switching.
#19
Posted 30 January 2019 - 01:43 pm
Was left stranded once due to heated grips running battery down (my own fault). Everything that gets fitted to the bike now is run through a relay linked to the rear lights for switching.
SO,
a relay it is
#20
Posted 30 January 2019 - 08:04 pm
To me, yes although as the saying goes, to the man with a hammer, the world's a nail,.........
I have grips, three sets of aux. front lights, two aux. rear lights all through a set of 4 relays and it's all fused. Yes they take some power to keep them energised but I've not had any battery drains since.
A relay costs about £1 or so. I have mine housed in a watertight project box under the seat.
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