heated grips (again)

ploots · **Posted:** Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:27 pm

hi all just looking at oxford sports grips theres a choice of 2 styles both the same price £49 free delivery off ebay but which is the best grip sports or original?

PLAZMAPANTS · **Posted:** Wed Jan 11, 2012 5:32 pm

SPORTS bud in my view , purely on the basis that Strongbow got some on his bike and swears by em , if I replace mine I'll go for the sports too

RFdemon · **Posted:** Wed Jan 11, 2012 5:35 pm

What he says! I believe the sports grips are thinner and therefore more comfortable in use.

OneLitreFirestormer · **Posted:** Wed Jan 11, 2012 8:40 pm

Just to add something to the jibber, I have the slightly fatter ones these hold the heat better than the skinny minnys, had the sports ones and they shorted out.......now go gamble..he he haa ha ho ho....

RFdemon · **Posted:** Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:35 pm

OneLitreFirestormer · **Posted:** Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:39 pm

when you purchase be careful out there, its a minefield and I know a chicken with tourettes, head fark innit said the turkey with the ak47. :wave:

ploots · **Posted:** Thu Jan 12, 2012 4:24 pm

OneLitreFirestormer wrote:

when you purchase be careful out there, its a minefield and I know a chicken with tourettes, head fark innit said the turkey with the ak47. :wave:

when they shorted were you holding them at the time :lol:

Strongbow · **Posted:** Thu Jan 12, 2012 5:24 pm

Hi

I really rate the oxford sports grips, one slight problem with them though I keep burning my hands :VF:

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Mine are on all the time, no probs here as yet, fingers crossed!!

Regards Strongbow

OneLitreFirestormer · **Posted:** Thu Jan 12, 2012 5:37 pm

Just be cautious of the waterproof switch (which isnt) as I found out its not and is noted on some sites that willy nilly spraying of water does get in and creates a kapput situation blowing your main 30amp fuse, keep it dry folks

Strongbow · **Posted:** Thu Jan 12, 2012 5:41 pm

OneLitreFirestormer wrote:

Just be cautious of the waterproof switch (which isnt) as I found out its not and is noted on some sites that willy nilly spraying of water does get in and creates a kapput situation blowing your main 30amp fuse, keep it dry folks

Okidoki

Cheers

Regards Strongbow

digger · **Joined:** Thu May 05, 2011 7:51 pm **Posts:** 17

i rate the original version and have them on my bike with no prob at all.
do go for an analogue switch not the new digital one, everytime you stop to tick over they switch off!!!

OneLitreFirestormer · **Posted:** Sat Jan 14, 2012 10:44 pm

digger wrote:

i rate the original version and have them on my bike with no prob at all.
do go for an analogue switch not the new digital one, everytime you stop to tick over they switch off!!!

SORRY BUT THE ANALOUGUE DIAL SWITCHES ARE NOTORIOUS FOR WATER PENETRATION the new digital switches are designed to switch off if less than 11v are being recieved, if at tickover you find its doing this then check your rectifier-voltage across the terminals of the battery if the battery isnt recieving at least 13.5 volts then you have a charging problem, when you rev it if it recieves the correct voltage (13.5 plus) then your regulator is faulty and you will find your battery is prob knackered too.....

There is an alternate thinking on this IF.....you have wired it up with a relay and not directly to the battery...read this.....taken from a forum........................

This is for the new oxford hotgrips with the led cpu controller.
About 2 months ago, on a nice cold morning, the unit was turned on and decided to turn itself off
I turned it on again and after around 1 second, off.
Tried again, same timing.............. off.
Reckoning it to be a fault or something that the cpu isn't happy with rather than just a loose connection I called oxford when I got to work.
I got straight through to a guy who knew his stuff and asked if I used a relay, now, from past units, I have always wired them via a relay, triggered from the tail light, so's I don't forget to turn 'em off.
He recommended I remove it and wire straight to the battery, I said I would but never got round to it as on the way home, they worked, and they carried on working up until a bloody cold day this friday.
This also happens a week after I took off my bar muffs too
My fingers were red and my right thumb was throbbing with pain.
"cast not a clout 'till may is out" kept running round my little brain
I decided to rewire the grips, they worked perfectly and the oxford guy assures me that, if left on, they will turn themselves off once the cpu detects a certain level of voltage, allowing the engine to still be started. (IF YOU HAVE A V TWN OR BIG SINGLE YOU WONT TRUN THE ENGINE OVER)

It seems that by using the relay in line, the contacts may have not been giving a 0 ohm feed all the time, interpreted as a weak supply by the cpu, the grips have turned themselves off.

I may leave them on overnight tonight and see if it starts tomorrow

Sorry about the longish post but I thought I'd spread the word, incase anyone else has relayed these grips.

PLAZMAPANTS · **Posted:** Sun Jan 15, 2012 12:46 am

thanks for the post bud very interesting read :2cool:

Strongbow · **Posted:** Sun Jan 15, 2012 9:22 am

Hi

Good thread matey :ty:

Regards Strongbow

ploots · **Posted:** Mon Jan 16, 2012 12:16 am

Thanks for that, relays was going to be my next question i guess not now
cheers Jeff

Strongbow · **Posted:** Sun Feb 05, 2012 9:05 pm

Hi

Did you get some matey?

Regards Strongbow

ploots · **Posted:** Tue Feb 07, 2012 2:22 pm

Hi strongbow
i got some oxford sports grips not had chance to fit them yet, endless amounts of decorating to be done but they should be fitted in time for the summer