Hot Grips

[harvy]

I didnt glue mine on... ( yea i know i should) it seems such hard work to get them on, that i cant see them going anywhere any time soon... got a set on my CBR- neither grip has moved a centemeter since i put them on, again without glue...


Yorkie- have you got a set+ wired to ignition?
I did mine yesterday and its such a pain to get the wire soldered into the block :s could not find a way to get the copper strip out so had to kinda to a push the wire in push the soldering iron in and hope for the best! Eventually held and wire is in firmly now, but rite pain in the a** to do. I did mine with an extra connector between the fusebox for the bike and the fuse for the hotgrips so i can completly take out the wire for HG without cutting/desoldering the wire from the box.

[Sid Squid]

Originally Posted by harvy

I belive you may have the weights on too tight.. i had this, loosened the screw, pulled out the weight a little and tightened back up... sorted in less then a minute...

I'm going to take a guess that you have a naked, right? If so, then as the bar end weights are attached differently this won't be the problem.

[harvy]

Nope... fully fair'd Sport - exactly like the one in bluethunder's avatar

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by harvy

Yorkie- have you got a set+ wired to ignition?
I did mine yesterday and its such a pain to get the wire soldered into the block :s could not find a way to get the copper strip out so had to kinda to a push the wire in push the soldering iron in and hope for the best! Eventually held and wire is in firmly now, but rite pain in the a** to do. I did mine with an extra connector between the fusebox for the bike and the fuse for the hotgrips so i can completly take out the wire for HG without cutting/desoldering the wire from the box.

I don't have any on mine, just considering some.

If I was doing it I'd take the orange wire that comes out of the ignition switch just after it goes into the green (iirc) connector in the loom, and add an inline fuse to that. (and just hope the ignition switch can cope with the draw)

[harvy]

I was thinkin about cutting it just before the orange wire hit the fusebox, but i decided against it... i like to be able to put things back to stock if i need to!

BTW has anyone else had problems with the 5A fuse that comes with the hotgrips? i got two sets, both fuses came apart ( ie the glass cover in one hand and the metal fuse in the other). A real PITA as i cant test the grips until i find a new fuse!

Any ideas as to why throttle isn't snaping back? I really have no idea why it isn't.

[harvy]

Originally Posted by bluethunder

Any ideas as to why throttle isn't snaping back? I really have no idea why it isn't.

Like I said- try loosening the weight a little to give it a little more room to move. I trimmed the rubber on the outside of the grip to allow the weight to go further in to get a proper hold (though this will prob invalidate the warrantee)

or............... it might be on too far, try pulling it off a few mm

[yorkie_chris]

Why not get a standard car style blade fuse and push it into spade connectors.
It's a pretty cheap and easy way to make up such things.

Wire in one of these distribution blocks w/a relay, powered off the tail lights (I assume everyone rides w/the lights on...) :

www.canyonchasers.net/shop/generic/relay.php

Connect your hotgrips into that, and they're powered when your taillights are on. (You can get everything you need at maplin.) Easy-peasy .