mutimeter advice?

i removed hot grip & fitted it to a old pair of renthals off a trials bike............OUCH...... much hotness, with no gloves on i could only hold it for 10 seconds?

i have 99 T plate CURVY.................. what do i do now ( dont say get a pointy)

Originally Posted by hovi5

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Doh, I thought you had actually come across a miracle cure then!!

Yes, the SVS has alli clipons which transfer heat quickly, making the grips job harder … but the fact is that ali clipons are quite common and to make a set of grips that can’t cope with that is poooooor show if you ask me!!

Also the grips are mounted on a hard plastic inner, which should offer some insulation … its not like the heater elements are directly on/exposed to the bar …

Originally Posted by Blue_SV650S

Doh, I thought you had actually come across a miracle cure then!!

Yes, the SVS has alli clipons which transfer heat quickly, making the grips job harder … but the fact is that ali clipons are quite common and to make a set of grips that can’t cope with that is poooooor show if you ask me!!

Also the grips are mounted on a hard plastic inner, which should offer some insulation … its not like the heater elements are directly on/exposed to the bar …

yes i know BUT........WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS ..if anything? do oxford know about this, have they done anything.......or dont they care?

& im guessing that everyone who says that there hotgrips are great dont have alli clip-ons?

Originally Posted by hovi5

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I made a phonecall, but they don't seem to care ... they would have done something about it if they were faulty, but thats it ...

Oh and talking of insulation ... bearing in mind the twistgrip is plastic and there is a slight air gap where it has to rotate, explain to me why the throttle side is still so poor

Sorry, they are just p00 and not fit for purpose!!!!

Originally Posted by hovi5

WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS ..if anything? do oxford know about this, have they done anything.......or dont they care?

& im guessing that everyone who says that there hotgrips are great dont have alli clip-ons?

Originally Posted by Baph

Later grips are designed for a more heat dissipating metal.

Not sure about the metal in a pointy clipon, but mine were always great. So great that most of the time I never bothered using them!

Either change your hotgrips for the later ones, or change your bars/clipon's.

Oxford do know, that's why they changed the design.

i thought i did have the later ones? as i have the LED control panel, but the cable on the grip says 1997?

Originally Posted by Baph

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Oxford do know, that's why they changed the design.

Did they??? the only design change I heard about was one to stop them catching fire ...

I bought mine last winter BTW, so say 2yrs old including 1yr potentially on the shelf?? ...

Originally Posted by hovi5

i thought i did have the later ones? as i have the LED control panel, but the cable on the grip says 1997?

indeed, how do we distinguish?

I have no idea, but I remember the mention of the metal compound issue when I bought my grips, that was after a fair amount of digging around.

I'll see if I can find the info again.

found this.......... it dont explain how you tell ?

http://www.biker247.com/news/4393.asp

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