Bar swap/throttle tube question

[Beancounter]

Hi,

I'd like to swap the handlebar on my R1150GSA for a non-BMW item.

I've got the switchgear off easily enough, but I can't use the standard BMW heated grips because of how the wires are routed to the ends of the handlebar. I've got a spare set of Oxford heated grips to use but the issue is the throttle tube/pulley looks to be all one part of the heated grip.

Does anyone know if the plastic throttle tube can be safely separated from the heated grip so that I could use it with the Oxford item?

Thanks.

 

[Riceburner]

Hi,

I'd like to swap the handlebar on my R1150GSA for a non-BMW item.

I've got the switchgear off easily enough, but I can't use the standard BMW heated grips because of how the wires are routed to the ends of the handlebar. I've got a spare set of Oxford heated grips to use but the issue is the throttle tube/pulley looks to be all one part of the heated grip.

Does anyone know if the plastic throttle tube can be safely separated from the heated grip so that I could use it with the Oxford item?

Thanks.

Yeeeesssss, possibly (I think), but it's probably easier to adapt the non oe bars to take the BMW grips...

 

[Paul Young]

Hi,

I'd like to swap the handlebar on my R1150GSA for a non-BMW item.

I've got the switchgear off easily enough, but I can't use the standard BMW heated grips because of how the wires are routed to the ends of the handlebar. I've got a spare set of Oxford heated grips to use but the issue is the throttle tube/pulley looks to be all one part of the heated grip.

Does anyone know if the plastic throttle tube can be safely separated from the heated grip so that I could use it with the Oxford item?

Thanks.

I’d go and buy a (secondhand?) throttle tube for a non heated-grip GS and start from there… Have you seen the price of heated grips? There’s no way I’d destroy one…