Grip heaters.

[Narked]

Just thought I would chuck this into the mix and see if anyone has an idea.

Grip heaters, two settings, is there a way to change the power supply for these settings.

My FJR has an option in the menu to associate a % to the presets! but can't find anything in the manual or anything obvious in the menus and settings.

Found on the last 2 runs out, one just damn cold the other wet, very wet so it saps the heat, The grip heaters just could not cope with it, the FJR with OEM, and the XJR with the Oxford heated grips get to the point that if is almost to hot.

Anyone else found this to be a problem?

Or is thus just a BMW thing.

 

[snaponphil]

I've found mine on full power not enough heat.. My 2011 GSA cooked my hands..

 

[Nutty]

Nope, you can't change the settings unfortunately. A few have complained that the heated grips on the LC aren't as good as the previous GS. In the winter, I wear Keis heated gloves, and now find the combination TOO hot!

 

[Skid06]

they are utter shite

 

[RichieS]

Heated grips.....

I too, am very disapointed with the lack of heat compared to my last 1200.
Now added tucano muffs, and that works a treat. Looks shite but warm and dry.

 

[andylel]

I too, am very disapointed with the lack of heat compared to my last 1200.
Now added tucano muffs, and that works a treat. Looks shite but warm and dry.

I've done exactly this and have only worn summer gloves all through winter so far. I don't know why it took me 35 years to try them but I'll never look back.

 

[Giles]

I wear Keis heated gloves .....

You big poof ......

 

[Narked]

Has anyone tried complaining to BMW over this problem, if so any joy?

 

[Wapping]

If they haven't you could give it a whirl. Somebody has to be first and as it's your bike it may as well be you.

Start with your local dealership

Then BMW (UK) at Bracknell

Then HQ in Munich

You are bound to find someone who'll listen. Names and addresses available via the usual channels.

Useful phrases include: Not fit for purpose, flagship, premium price and sale of goods act. Try to avoid references to daylight robbery and rip-off as these translate in German as some indistinct reference to the clocks going back and take your clothes off.

 

[Narked]

If they haven't you could give it a whirl. Somebody has to be first and as it's your bike it may as well be you.

Start with your local dealership

Then BMW (UK) at Bracknell

Then HQ in Munich

You are bound to find someone who'll listen. Names and addresses available via the usual channels.

Useful phrases include: Not fit for purpose, flagship, premium price and sale of goods act. Try to avoid references to daylight robbery and rip-off as these translate in German as some indistinct reference to the clocks going back and take your clothes off.

Right, I will give it a go, I mean 14k for an adventure bike with bits that don't work, watch this space.

 

[Wapping]

See, you are on your way already. That wasn't so hard, was it?

Now close this thread, before some well meaning soul comes along to tell you that smearing it with the wrappings of small pats of butter from Mrs Miggins' B&B in Cleethorpes works wonders. It doesn't, I've tried.

 

[Giles]

Yer gloves are too thick .....

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

Narked .....very apt

 

[Narked]

Narked has nothing to do with upset, it means exactly the oppersit, it is the shortened name for nitrogen narcosis,

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

Narked has nothing to do with upset, it means exactly the oppersit, it is the shortened name for nitrogen narcosis,

It was a joke, sorry about illness connotation

Narked in Yorkshire also means miffed

 

[Wapping]

It's not an illness JB, it's hip street slang for doin' Nitrous Oxide. "I was Narked, dude".

Very retro, the Haight Ashbury hipsters were all at it in the mid-60's. Many of them went on to father the likes of Bill Gates, so don't knock it. I myself eleviated the stress of childbirth by availing myself of some during my wife's prolonged labour, much I must add to the annoyance of my wife who told me off for always fiddling with things. She was not impressed either with the cold box I brought along with 6 cans of Green King IPA and a pork pie. Strange people women, there is just no pleasing them sometimes.

 

[Narked]

It's not an illness JB, it's hip street slang for doin' Nitrous Oxide. "I was Narked, dude".

Very retro, the Haight Ashbury hipsters were all at it in the mid-60's. Many of them went on to father the likes of Bill Gates, so don't knock it. I myself eleviated the stress of childbirth by availing myself of some during my daughter's birth, much I must add to the annoyance of my wife who told me off for always fiddling with things. She was not impressed either with the cold box I brought along with 6 cans of Green King IPA and a pork pie.

Hey we are getting close, it's not nitrous oxide, that's a fun gas that the dentist gives you, also used to increase the bhp of a vehicle by injecting it into the fuel loop, nitrogen narcosis is the effect of breathing air under pressure while using SCUBA, once the partial pressure of the nitrogen reaches your tolerance level you suffer a sensation of euphoria like being drunk but without the hangover,.

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

Fair enough - too deep for me on a Sunday morning

Has he fixed his £14k not fit for purpose bike yet?

Grip heaters are known to be poor, but there's nowt they can do

Doubt it, he'll get no joy from the Fatherland

 

[Wapping]

There is a chap in America who has cracked large parts of the Canbus coding on the K1600 and made all sorts of alterations to his bike. Nutty needs to get him on the case of the 1200; he'll have the handgrips hotter than Hades in a jiffy.

 

[biggeorge]

I have reported this issue several times to BMW dealer and reply was they work ok , but just had a f800 on loan whilst my lc has some warranty work done and the heated grips are fantastic , have e mailed BMW customers services and waiting for reply as to why the lc grips are not good .