Heated Grips

[RogerC]

Hi Guys...Probs with freezing fingers....Riding home yesterday (day into night so loading on elect system used with /without lights). The problem is that the left hand heated grip occasionally seemed to switch off/go cold. Is this a problem or merely a 'thermostat' kicking in? This happened with the grips in both low and high heat positions.

 

[brassmonkey001]

Sounds like a poor connection or a break in the wire to me.

 

[Invicta Moto]

Still with heated grips.... turned mine on yesterday and found that once heated up I found I had cruise control with the throttle staying open and having to be forced closed.... I guess this is the rubber expanding? When cold again, normal service returned.

Should I simply slip some silicon grease down the gap between grip and switchgear..... or is their something more sinister afoot or to hand as it were...?

 

[GrahamW]

Sometimes the end of the grip stretches and creeps a bit towards the bar end. Just push it back towards the throttle body and it should be OK.

Graham

 

[Chris Hazard]

To cure your grip expansion problem-

- Unscrew bar end cap

- Remove bar end

- Insert washer between throttle body and bar end cap

- Refit bar end cap

-No more unintended Cruise Control

I had trapped throttle problem when a Mondeo-Driving Numpty knocked my bike off its centre stand , bike falling over on RHS, pinching throttle grip .

Fixed as above . No further problems other than wanting to give above said Numpty an opportunity to sample Hospital Food !

 

[Fugginugly]

Back to the original topic of the thread

I have exactly the same problem, left grip = no heat

Does anyone have any suggestions on where to start looking please??

 

[Steptoe]

Hi Guys...Probs with freezing fingers....Riding home yesterday (day into night so loading on elect system used with /without lights).

shouldn't be a problem, unless your talking about an airhead - what bike do you have ??

I have exactly the same problem, left grip = no heat

Does anyone have any suggestions on where to start looking please??

Try the grip connector block - white plastic case/connector block,just under the front of the tank, amongst all the other connectors. Check for power, but it's usually the grip itself - put some power direct to it from the connector block and see if it warms up - if not, it's broke

It's usually the left grip that breaks, due to people pulling the bike onto the centre stand with all the force being used on the left bar - just stand/put your weight on the center stand, and it goes on the stand without any effort

 

[Fugginugly]

Ta muchly for that Steptoe,

Just been playing around with the said wire, there is power coming from the connector, (checked with basic led circuit tester) and tried chopping off small sections and re-connecting the wire coming from the grip itself in the vain hope that it could be a break in the wire

But no joy

Seems like your diagnosis of broken grip maybe correct, any ideas where to get another, or how much a genuine one is?

P.S.
How right you are about the centre stand malarky, I used to be a bike instructor, and went to great lengths to educate people in the correct use of it, dead easy when you know how innit?