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Tomb:
--- Quote from: Moorey on October 09, 2020, 01:51:30 PM ---
I will say those dirt cheap Chinese heated grips work well. Especially the ones with two settings. They have lasted longer than some of the Oxford ones I have had. ;)
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I put some £10 cheapo heated grips on my birds Kwak ER5 and they're way better than the Oxford ones I have.
Moorey:
--- Quote from: Tomb on October 09, 2020, 03:29:08 PM ---
--- Quote from: Moorey on October 09, 2020, 01:51:30 PM ---
I will say those dirt cheap Chinese heated grips work well. Especially the ones with two settings. They have lasted longer than some of the Oxford ones I have had. ;)
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I put some £10 cheapo heated grips on my birds Kwak ER5 and they're way better than the Oxford ones I have.
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£10 I meant the cheap ones. ;D
SumpMagnet:
Sadly the heated grips I have on my Hornet are no longer made ( Datatool did them...with a slider built into the left grip for heat level, low voltage cutoff and a little falshing LED telling you the setting ) but I won't fit another set of Oxford grips.
Aside from the ever present fear of leaving the things on and draining the battery, the silly bendy bracket and lumpy control pad were awful to use. The brackets always fractured too.
I wired the first set up direct, and flattened the battery twice one winter....before I swapped to a relay setup through the headlamp wiring. As the bike had lights on permanently...but the lights went off when you hit the starter...I used that. Ignition off....lights go out...relay kills the power. Doesn't matter what you do with the switch.
Consdering the cost...would low voltage cutoff be that hard to include?
cooleronthecoast:
--- Quote from: SumpMagnet on October 09, 2020, 06:36:40 PM ---Sadly the heated grips I have on my Hornet are no longer made ( Datatool did them...with a slider built into the left grip for heat level, low voltage cutoff and a little falshing LED telling you the setting ) but I won't fit another set of Oxford grips.
Aside from the ever present fear of leaving the things on and draining the battery, the silly bendy bracket and lumpy control pad were awful to use. The brackets always fractured too.
I wired the first set up direct, and flattened the battery twice one winter....before I swapped to a relay setup through the headlamp wiring. As the bike had lights on permanently...but the lights went off when you hit the starter...I used that. Ignition off....lights go out...relay kills the power. Doesn't matter what you do with the switch.
Consdering the cost...would low voltage cutoff be that hard to include?
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The latest Oxford grips do have a low voltage cut off. I think they have done for a couple of years now. Not expensive either, Check these out:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Oxford-Premium-Hot-Grips-Motorbike-Motorcycle-Scooter-Heated-Grips-SPORTS-OF692/264147930067?epid=1874471546&hash=item3d80718bd3:g:lqIAAOSw7MNcQiaj
mike the bike:
I'll hold off on the grips until next month. Just bought a new tyre for the GPZ. The back one is terrifying in the wet so it's got to go before I come off on a roundabout.
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