Oxford Heated Grips

First topic message reminder :

Has these fitted a couple of weeks ago - a fabbo item and recommended. u can see them if you look closely - and if u look even closer at the names on the places over the street u will see that this particular bike was the highest bandit in australia
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I have a set of the newer grips and was just wondering how many people hooked them up directly to the battery, or did they hook up to the ignition???? If someone has used an ignition system, or a spare fuse, could you please show me some photos as I dont really want hook up directly to the battery. I did this on an 80"s bike that I didnt ride that often and it kept draining the battery. I was also thinking if I do go to the battery I might just rig up a quick detachable connection at the battery and plug it in before I start riding. It would take all of 1 min to connect?????? Any info would be appreciated.

ghost1 wrote: I have a set of the newer grips and was just wondering how many people hooked them up directly to the battery, or did they hook up to the ignition???? If someone has used an ignition system, or a spare fuse, could you please show me some photos as I dont really want hook up directly to the battery. I did this on an 80"s bike that I didnt ride that often and it kept draining the battery. I was also thinking if I do go to the battery I might just rig up a quick detachable connection at the battery and plug it in before I start riding. It would take all of 1 min to connect?????? Any info would be appreciated.

All you need to do to connect to the battery is to use a relay. Use the headlight wiring as the trigger wire. That way your grips will be powered from the battery but only work when the headlight is on.

I velcroed a relay into the undertray, and ran the coil side of the relay across the numberplate light circuit for a switched feed.

I have a full writeup and wiring diagram at: http://kewwibike.blogspot.co.nz/2011/11/wiring-heated-grips.html

The headlight feed is OK as well, but I suggest if you want the relay up front, run the coil of the relay off one of the two side lights, so if anything goes wrong you don't lose your headlight.

The Oxfords in theory have a circuit that switches them off if the battery voltage is low, but my mate found out on his V Strom that they do switch off after it's too flat to do anything....

I switched mine to the headlight with a fuse because I was worried that if I lefted it connected to the tailight I would accidentally switch the bike to parklights and walk away. Something I've done twice so far.
Bloody parklights, who needs them

madmax wrote:

gus wrote:I'll say it again .High -Off -Low switch is all you need .Why over complicate it ? I dont need that controll panel sitting there doing nothing for
8 momths either ,its hardly attractive .

I don't know about only 2 settings. I like to vary mine at different times.
and I think this one looks pretty good

oops forgot to add the link

Im assuming these are from lockitt (dot) com?

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Did anyone buy the Symtec controller instead of the Oxford one?

Hello everbodey! I'm baaaack. And I'm mad as hell! First, Thanks for the help you gave re the Givi pannier racks that didn't fit my Bandit. So, having had to bend my spare ignition key to unlock the seat, I went back to the dealer and ordered a blank key so I could have a spare cut to leave at home so that if I lost my keyring in Sydney or Mildura (at the Ulysses AGM) I could ring my wife and get her to drop them off for me. He tried to charge me $30 for them. There followed a robust conversation ending with him threatening to "put me on my arse".
Moving on, I did make the effort while I was in Sydney to go to Carlisles ( the distributor ) to show Craig my bike and pannier racks. He was gobsmacked and confessed that there was no way the racks could fit my (2010) model Bandit. My advice: get the V41+E35s setup featured in the photos you posted. Bottom line: I made the racks work; I got the key for free and; I got a partial store credit for my trouble.
Moving on TO THE POINT: Oxford heated grips.
When I got my DL 1000 V Strom 4 years ago, I had the dealer at Nowra fit Oxford heated grips. They have worked fine.
However, recently, I got the local dealer at Bega (yes, my friends, that dealer)
to fit Oxford heated grips to the Bandit and guess what?
They do not work!
Specifically, the left hand side does not even get warm, even when set to 100%, when the RHS is hot as hell.
Also, the supply lead on the LHS has been inverted so that it covers the "Passing" switch. These ......people.....think it's OK to remove a safety function to fit an accessory.
These....people.... think it's OK to deface my bike so they can make some money fitting an accessory which half works! At my first approach, the ....mechanic(?).......
opined that the LHS is always cooler because the throttle sleeve on the RHS insulates the handle. But the LHS is stone b;oody cold.
So here we go again. I'll keep you all posted. I'll send photos. Looks like I'll have to fix it myself. If it's fixable. Any advice appreciated.

Anthony Pearce wrote:Hello everbodey! I'm baaaack. And I'm mad as hell! First, Thanks for the help you gave re the Givi pannier racks that didn't fit my Bandit. So, having had to bend my spare ignition key to unlock the seat, I went back to the dealer and ordered a blank key so I could have a spare cut to leave at home so that if I lost my keyring in Sydney or Mildura (at the Ulysses AGM) I could ring my wife and get her to drop them off for me. He tried to charge me $30 for them. There followed a robust conversation ending with him threatening to "put me on my arse".
Moving on, I did make the effort while I was in Sydney to go to Carlisles ( the distributor ) to show Craig my bike and pannier racks. He was gobsmacked and confessed that there was no way the racks could fit my (2010) model Bandit. My advice: get the V41+E35s setup featured in the photos you posted. Bottom line: I made the racks work; I got the key for free and; I got a partial store credit for my trouble.
Moving on TO THE POINT: Oxford heated grips.
When I got my DL 1000 V Strom 4 years ago, I had the dealer at Nowra fit Oxford heated grips. They have worked fine.
However, recently, I got the local dealer at Bega (yes, my friends, that dealer)
to fit Oxford heated grips to the Bandit and guess what?
They do not work!
Specifically, the left hand side does not even get warm, even when set to 100%, when the RHS is hot as hell.
Also, the supply lead on the LHS has been inverted so that it covers the "Passing" switch. These ......people.....think it's OK to remove a safety function to fit an accessory.
These....people.... think it's OK to deface my bike so they can make some money fitting an accessory which half works! At my first approach, the ....mechanic(?).......
opined that the LHS is always cooler because the throttle sleeve on the RHS insulates the handle. But the LHS is stone b;oody cold.
So here we go again. I'll keep you all posted. I'll send photos. Looks like I'll have to fix it myself. If it's fixable. Any advice appreciated.

some simple advice "don't go back !" when that dealer has had a monopoly for 25 years or more he has care factor of nil he has a captive audience

Anthony Pearce wrote:Hello everbodey! I'm baaaack. And I'm mad as hell! First, Thanks for the help you gave re the Givi pannier racks that didn't fit my Bandit. So, having had to bend my spare ignition key to unlock the seat, I went back to the dealer and ordered a blank key so I could have a spare cut to leave at home so that if I lost my keyring in Sydney or Mildura (at the Ulysses AGM) I could ring my wife and get her to drop them off for me. He tried to charge me $30 for them. There followed a robust conversation ending with him threatening to "put me on my arse".
Moving on, I did make the effort while I was in Sydney to go to Carlisles ( the distributor ) to show Craig my bike and pannier racks. He was gobsmacked and confessed that there was no way the racks could fit my (2010) model Bandit. My advice: get the V41+E35s setup featured in the photos you posted. Bottom line: I made the racks work; I got the key for free and; I got a partial store credit for my trouble.
Moving on TO THE POINT: Oxford heated grips.
When I got my DL 1000 V Strom 4 years ago, I had the dealer at Nowra fit Oxford heated grips. They have worked fine.
However, recently, I got the local dealer at Bega (yes, my friends, that dealer)
to fit Oxford heated grips to the Bandit and guess what?
They do not work!
Specifically, the left hand side does not even get warm, even when set to 100%, when the RHS is hot as hell.
Also, the supply lead on the LHS has been inverted so that it covers the "Passing" switch. These ......people.....think it's OK to remove a safety function to fit an accessory.
These....people.... think it's OK to deface my bike so they can make some money fitting an accessory which half works! At my first approach, the ....mechanic(?).......
opined that the LHS is always cooler because the throttle sleeve on the RHS insulates the handle. But the LHS is stone b;oody cold.
So here we go again. I'll keep you all posted. I'll send photos. Looks like I'll have to fix it myself. If it's fixable. Any advice appreciated.

I don't know why Mr Murphy keeps visiting you you must have done something to really piss him off.
As for your heated grips either you have a dodgy set or a dodgy mechanic. Or maybe both. One reason I prefer to do things myself.
I can tell you they will definitely work on your bike. I'd start by undoing the wiring and plugging the LHS into the right-hand wiring and see if the problem swaps sides. If it doesn't you've got a faulty grip
If it does then either the controller is faulty or the wiring is.

Unless he glued the LH grip on it should be able to turn around to clear the Highbeam pass flash switch