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From: Nige on 31 Oct 2009 05:53

"Donnie" <NOTVALID(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d33/Donegal_Paul/bitsandbobs/IMG_2129.
> jpg
>
> This was after this mornings 8/9 miles from Bedford to Sandy this
> morning ffs and i could feel it getting in my left knee before getting
> on the bypass at the Kempston end ie within 2 miles of less than
> 40mph!


I have had a few bits of Oxford kit, it's usually pretty dire.

N.


From: The Older Gentleman on 31 Oct 2009 07:19
Donnie <NOTVALID(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

> So, considering i bought them at the tailend BMF, didnt get a receipt
> as i paid cash am i fucked?

Yes.


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From: The Older Gentleman on 31 Oct 2009 07:20
eatmorepies <jspamn(a)olineone.net> wrote:

>
> Fitted some Hotgrips to a friend's bike a couple of weeks ago - they didn't
> work.

The only really good heated grips I've ever encountered have both been
OE - Triumph and BMW. Everything else looks like it cobbled together in
the dark.

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From: Kevin Weller on 31 Oct 2009 08:07
In article <1j8g7h9.nrw37p1pm8paaN%totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk>, The
Older Gentleman wrote:
> The only really good heated grips I've ever encountered have both been
> OE - Triumph and BMW. Everything else looks like it cobbled together in
> the dark.

WHS. I have some Oxford grips on the GTR that work...except when it's
really cold then they turn themselves off. Daytonas on other bikes but
the hot setting is too hot and the cooler setting is too cool; thank God
for heated gloves.

I used to have BMW heated grips on a previous K100RS and they were
excellent. Assuming I keep this one I intend buying some BMW heated grips
but AIUI I have to replace the bars as well which makes it rather
expensive. The Triumph grips I had on a Tiger were equally as good.
--
Kevin
'08 1400GTR, '07 K8 Hayabusa,'02 Dyna Super Glide,'92 K100RS, '93 ZZR11,
'90 FJ12

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From: Andy Bonwick on 31 Oct 2009 08:16
On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:07:22 -0000, Kevin Weller
<Spam_Not(a)nospam.invalid> wrote:

snip>

>I used to have BMW heated grips on a previous K100RS and they were
>excellent. Assuming I keep this one I intend buying some BMW heated grips
>but AIUI I have to replace the bars as well which makes it rather
>expensive. The Triumph grips I had on a Tiger were equally as good.

You don't need to replace the bars, you just have to drill one hole in
the centre to feed the wires out of.

I found it a bit of a pain feeding the wires through and ended up
taping them to a length of old clutch cable and feeding that through
first but once I'd sussed that out the whole job took about an hour.

They're certainly the best heated grips that I've ever used but
they're about double the price of Oxford or Daytona ones so you'd
expect them to be good.
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