Re: [ST] Heated grips

[Ben Snyder <bensnyder@xxxxxxxxx>]

I've never replaced the grips on my bike, or even seen
it done on a Triumph, but a buddy rides a Yamaha R1
and he's replaced his grips.

He used an air compressor to blow air between the grip
and the bar.  The old grips practically fell off, the
new ones took a little more convincing, but they went
on pretty easily with the air in there.

- --- "Anderson, Neil G (CPR)" <andersng@xxxxxx> wrote:
> "Cameron" <camckay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> >It is very simple.  The hardest part is getting the
> old grips off.  I had
> to
> >cut one of them off with a razor blade.  The
> installation is very easy.
> All
> >you need is a phillips head if I remember
> correctly.
> 
> Yup, it's very easy. Tools required for the
> installation:
> 
> -ST, parked outside landlady's house on a frosty
> January evening in Germany
> 
> - one of the Lovely Ballast's chopsticks, to slide
> between the original
> grips and the bars to loosen them enough to slide
> them off (call me chicken,
> but I kept the original grips in case I made a mess
> of the installation)
> 
> -Allen key from standard ST toolkit to take off side
> fairings and get at the
> wiring
> 
> -string to tie round the heated grip wires and keep
> them in the slots in the
> bars while you reassemble the switch clusters
> 
> -Swiss army knife; use the awl to make holes in the
> fairing at the corners
> of the switch cutout, use the wood saw to join up
> the holes and use the big
> blade to shave away the edges to make a good fit. 
> This is the scary part,
> yikes, do I really want to gouge a big hole in
> pristine plastic?
> 
> -summer riding gloves for the test ride.  Wahoo,
> these grips are great, I
> will never have another bike without heated grips!
> 
> Think I'd pass the Triumph mechanics test?
> 
> Neil
> 
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