| Author | Message | ||
     Ready2ride |
I did a brief search and could not find this mentioned before. Has anyone else had this happen? I went for a ride yesterday on a chilly foggy morning, and after about 50 miles my hands were cold and wet so I turned the grip heaters on. Stopped for breakfast and when I returned to the bike the throttle was hanging up. It was like having a throttle lock engaged. Then I noticed that the plastic button that holds the handguard in place at the end of the handlebar had fallen out. It appeared to have shrunk to the point it would no longer stay in place. There was nothing else obviously wrong, so when I got home I pulled the grip off to discover that the heating element had burned through the throttle sleeve causing it to bind on the handlebar. I had to take a dremel and grind the burnt parts away to get the throttle working smoothly again. Evidently the little plastic button had also melted to the point it won't stay in place now. I guess I'll have to make yet ANOTHER trip to the dealer for more warranty work. | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
Never heard that happen before. I always wrap the bar (or throttle sleeve) in duct tape to insulate the grip from the bar. What brand grip heater? | ||
| Froggy |
Never heard of that either. His bikes an 08, so its the OEM grips. | ||
| Dnveloman |
I added OEM's to my 07 per the instructions and have never had any issues (with lots of use). I may not know what I'm talking about- but could a short or some defect be causing it to draw to much current? | ||
| Natexlh1000 |
I used mine lots of times and no problems so far. Sounds like a waranty thing to me. |
