Ferret, my friend, this is really gnarly as a surfer would say. Totally.I had it mounted on the right on my ST 1300. It was never an issue. It's not like it's an emergency stop switch. You can wait until you come to a stop to turn it up, down or off.
That was supposed to be Plastic Fins not Find and I used a Rubber mallet to gently tap them into place.
The Oxford grips are offered in various versions. I wish I knew which one my dealer chose to install, but the grips they installed fit perfectly.
Thanks, yes different lengths but all for "22mm" bars except the Cruiser which are 25 mm
Lee did you grind off the lip that holds the stock grip on when you installed them?
Ferret,
Perhaps grip ring is a different expression over here?
By the looks of the gap between the grip and the housing they didn't grind off the grip ring.
Yea I don't know if there is an actual name for it, but on the 21 and 22 with ride by wire throttle there is a raised lip on the throttle tube meant to hold the grip in place. There is a matching groove in the grip that goes over that lip. You can see it here to the left of my thumb in the pic.Hi Ferret what do you mean by "hope they fit and the only question I have is the grip ring from the 2021 going to have to be ground off" as I haven't got the bike I don't understand what you are referring to
That's not true and the optional stock ones are too expensive, plus you could also shim them if needed. Yes the 22 and 21 are the same because the ton of improvements were done in 21 but I think the 22 is a couple hundred more. I bought a 900 Kawi before I learned there was an auto trans bike out there and it's not as easy to ride as my last bike 30 years ago due to a little arthritis in my left hand and numbness in my feet. I ordered a 22 but IDK when it will be here.
I am a bit behind you with installing Oxford grips on my 2022 DCT. Believe I need to put them in the same place you have yours unless I buy some kind of bar adapter. Do you know if the dealer just straightened the bracket that mounts the controller? I think it needs to be perfectly straight to connect to right hand brake reservoir so the cable routes correctly. Trying not to screw things up with my low level skills.
It looks like the shop flatten the stock bracket.
That's what I am thinking. Oxford really needs to provide an option for a left side bracket (what they provide) and a right side bracket, what we need with a DCT. Guess I'll see if I can straighten it. Don't know if I'll be able to do so.
To keep your hands warm you need to address two things; thermal comfort and wind chill discomfort. Heated grips or gloves will take care of the thermal and hand guards will block the wind. Blocking the wind may allow a lower setting on the grips or gloves. If you use battery powered (not bike battery) gloves a lower setting may extended the time until the batteries run out of charge. Hand guards can be removed in warmer weather, easy simple to do.
