Oxford Advanced Touring Hot Grips

[Mark65]

Hi,
If anyone is interested ive just ordered these grips fro Sportsbike Shop at a good price (price matched)

https://www.oxfordproducts.com/motorcycle/brands/oxford/handlebar_accessories/hotgrips_advanced_touring_uk_specific/

£55 delivered with code SJT3T

or they have dropped the premium version to £45

My hands were feeling the chill this morning so these will go on then my muffs.
Hope this helps someone

Mark
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[Moo.]

Sport version for £40 posted

https://www.mandp.co.uk/oxford-hotgrips-sport-uk-only.html
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[kramdra]

Why do you think its a good price Not having any oxford branded rubbish on my bike.

Many of the cheapest chinese ones are significantly better.

[Polarbear]

[talkToTheHat]

I like the oxford adventure grips. They're a little longer than the sport and touring ones. I killed an R&G set of grips in about a year, really high wear rate despite being far too hard. On my second set of oxfords having got 3 or 4 winters out of the touring set before they wore through. Still on original oxford controller.
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[pinkyfloyd]

R&G heated from Ebay £37 delivered. installed on one of our training bikes when we bought it 4 years ago and still work fine, now installed on my bike. Work fine.
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[Beehive Bedlam]

[evilzed]

There's 2 versions of these premium grips BTW guys the OP's link is for the new version with waterproof connectors, based on the product code in the M&P version they are the older model without the waterproof connectors which should still be fine but use dielectric grease or tape to waterproof.

I got the new version at last years NEC show for £50, definitely the best deal they had IMO, installed them this weekend to replace Keis Chicane grips (throttle failed after 2 years use, much thinner wiring in comparison)

[Johanna]

Meh - I know several people who have the Oxford heated grips and absolutely love them.

As with most brands I assume they do some things well and others not so well. Grips, it seems, are good. Chains not so good.

I've still not got heated grips. Going to buy some this week, I think. It's feeling chilly.

[bigdom86]

going to get some grips for the f4i, is the advanced version much better than the standard version then? does the standard issue have problems with getting too wet?

[inline4]

[Copycat73]

[Freddyfruitba...]

[stonesie]

I find Oxford a mixed bag, the grips I had from them were spot on for over 2 years before I sold that bike.
On the other hand the jacket and gloves I had when I started riding were branded 'Bone Dry' and were less waterproof than a fleece.
I just avoid their clothing.

[pompousporcup...]

the sports/premium were hit and miss for me.

I've had 3 sets of oxford grips from SBS. first worked flawlessly. Second was DOA and the third which i eventually removed, only worked on the throttle side. Left side was hit and miss whether it worked.

[Hong Kong Phooey]

Ordered the sports advanced for £52, EL692UK is the product code.
These have the watertight connectors, and 9 heat settings.

Didn't see links above

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OXFORD-HOT-HEATED-GRIPS-ADVANCED-SPORTS-UK-SPECIFIC-WEEKEND-ONLY-SALE-/332851986590

Link not working now though, price has gone up.
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[bacon]

Just fitted the normal premium touring grips to the deauville, paid £45 on eBay, bit annoying considering how cheap these recent advanced ones have been! The wiring is all tucked under the tank behind the frame, so they shouldn't get wet anyway.

I cut off the battery terminals and fuse, then stuck some uninsulated bullet connectors on. They are wired to my relay now so it's impossible to leave them on. I don't trust the auto off feature.

Downside appears to be that I don't have the memory functionality.

Heat wise they are pretty good. I had thick gloves on this morning as the muffs haven't been fitted yet, tonight's job maybe, they kept me toasty, knocked it down from 100% to 75%, then down to 50% as my gloves got warmed through.

Decent

[DrSnoosnoo]

All this talk of heated grips... I want a set now.

I've had the muffs on the ZZR1100 for a couple of weeks and the turning circle is now laughable, once moving steering is fine obviously.

But I still get chilly fingers, it's because I'm a skinny lanky ginger who can't keep his body temperature up in the 60 + mph at 2 °C air temp.

These will be lovely. Question for muffs users, do you mount the controller outside the muffs or within somewhere? I've got clip ons with no spare space between the grip, lever and mastercylinder on each so, how do you do it?
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[bigdom86]

freezing hands this morning, any links for a good price on the sports advanced? if not will just buy from SBS

[bacon]

[kramdra]

My reasons for disliking the oxford grips..

The Advertised low battery cut off, did not cut off. Flat battery. Make sure it is connected on a switched live/relay. They may have dropped that feature claim now?
Several flat batteries and bump starting caused regulator to fail.
Controller is not waterproof. Switches take about a year to rot and die.
Controller requires you to look at led's which can be difficult to see, and remove hands from the muffs.
Rubber turns to shit. You can cut it off and slide another grip over the heater, but its a bodge, although that did take a couple of years.
Waterproof connectors are irrelevant, that part never failed, but they advertise it as a usp, knowing that controllers commonly fail.

There is no innovation or feature to make this an 80 quid product. There is no advantage over R&G or anything else. Paying for a brand, a shit brand. Sooo much profit on a rubbish product, couple quid to manufacture.

The £10 chinese ones are better, other than grip glue needs to be pre-emptively replaced. Nothing to look at, switch is inside muffs. You also get a new throttle tube, and being splined for easy removal, which I like (but requires bar ends).

[talkToTheHat]

[bacon]

Well the first week with them on has been rather good so far. Warm enough with my old HG pantheon five finger hobbies from about 8 years ago and the grips alone.

It was pissing down yesterday, but of course long term will say if the controller is waterproof or not. It's supposed to be waterproof and sealed, so we will see.

[rpsmith79]

If anyone is interested, MCN or running an offer this month on their 12 month subscription, £85 for 51 issues, with a free set of Oxford Heated grips worth £79.99 (rrp)

Not bad if you already get the occasional issue of MCN
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