Fazer Owners Club - Unofficial
General => General => Topic started by: TomS_ on 19 January 2019, 04:07:03 pm
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I just did a test ride on a Tracer 900 (or perhaps MT-09 Tracer, since it is a 15 plate). It has heated grips, but the only thing I can really fault it for is that the right hand grip got way hotter than the left hand grip - or the left hand grip is a bit bung. It wasnt a mild annoyance, it was a case of to feel any temperature at all in the left hand my right hand was burning off. I dont believe it was a case of simply my left hand is opened up or off the grip more than the right due to working the clutch - I found myself a little stretch of A road and had a little cruise for a few minutes with both hands firmly in place to make sure this was not the case.
Sales man of course tells me this is normal because the right hand grip is thinner due to the way the throttle is built, but I dunno - it was vastly different. My feeling is that surely the designers would know about this, and it would be catered for in their resulting design and not be an issue...
Case in point, a few weeks ago I installed some Oxford heated grips on my Fazer, and I must say that the temperature consistency between the left and the right was spot on. All I needed to do was find the most comfortable temperature setting and forget about it and enjoy the bliss.
I really liked the Tracer 900 I rode, brilliant bike, but the heated grip thing has me reconsidering... I suppose I could always ditch the official grips and put some Oxford grips on, but that defeats the purpose and you lose the ability to control it via the dash.
What are others experiences with this, I only have my Oxford grips to compare to. Or is the sales man just being a sales man and trying to sell it?
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Improbable as it sounds, I reckon that salesman was talking bollocks. :lol
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I had a 15 plate MT09 Tracer and the heated grips were brilliant. Both sides were consistent and I rarely used them on full because they were so warm. Oh.....and yes......the salesman is talking bollocks.
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maybe you have thicker skin on one of your hands?
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maybe you have thicker skin on one of your hands?
Ah man thats dirty. :lol
talking bollocks.
Yeah, Im finding it hard to believe that in 2015 there would have been such glaring issues like that.I guess if they could fix it I might still be in for the sale, but its kind of making me doubt the service from these guys...
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Sales man of course tells me this is normal because the right hand grip is thinner due to the way the throttle is built,
Brilliant :lol
The teflon coated bastards will say anything to get a sale.
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Sales man talking bollix, simples.
Tell him to put new grips on and you'll buy it or if he refuses, go elsewhere and report him
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Ah yes , I can see whats happened here , you've forgotten to put your left hand glove on..............
100% bollocks .....plenty of other dealers out there.....
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I've had plenty of heated grips over the years, and different brands as well, and not once has one side been hotter than the other on any of them.
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There's a well known problem with genuine yamaha heated grips.
If you don't set them up right, they automatically set themselves to the lowest setting.
Quite a few of the MT10 owners have had this problem.
However, for one to be affected and not the other.
I can't see how this is possible.
I would say they were faulty.
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Dazza, you posted that at 2am! Had one side of your electric blanket gone cold? :lol
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I find it incredible that some of you would insinuate that a dealer would say something that might not be the truth! I'm that annoyed I may start up a fund to help out some of these dealers who may have had a rough sales year! Now come on ! have a bit of thought. :foc :lol
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I had this on mine. On the face book group loads of people did. I left it alone but lads on there sorted it by wrapping the hot side in insulation tape which apparently works
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I had this on mine. On the face book group loads of people did. I left it alone but lads on there sorted it by wrapping the hot side in insulation tape which apparently works
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That doesnt sound promising...
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Here is the science behind it.
On the right, you stick the heated grip to a plastic throttle tube. On the left, you stick it to the metal handle bar. The handlebar conducts the heat away from the grip whereas the plastic tube doesn't. Most people wont notice a difference but it is there.