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Fork Gaiters and Heated Grips
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Fork Gaiters and Heated Grips
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besides getting the rear brake arm bent out correctly, I finished up 3 other farkle projects.

1. fork gaiters
2. oxford hotgrips pro touring install
3. scott oiler install

I'll add photos and text in that order
-tdbru

fork gaiters:
following advice from Ferret on the old forum I ordered a set of Kawasaki W650 fork gaiters.  got them installed per the old forum discussion and looking through the service manual for specs.

oxford hotgrips pro touring install.

took the old grips off. 
a.  took off bar end weights
b.  wiggled a long but thin flat blade screwdriver down the length of the grip
c.  took my can of spray cable lube with the straw attachment on the end and gave a light spray alongside the screwdriver under the factory grip.  did that twice, 180 degrees from each other.  pulled the grips right off.
d. wiped down the bar(left) and throttle tube(right) with brake cleaner to get all the cable lube off.
e.  worked both heated grips into place.  only glued (sparingly) the one that went on the throttle tube.  the other was quite tight as is once slid on.
f.  routed the wire looms between the tank and the top of the engine (took the tank off) back to the battery compartment area.

g.  looked on the wiring diagram and thought I'd found an ignition spare plug.  thought it was the unused plug on the back side of the battery compartment behind the tool tray.
h.  took out the tool tray.
i.  hooked up the positive 12V lead from the grips to the red/green wire in the 4 terminal plug.  hooked up the black negative 12V lead from the grips to the green wire in the 4 terminal plug.

tested it out.  grips worked, but that set of wires was NOT on the ignition.  it was always on.  bummer.  So I'll have to always remember to turn the grips off when I shut off the bike.

j.  reinstalled the tank.


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04-28-2025, 10:54 PM
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(04-28-2025, 10:54 PM)tdbru Wrote: besides getting the rear brake arm bent out correctly, I finished up 3 other farkle projects.

1. fork gaiters
2. oxford hotgrips pro touring install
3. scott oiler install

I'll add photos and text in that order
-tdbru

fork gaiters:
following advice from Ferret on the old forum I ordered a set of Kawasaki W650 fork gaiters.  got them installed per the old forum discussion and looking through the service manual for specs.

oxford hotgrips pro touring install.

took the old grips off. 
a.  took off bar end weights
b.  wiggled a long but thin flat blade screwdriver down the length of the grip
c.  took my can of spray cable lube with the straw attachment on the end and gave a light spray alongside the screwdriver under the factory grip.  did that twice, 180 degrees from each other.  pulled the grips right off.
d. wiped down the bar(left) and throttle tube(right) with brake cleaner to get all the cable lube off.
e.  worked both heated grips into place.  only glued (sparingly) the one that went on the throttle tube.  the other was quite tight as is once slid on.
f.  routed the wire looms between the tank and the top of the engine (took the tank off) back to the battery compartment area.

g.  looked on the wiring diagram and thought I'd found an ignition spare plug.  thought it was the unused plug on the back side of the battery compartment behind the tool tray.
h.  took out the tool tray.
i.  hooked up the positive 12V lead from the grips to the red/green wire in the 4 terminal plug.  hooked up the black negative 12V lead from the grips to the green wire in the 4 terminal plug.

tested it out.  grips worked, but that set of wires was NOT on the ignition.  it was always on.  bummer.  So I'll have to always remember to turn the grips off when I shut off the bike.

j.  reinstalled the tank.
I would much rather be helping you fix your motorcycle than sorting out data migration from the old site!  Smile  thanks for the updates and the pictures. It is why we are here. Great work.

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04-28-2025, 11:19 PM
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RE: Fork Gaiters and Heated Grips
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Nice write up, tdbru.


04-29-2025, 12:21 AM
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RE: Fork Gaiters and Heated Grips
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(04-29-2025, 12:21 AM)Cormanus Wrote: Nice write up, tdbru.

Thank you Cormanus.  Heated grips sure spoil you early / late when the temps drop...
-tdbru


04-29-2025, 12:29 AM
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RE: Fork Gaiters and Heated Grips
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For some reason I can’t see any pictures in any of your posts. Are you taking the down shortly after posting? if not, how are you posting them?

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04-29-2025, 06:16 AM
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RE: Fork Gaiters and Heated Grips
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I absolutely love the heated grips. Big time game changer for cooler weather riding

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04-29-2025, 06:34 AM
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RE: Fork Gaiters and Heated Grips
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(04-29-2025, 06:16 AM)Whoops Wrote: For some reason I can’t see any pictures in any of your posts. Are you taking the down shortly after posting? if not, how are you posting them?

good morning. have you tried clearing your cache, restarting your device, and trying again?

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04-29-2025, 06:35 AM
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RE: Fork Gaiters and Heated Grips
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(04-29-2025, 06:35 AM)rdprdp01 Wrote:
(04-29-2025, 06:16 AM)Whoops Wrote: For some reason I can’t see any pictures in any of your posts. Are you taking the down shortly after posting? if not, how are you posting them?

good morning. have you tried clearing your cache, restarting your device, and trying again?

Yes. Thank you. It's only tdbru's images. I can view all others. Just curious if he is posting them to the forum directly or using an image hosting service. I will check source from my PC when I get back to it.
(04-29-2025, 06:35 AM)rdprdp01 Wrote:
(04-29-2025, 06:16 AM)Whoops Wrote: For some reason I can’t see any pictures in any of your posts. Are you taking the down shortly after posting? if not, how are you posting them?

good morning. have you tried clearing your cache, restarting your device, and trying again?

Yes. Thank you. It's only tdbru's images. I can view all others. Just curious if he is posting them to the forum directly or using an image hosting service. I will check source from my PC when I get back to it.

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04-29-2025, 08:57 AM
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RE: Fork Gaiters and Heated Grips
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posting them directly.  Not sure why you can't see them.  they're jpeg images.  This is likely a silly question, but you have logged in, right?  Otherwise I have no idea why you can't see the images.  Perhaps follow rdprdp01's advice and free up some machine memory (clear the cache and perhaps empty the trash, clean out the temp folder) on your machine??  And if I've made a goof, please point it out so I can post pictures correctly next time.
-tdbru


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I can see the pictures.


04-29-2025, 09:44 AM
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