HELP! Throttlemeister with Yamaha heated grips

kurtfriedrich said:

So the one little sentence in the directions just blows me away
"Roll back the grip 1 inch on the throttle tube".

HTF do you do that? I can't get mine to roll back 1/16 of an inch. I have rolled back about 1 inch of skin on my fingers trying.

Did anyone hear ever install Throttlemeister with Yamaha heated grips? How did you roll back the grib???

thanks

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kurtfriedrich said:

So the one little sentence in the directions just blows me away
"Roll back the grip 1 inch on the throttle tube".

HTF do you do that? I can't get mine to roll back 1/16 of an inch. I have rolled back about 1 inch of skin on my fingers trying.

Did anyone hear ever install Throttlemeister with Yamaha heated grips? How did you roll back the grib???

thanks

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sonicspeed said:

kurtfriedrich said:

So the one little sentence in the directions just blows me away
"Roll back the grip 1 inch on the throttle tube".

HTF do you do that? I can't get mine to roll back 1/16 of an inch. I have rolled back about 1 inch of skin on my fingers trying.

Did anyone hear ever install Throttlemeister with Yamaha heated grips? How did you roll back the grib???

thanks

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i'm not 100% sure but i think i read that you shouldn't use a throttlemeister with yamaha's heated grips or maybe i should say can't

i'll search around and see if i can find where i read that

here is what i found

Q: Will the Throttlemeister work with factory heated grips?

A: The Throttlemeister will work for almost all bikes with "Factory" heated grips.

We do not recommend that it be installed with Hot Grips.

With heated grips, the initial adjustments are more critical.

We suggest that when you are installing the Throttlemeister you do so

with the grips fully "Hot" so you don't get any binding.

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clutchless1 said:

I have a 06 AE with the heated grips, and yes getting the little friction sleeve under the grip was a royal pain in the ***. The grip from the factory has glue bonding the rubber part of the grip to the plastic throttle tube. The grip edge must be seperated from the glue before you attempt trying to slide the friction sleeve into place. I finally got my wife's blow dryer and gently heated the end of the grip. After a little while when the grip is warm and more pliable (plus the glue gets softer as well, making it easier to seperate from the grip and throttle tube), this is when you need to gently insert something betewwn the grip and the plastic throttle tube to seperate the two. You only need to insert something under the grip as far as the friction sleeve will go into the grip. Be very careful not to use anything sharp while doing this seperation procedure, a sharp object could cut into the rubber grip and damage the heating element inside, or cause a short.
Re-heat the end of the grip again, once the end feels warm enough; insert the friction sleeve into place. This should be a lot easier now with the rubber more pliable and seperated from the throttle tube.

That's how I did it, I'm sure others have great ideas as well. As someone once said "Necessity is the mother of invention".

Good Luck

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kurtfriedrich said:

clutchless1 said:

I have a 06 AE with the heated grips, and yes getting the little friction sleeve under the grip was a royal pain in the ***. The grip from the factory has glue bonding the rubber part of the grip to the plastic throttle tube. The grip edge must be seperated from the glue before you attempt trying to slide the friction sleeve into place. I finally got my wife's blow dryer and gently heated the end of the grip. After a little while when the grip is warm and more pliable (plus the glue gets softer as well, making it easier to seperate from the grip and throttle tube), this is when you need to gently insert something betewwn the grip and the plastic throttle tube to seperate the two. You only need to insert something under the grip as far as the friction sleeve will go into the grip. Be very careful not to use anything sharp while doing this seperation procedure, a sharp object could cut into the rubber grip and damage the heating element inside, or cause a short.
Re-heat the end of the grip again, once the end feels warm enough; insert the friction sleeve into place. This should be a lot easier now with the rubber more pliable and seperated from the throttle tube.

That's how I did it, I'm sure others have great ideas as well. As someone once said "Necessity is the mother of invention".

Good Luck

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BINGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thanks a million. The main point was, you don't really have to roll back the grib, you can just force the sleeve right under it!!

Took 2 minutes once I adopted that strategy.

Kurt

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