Unequal Heat With Heated Grips

[FJRDon]

I just recently had dual star heated grips installed with a heat-troller. It became apparent during testing them on the ride home that even after being on for 10-15 minutes at full, the throttle grip was almost too hot while the clutch grip was barely warm. Needless to say, I was disappointed. Upon talking with a couple of guys that I know are pretty darn knowledgable, I was told by both that the probable cause was that the handlebar on the clucth side is absorbing the heat while the throttle tube does not allow that to happen with the throttle grip side.

Both individuals suggested that a possible remedy might be wrapping the clutch side with a tape or insulative material to provide some type of insulation between the handle bar and the heating coil. Neither were sure if it would help much.

I guess that I am asking members of the forum is what your experiences have been and is this the best I can hope for. If so. it seems silly to have only one warm hand. Any insight or suggestions will be most appreciated.

Thanks

Don

 

[Craig]

Did you get them on the correct sides? Your left grip will have a higher heat sink so the left heater is made to put out more heat than the right.

Craig

 

[yamaholic]

Did you get them on the correct sides? Your left grip will have a higher heat sink so the left heater is made to put out more heat than the right.

Yep! I installed 'em and they are in the correct orientation.

Another thought is the left grip is much thicker, so the heat has to pass through more grip material. Two things working against you. The Dual stars are supposed to help equalize this, and they do a much better job at this than others.

Bring 'er on over and I'll slap some SS tape on the left side to reflect the heat better. Also, since I wired both hi and low together to come on with the 'troller, perhaps I can remove the "low" wire on the throttle side. I doubt it will totally solve the problem, but it can't hurt to give it a shot! The important piece is that we try to make it work for you.

 

[FJRDon]

I'm real pleased with all the farkling that Yamaholic has done for me. I don't have much time to do any wrenching myself. He did the magnum horns (great harness Randy), two heat-trollers, dual star grips, Datel Voltmeter, dual and single powerlets, highway pegs, and hyperlites. Mike definitely knows the FJR, is very reasonable and did a first class job as he paid great attention to detail. In Northwest Ohio, I could find no one that had spent much time working on the FJR. So it was off to Mike's just North of Columbus. I recommend him highly if you need some maintenacne or farkling done to your FJR.

I've be acquiring these farkles over the last year since getting my FJR (4,200 miles). Did I say "I love this bike"? This is my 4th bike, but I hadn't ridden in over 20 years. I feel lucky to have discovered Yamaholic.

With regards to my original post, my reasoning was that maybe someone on this forum had experienced the same thing and found a successful remedy for the unequal heating. I spoke with Dual Star and they basicly said the same thing Mike had told me. If anyone wants to share there own solution, please let us hear about it.

Thanks to all who may reply and especially to Mike Carpenter for his many hours of effort last week.

FJRDon

 

[yamaha1300rider]

I've got the OEM grips and have the same 'problem' as you

Paul

01 fjr

uk

 

[Toolman]

I have the Kimpex heating elements that you put on the bar and throttle tube then slide the grips over them. I used Duct tape on the cluch side and that worked but the grip would slip when the element got hot. So I change it to a piece of shrink tubing and that works grate! Got the idea from a post on ST.net. Just cut a piece of 1" diameter shrink tubing slide it over the handle bar on the clutch side heat it up to shrink it thight on the bar then add the element and the grip. Hope this helps.

 

[yamaholic]

Thanks for the tip, toolman! We'll be giving that a try!

 

[FJRDon]

+1 Toolman Great tip!!