I\u2019ve recently installed my heated grips onto the Kawasaki Ninja Z1000. Much neater install than my previous job on my GS500. Thought I\u2019d take a few photos and share with you all incase anyone is thinking about installing themselves.<\/p>\n
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Bought them from Revzilla for $80USD. Along with an EXO500, extra visor and an Airhawk 2, not a bad $500AUD Delivered. Helmet is tight as a nun\u2019s nasty though\u2026 damn.<\/p>\n
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First things first, of course, remove the seats.<\/p>\n
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Secondly, remove the two bolts holding the front of the tank down. Then, gently pull the fairing away from the tank at the very top. There will be two soft rubber pins that will give a definite \u2018pop\u2019 as they let go. While lifting the tank, gently pull the fairings away from each side of the tank to free it on it\u2019s rear hinge. I propped the tank up with bubble wrap initially, but used a sheet later on (for safety!)<\/p>\n
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Remove the bar ends. I broke three tools doing this. I ended up crafting my own phillips head with a grinder and FINALLY got them off. This much loctite should be a CRIME.<\/p>\n
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You DO have to trim the grips down, they\u2019re simply too long to fit.<\/p>\n
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Half the reason I bought the grips was to beef up the diameter of the handles. The stock ones are TINY and give me sore hands.<\/p>\n
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On the throttle side, I knifed the OEM grip off because I didn\u2019t want to risk excessive force on the throttle mechanism.<\/p>\n
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Also, I got the dremel out to remove the outer collar on the plastic twist mechanism.<\/p>\n
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The oxfords simply will not fit over this collar. (The left hand side is just straight bar). I found the left hand side INSANELY tighter than the right hand side, and resorted to a length of wood to beat the grip on.<\/p>\n
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Use the supplied superglue when installing.<\/p>\n
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Here\u2019s the supplied mounting kit. It works PERFECTLY for our\u00a0bikes<\/a>. A pleasant surprise from the makeshift scrap job on my GS.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bolt it up, simple.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n MAKE SURE the angle of the grips is correct. The 90\u00b0 section where the cable escapes in no way should be allowed to foul on the brake or clutch levers when fully depressed.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Checking clearance.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mounting bracket installed.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Unit attached to mount<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Use the supplied double sided adhesive pad to adhere the battery-side control box to the top of the wheel arch. Neat.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Route the power and control wires UNDER the bracket that houses the tank hinge.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u2026and UNDER the airbox mounting bracket. There is NO room above it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Take advantage of this little fin on the airbox. It\u2019ll keep the wires out of the way while the tank comes back down.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I cannot stress enough the importance of continually steering full left \u2013 full right to make sure that no wires are pulling tight out of slack. Good places to rout the wires from the grips are ziptied to the handlebar rising bracket, then down through the chrome wire loops. (That\u2019s what they\u2019re there for!).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lower the tank, holding the fairings out. When the tank feels bedded, pop the two rubber pins back into the tank, then the further back sliver of lighter fairing (the bits where we left the clips ON the frame not over it.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0They\u2019ll make a nice affirming click. Reinstall the two bolts at the front of the tank.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Then it\u2019s a case of neatening all the wires, zip ties are great. I also used electrical tape to waterproof and insulate all the connections.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Reinstall seats.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n $80 and some DIY, perfect. I hope this walked through has helped someone out there.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve recently installed my heated grips onto the Kawasaki Ninja Z1000. Much neater install than my previous job on my GS500. Thought I\u2019d take a few photos and share with you all incase anyone is thinking about installing themselves. Bought them from Revzilla for $80USD. Along with an EXO500, extra visor and an Airhawk… Continue reading FITTING OXFORD HEATED GRIPS ON A KAWASAKI NINJA<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","entry"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailybikers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailybikers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailybikers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailybikers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailybikers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailybikers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":642,"href":"https:\/\/dailybikers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638\/revisions\/642"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailybikers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailybikers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailybikers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailybikers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Step Seven:<\/h2>\n
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Step Eleven<\/h2>\n
Step Twelve<\/h2>\n
Step Fourteen<\/h2>\n
Boom<\/h2>\n
Have you installed Oxford Heated Grips?<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"