Yamaha TRX850 Enthusiasts Forum

so when at the NEC i thought id treat myself to some oxford hot grips they looked well made and plenty warm so installed them today and all went okay with the install but there was a problem when turning them on the problem was that they wouldnt turn on they instead simply flash 5 times which the manual tells me means the highly sophisticated chip in the grips thinks the battery is to low to allow me to run them so instead it stops them from working so i thought okay ill run the bike for a while them try again...... same thing bike starts fine battery is charged okay the battery isnt very old maybe 2 months at most so what to do now ? oxford were uninterested simply telling me to go back where i bought them but the damm things are glued on as per instructions and i dont want to unglue them really so what are my options now ? any way i can boost the feed to the grips so they behave ? anyone else had this problem ?

Thicker gloves and inners!

Have you read the Oxford destructions as to what power it requires, and compared it to what it is actually getting (volts, amps etc).

Dave E

havent compared them no but shall tommorow with the multimeter and see what it has to say just really fed up with the damm things and just want somthing to go right at the moment so left them all alone so as not to lose me rag with them

battery is showing 12.67 so that sounds about right ?

the oxford stuff states if it drops below 11.5 thats when you get the problem ive been getting so im chargeing up the battery untill she wont charge anymore and then trying again

I would check voltage with motor running and heaters on for correct reading , just a thought

shure you used large enough wiring. voltage drop in litlewires will give you that problem. do a voltage reading when you try and turn them on.

Tom

all sorted now seems the tiny bit od drain taken to start the bike is enough to make the grips not work but 100ft down the road all is well and works fine