Excellent thanks for the replies

I've just spent some time this afternoon fitting some Oxford Hotgrips, taking power from the battery via a relay.

It probably took longer than it should but it's been a long time since I soldered anything. I decided to solder and shrink wrap 3 of the 4 connections to the relay as they would be permanent. I also cut the in-line fuse from the hotgrips and placed it on the connection from the battery to the relay. I spent a lot of time faffing about routing the wires, but I think it looks neat now it's finished and they automatically switch off with the ignition if I forget. The relay and the Oxford controller are mounted on top of the airbox so god knows what Ill do if I ever think about a stage 3.

I'm not looking forward to more cold weather, but I'm not as nervous about it. Took the bike for a little spin with just my summer gloves and I was toasty :023:.

Crack them up fully and keep the revs at sort of mid way and you will have all the heat you every need. The only time ive had cold hands really (to the point of stopping and warming them up) was when it pee'ed it down and was 2-3oC outside and i had to ride 100+miles.

I fitted the Oxford type to my XTX. One bit of advice I would give is be careful how much glue you put on the bars when you're fitting them. I followed the instructions word for word. Fitting and refitting the grips several times with out the glue to check they would fit ok. What do you think happened when I came to do the real thing? The glue was applied and the grips slid on half way and failed to budge, 2 hours and a bust throttle cable later and I managed to remove them:BangHead:. So maybe its best to just apply glue to the section of the bar closest to the switchgear so as to avoid this problem. Also if you want to fit the original bar ends you need to trim the grips slightly so as to ensure free movement of the throttle.