What Have You Done To Your Tdm Today?

[Matlock]

My old Symtec heated grips failed after about 10 years, so no complaints about their longevity, but I've always been disappointed with their performance, particularly on the left grip, where they just seemed to be heating the steel bars, not the grips. The last couple of winters I've been using Keis heated inner gloves instead of the grips on really cold mornings. But they're a faff to put on and mean wearing bulky oversized gloves for a comfortable fit.

So, I bit the bullet and bought some Oxford "Premium Adventure" heated grips. The "Adventure" bit, purely refers to the length of the grip and it's the "Adventure" one you need to fit on the TDM. I picked them up from Sportsbikeshop, who seemed to have the best price in the UK, under £50. Fitting was pretty simple, removing the baked on Symtec elements was the worst bit. the Dremel came out in the end  . I was able to reuse the old feed to the Symtec system from my Eastern Beaver fused junction box to make life easier. First impressions are that this is a decent bit of kit, quality has markedly improved since Oxford's earlier versions. It was certainly simple enough to fit, although the wiring was too long for the TDM, but I've managed to wrap it up out of the way. I may shorten it properly at some point, it uses standard crimp on spade connectors in custom connection blocks, so should be easy to do. I haven't actually tried the grips on a ride yet, it was really cold here this morning, so I opted for the Keis inner gloves. Should be a tad warmer on my commute home tonight, so I'll try them out then. On this morning's commute i did notice the grips are a tad wider and harder than the OEM ones. Hopefully something I'll get used to quickly.