Oxford Heated Grips

[PCX rider]

Has anyone tried to fit the Oxford Heated Grips to their PCX scooter? If so was it easy? My Honda dealer is wanting to charge me £200 for labour :-( and the grips are only £39.00 from Halfords...

[WhiteNoise]

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[PCX rider]

Hi, sorry. I'm new to this and it's my first posts lol.

[you you]

They are excellent. Get the ordinary motorcycle ones rather than the dedicated scooter ones.

It's a bout an hour job if you take it slowly and methodically. About a 2/10 in terms of difficulty if you are reasonably good at spannering.

If you are not then you might have to pay the £200 or look for alternatives. Mates? Local small scooter shop?

[WhiteNoise]

Hi, sorry. I'm new to this and it's my first posts lol.

Not a problem Appreciate your quick response, thank you
I'm thinking that You're going to Love having heated grips! Go for it!!

[Duke82]

I paid £150 for grips and installation

[PCX rider]

I paid £150 for grips and installation

Hi, where abouts? Was it a Honda Dealer?

[PCX rider]

They are excellent. Get the ordinary motorcycle ones rather than the dedicated scooter ones.

It's a bout an hour job if you take it slowly and methodically. About a 2/10 in terms of difficulty if you are reasonably good at spannering.

If you are not then you might have to pay the £200 or look for alternatives. Mates? Local small scooter shop?

Thanks for this info - really helpful and I think I will give it a go with a friend of mine who is handy at logical thinking and has a lot of patience! lol

[Gil]

Get variable temperature grips, you will thank me later.

Gil

[you you]

They are excellent. Get the ordinary motorcycle ones rather than the dedicated scooter ones.

It's a bout an hour job if you take it slowly and methodically. About a 2/10 in terms of difficulty if you are reasonably good at spannering.

If you are not then you might have to pay the £200 or look for alternatives. Mates? Local small scooter shop?

Thanks for this info - really helpful and I think I will give it a go with a friend of mine who is handy at logical thinking and has a lot of patience! lol

Pleasure. Make sure you have a sharp knife to remove the ridges on the throttle drum. Also shock the thread lock on the bar ends free by giving the screwdriver a sharp whack or using an impact driver.

[mowzertron]

I fitted them myself. A few tips (learnt through mistakes).

1. Check you can get the bar ends off. If you struggle get an impact driver from Halfords. I nearly rounded the screws before getting an impact driver. The screws are secured with locktite so not easy to remove

2. Use a stanley knife to remove the old grips, you will then have to shave some of the plastic off the handlebars underneath where the old grips were (the new heated grips will not slide over at the bar ends until you have shaved some plastic off). Make sure you shave plastic off on the inside too of the handle too, so that the grips slide all the way on. Don't apply the glue until you're sure.

3. I removed the seat, grab rail and underseat luggage box for better access when wiring. The most annoying part was getting the wire that feeds from the battery to the front of the bike, without removing all the fairings (you could remove all fairings but I couldn't be bothered as it takes too long). I used a wire coat hanger, attached one end of the cable the the wire with tape and fed it through the gap behind the forks (above the black splash guard). Managed to get it to pop out at other end near enough the battery.


£200 is obscene. So is £150. I am desk jockey who is useless at manual stuff and I still managed to fit them. There's some good videos on Youtube that, while not PCX specific, still give an idea how to remove old grips, shave handles etc.

[you you]

I fitted them myself. A few tips (learnt through mistakes).

1. Check you can get the bar ends off. If you struggle get an impact driver from Halfords. I nearly rounded the screws before getting an impact driver. The screws are secured with locktite so not easy to remove

2. Use a stanley knife to remove the old grips, you will then have to shave some of the plastic off the handlebars underneath where the old grips were (the new heated grips will not slide over at the bar ends until you have shaved some plastic off). Make sure you shave plastic off on the inside too of the handle too, so that the grips slide all the way on. Don't apply the glue until you're sure.

3. I removed the seat, grab rail and underseat luggage box for better access when wiring. The most annoying part was getting the wire that feeds from the battery to the front of the bike, without removing all the fairings (you could remove all fairings but I couldn't be bothered as it takes too long). I used a wire coat hanger, attached one end of the cable the the wire with tape and fed it through the gap behind the forks (above the black splash guard). Managed to get it to pop out at other end near enough the battery.


£200 is obscene. So is £150. I am desk jockey who is useless at manual stuff and I still managed to fit them. There's some good videos on Youtube that, while not PCX specific, still give an idea how to remove old grips, shave handles etc.

Good advice.

For the wiring I just picked up a switched live from under the front cowling. Less plastic to remove that way.

[TheMaverick]

£200 is obscene. So is £150. I am desk jockey who is useless at manual stuff and I still managed to fit them. There's some good videos on Youtube that, while not PCX specific, still give an idea how to remove old grips, shave handles etc.

For what it's worth, here's the "business end" of the invoice they tried to sting me with (in NZ Dollars):

[you you]

£200 is obscene. So is £150. I am desk jockey who is useless at manual stuff and I still managed to fit them. There's some good videos on Youtube that, while not PCX specific, still give an idea how to remove old grips, shave handles etc.

For what it's worth, here's the "business end" of the invoice they tried to sting me with (in NZ Dollars):

Just for fitting grips?

[JohnL]

They are Kiwis

Sort of like a cousin joke

[TheMaverick]

£200 is obscene. So is £150. I am desk jockey who is useless at manual stuff and I still managed to fit them. There's some good videos on Youtube that, while not PCX specific, still give an idea how to remove old grips, shave handles etc.

For what it's worth, here's the "business end" of the invoice they tried to sting me with (in NZ Dollars):

Just for fitting grips?

Yes. I made the mistake of taking them to an auto electrician instead of a bike shop. They eventually dropped the labour to 1.5 hours after I challenged the time with quotes from 2 dealers. On this occasion the auto electrician was just out of his depth.

[Clivebroad]

I fitted the Oxford Scooter heated grips because they are designed for smaller capacity battery's fitted to the PCX. It took me about half an hour and I wouldn't be without them now, cost £32 from Ebay.

[Gil]

I fitted them myself. A few tips (learnt through mistakes).

1. Check you can get the bar ends off. If you struggle get an impact driver from Halfords. I nearly rounded the screws before getting an impact driver. The screws are secured with locktite so not easy to remove
.

The bar ends are hard to remove on the PCX and other Honda bikes. The trick is to use a perfectly fitting screwdriver and a hammer. Place the screwdriver on the head of the screw with a firm hold. As you start to put some torque onto the screwdriver, tap the screwdriver plastic head with the hammer. It will be somewhat of an impact gun effect. Works for me everytime.


Gil

[you you]

I fitted them myself. A few tips (learnt through mistakes).

1. Check you can get the bar ends off. If you struggle get an impact driver from Halfords. I nearly rounded the screws before getting an impact driver. The screws are secured with locktite so not easy to remove
.

The bar ends are hard to remove on the PCX and other Honda bikes. The trick is to use a perfectly fitting screwdriver and a hammer. Place the screwdriver on the head of the screw with a firm hold. As you start to put some torque onto the screwdriver, tap the screwdriver plastic head with the hammer. It will be somewhat of an impact gun effect. Works for me everytime.


Gil

Same.

It "cracks" the thread sealant.

[PCX150Rider]

Same.

It "cracks" the thread sealant.

Or if you have one of the old school manual impact drivers I'll bet you could use one of those as well.

I've got one like this and it's worked well in combination with "Liquid Wrench" more than once in the past.

https://www.craftsman.com/products/craf ... act-driver