Fitting Oxford Heated Premium Hot Grips to CBR650F 

Just finished installing the hot grips on my CBR650R. Really grateful for this video, watched it several times before I plucked up the courage to buy and fit myself - I’m not one of nature’s naturally gifted mechanics! Very happy with the result, housing the connectors was a pain but got there in the end. My arthritic fingers thank you.

This is the sort of video I like! Not your "perfect" 2 minute nonsense from the manufacturer, with clean tools and no problems, but instead a comprehensive, step-by-step guide including all the stumbling blocks you're likely to encounter along the way. This fella obviously wanted to preserve the original grips, whereas if it was me, I'd probably just cut the old grips off and chuck them away. Only reason for that would be, once your heated grips are on with the Superglue, they're never coming off again, so no point in keeping the original grips really. Including fitted grips is a good plus point if you're selling the bike on in the future. Only other thing I'd suggest people do, if you have to file the throttle with a metal file, I'd be covering up any paintwork in case the file slips and scratches it.

A superb video. Clear. straight forward and totally understandable . I watched it because I wasn't sure what adhesive to use as my throtle grip was slipping and pulling the supply cable out of the headstock.

Best fitting guide I've seen. Very detailed. Intending fitting these to my CB500X so will be a great help. Well done.

Oxfords make all other aftermarket grips look and feel like garbage. The Brits really did these right.

I installed the grips and ran the wires and did a test before I glued and zip tied everything in place just to be sure everything is in good working order.

Very professional video, I now feel confident that I will be able to fit mine

Very instructive video about how to install heated grips. I learn from it how not to do it.

Huh found this video after I did mine already on cbr650r, I ended up doing the same thing had to smooth down almost the whole plastic tube with tool then use a good amount of glue for extra security. Other options were buying an expensive aftermarket throttle tube and changing whole thing out so figured instead of doing that might as well change the stock one and if needed get it down the road. Then again, who would take OFF heated grips after unless they stopped working in which case likely just replace anyways

I got some today so I will fit tomorrow now I’m happy how to do it thanks 🙏 great film 🎥

Well done, made it look easy and professionally done. Love high quality video.

Replace that Philips screw with an Allen bolt if you want to avoid a nightmare when the head rounds off

Great video well done I wish I was as clever as you to do mine will go step by step following your video! thanking you

Excellent thanks for sharing I have to fit these to my CBR600 f4i looking forward to toastie hands!

A good video, thanks for sharing. Disappointed with Oxford quality though, the cable connectors are rubbish, the pins push back out when connecting the cables! (their battery charger/conditioner connectors are the same poor quality).. I found fitting the throttle grip fiddly and a bit of a pain filing it down to make it fit .. 🙃😊. Well done for the video. 👍

Helpful thanks!

For anyone watching thinking of putting these on the newer CBR/CB650R you need to use a impact driver to remove them as the bar end weights are now inside the handlebar. The whole lot will spin even with duct tape.

I'd read about using tape and a torque driver, then seeing you using a ratchet with Phillips screwdriver bit saved the day! My bar ends where a pain to get off, though the method used here is great! The Throttle side took quite a bit of filing and knife work but in the end all the rest was fairly straight forward... Thanks for putting this up.

Thanks for this. Great help in getting the grips on

Great video 🤩 thank you!

Very helpful. Thanks for heads up.

You are supposed to test unit before glueing

Huge thanks for this, needed it to install mine on the CBR650R, you were right about that throttle grip though was a nause,

Outstanding.

content like this is really helpful...thanks

Thanks. Great video. I’ve seen some people cut the old grips off with a box cutter or Stanley knife. Is there any reason you didn’t go down that route? Would seem to save a lot of time. Thanks.

Can you explain more on the battery sensing? They are not fitted to a switched live so will they run the battery down if accidently left on or if someone messes with while you are away from the bike? Will they switch themselves off if they sense the ignition is off?

Great video. Very helpful. Just about to fit mine to a cb650f

Help! My throttle isn’t snapping back after the install, did I sand down the throttle tube to much? 😅

Thank you so much i should have watched this video first before i started im 3 days into this with 90% of bike open nd i ruined stripped scratched so many things. But oh well i just wanted to say thank you

Thanks, very helpful.

Very helpful

hi i am looking for heated grips for my cbr650f but when i look on line i see the bracket that holds the control box only has one hole to connect to the bars so could you tell me where you got yours as the look specific to our bikes thanks will

ive just watched this to see your battery as i have the same bike when i took my battery out the terminals were marked opposite as this was a new battery fitted by honda main dealer should i notify them

lots of super glue. Hope the heated grips don't have a problem. Removing it will be a fun video.

I just went to the local dealer and said "Please fit these!" But I'm lazy... wouldn't be without them now... although left pinky never stays warm!!

think it would have been better if you removed the fuel tank and run it all along the stock cabling. Got my grips yesterday, so will be fitting them this weekend. Just waiting for my relay to be delivered.

Agreed never too much lube

Could it be powered by the aux port behind head light, rather than battery

Why not simply cut the grips off, there cheap as chips, and I doubt anyone would try and put them back on, plus it’s easier to glue the inside of the tube, but a cracking job, and good video, thumbs up from here 👍

Hello mate. I seem to have an issue. When my ignition is turned off the controller is still able to turn on. How do I sirt this out. Cheers

Just use compressed air. Much easier.

The screw is a JIS not Philips

06:56 your "Trusty wooden mallet" may actually be rubber!

Thanks for the video bud but where do you get that ram mount you clipped on to the left fork? Would you have the link to the product? Thank you.

Why didn't you just cut the old grips off?

Why didn't you just cut the old handgrips off?

Use an airline to remove old grips....way easier than lubes.

Oh my good silicone oil no. Compresor and presure air is better

If you have 22mm bars don't get 22mm grips as they WON'T FIT!!