only 1 heated grip working

[ds661]

I know there are several posts about heated grips and poor heat coming off them. I just purchased a 2008 nytro rtx and I thought everything seemed to work prior to buying. I had it out today for a spin and the throttle side handwarmer does not work. I have heat on the brake side and on the throttle but nothing on the throttle side bar. Before I spend money on a new set of grips does anyone have any ideas to troubleshoot it?
Any ideas are appreciated.

 

[jason22]

If one side is working fine then it’s more then likely the element on the other side. You can buy as a kit ( 1 element, 1 grip with pop rivet)
There not cheap if memory serves me correctly.
I had to do that last year on my ‘13 Nytro with only 2000 km on it.

 

[ds661]

Thanks Jason22. I was trying to find a way to trouble shoot it. I may end up just buying new grips..

 

[poor farmer/logger]

For starters measure the resistance between the two wires. If they're stock they should be around 6.5-7 ohms I believe. Compare the two sides anyways and see what you get. Also make sure you have power coming to it.

I'd recomend going to the RSI grips and elements. Yamaha offers a accesory kit for the nytro but the grips are not as heavy as the RSI ones. Most likely the elements themselves are from RSI anyways. I just redid mine as I had one element that quit working. Ironically it still did test ok but it wouldn't work. Put the new RSI stuff on and my hands are nice and toasty now. Unless you have a yamaheater I would not replace with the stock rivet on type.

 

[alswagg2]

For starters measure the resistance between the two wires. If they're stock they should be around 6.5-7 ohms I believe. Compare the two sides anyways and see what you get. Also make sure you have power coming to it.

I'd recomend going to the RSI grips and elements. Yamaha offers a accesory kit for the nytro but the grips are not as heavy as the RSI ones. Most likely the elements themselves are from RSI anyways. I just redid mine as I had one element that quit working. Ironically it still did test ok but it wouldn't work. Put the new RSI stuff on and my hands are nice and toasty now. Unless you have a yamaheater I would not replace with the stock rivet on type.

Will the RSI grips work with the Yamaheater? My left grip just stopped working.

 

[poor farmer/logger]

I don't think I'd wire them red to blue with the RSI grips and Yamaheater. I'd stay on the safe side with the blue and white combination and not the red and blue combination that RSI says to use. Best bet would be to email them and make sure. While I was searching it was mentioned before that the RSI elements would work with the Yamaheater but I'd confirm for myself just to make sure.

The RSI grips themselves are almost twice as thick so they should last twice as long as the Yamaha slip on ones. That's what wrecked mine I'm sure. They had worn through.

 

[poor farmer/logger]

RSI GH-2(elements) and GH-8 (grips) are what I ordered if anyone is curious. Yamaha has a hot grip kit that is about 40-50 dollars more then the RSI set up. Comes with grip glue and instructions are the only difference. RSI comes with instructions as well but it's for multiple manufactures.