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[DLBass]

I've just bought a 93 K1100RS without heated grips.

I've just picked up a genuine BMW heated grip kit for the bike, which surprised me by coming with handlebars. So I thought I'd just check to see if the bars already on the bike would accept the grip set when I saw that the end weights were part of the bars

The heated grip kit doesn't come with end weights, so what is the solution? I don't fancy hot but numb hands, so end weights are a must. All and any helpful replies welcomed.

David
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Did I? I meant....
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[granth]

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The bar ends aren't part of the bars. You can pull the plastic caps off and unscrew the bolts that hold them on.
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[granth]

Your right FD,but I heard that the bar end weights on the standard bars are a welded on item ?

Getting the plastic caps off the bar end weights on my RS(with factory heated grips) took a long time and a lot of ingenuity as they had "bonded" themselves to the weights and I did not want to destroy them in the removal.
A little gentle heating and a very fine screwdriver blade slipped down the edge eventually did it.
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[Ted]

That is weird - I believe my heated grip kit for my K11 re-used the stock bar end weights using bar inserts in the kit to anchor. Do your grips have holes at the end or are they closed like the kit for the K75? What is the part number on the kit you bought? I believe this is the kit I used:
#61312316479 (apparently re-uses the bar-ends.)



Here is my write-up for it.

EDIT - OK, now I remember The new bar did not have the welded nipple at the end like the stock, it had just empty hole at the end. When you put in the new grips you thread the wire through an anchor that fits in the bar and into which you screw your old bar end weights. Look at the image above, the anchors are #3. When I later replaced the bar with a C bar I reused them as not only are they great to have, you need them to use a throttlemeister.
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