Sublo

Well, I installed my HotGrips yesterday. Model # 475-875.

I've had these sitting in my drawer for 2 or 3 years - just finally got around to installation as I didn't want yet another really uncomfortable late Fall / early Winter commute experience.

I love them! Rode today for the first time albeit in really nice Fall weather. They look clean (I'm OCD and routed wires, taped and zip-tied everything properly), heat up to reasonable temperatures and are generally easy to install for anyone with intermediate mechanical skills. I'm so now looking forward to the colder weather (not really - ha) now that the most significantly cold part of my body (hands) on bad days has been addressed.

The most challenging parts of the whole install are (1) routing the wires and resistor appropriately and (2) finding an appropriate power source/lead. I tapped a thick red constant +12v right after a 30amp fuse behind the battery for now. I have to go to Radio Shack or something tomorrow to get a relay as I'm worried I might one day forget to turn the thing off or worse, some idiot in the City is messing with the switch on my behalf one day lest I come out to a dead battery.

Net net, I'm very happy.

-Freddy

OK. So I found some Barkmasters and think they may work. None are made specifically with our bikes but I contacted the Sales dept. and got the response below. I may try these in a couple of weeks. If anyone has any idea about the bar ends he's talking about, I'd love to know.

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Hi Freddy

We haven't test fitted our hand guards to the Interceptor as yet, but we are a little concerned that at full lock there would

be contact with the screen or fairing. However, there are a number of bikes where we had these concerns but upon fitting

there wasn't an issue.

If you did want to go ahead and try a set then it would be our Storm S5 or S7 that you'd need. If your bar ends are hollow

when the weights/caps are removed then the S5 should fit as it's designed for 7/8" up to 1" bars. If however there is

a fixed thread of 6mm or 8mm in the end (sometimes the case with certain makes/models) then the S7 is the one to go for.

All of our products can be purchased from our US distributor Twisted Throttle - www.twistedthrottle.com.

Please do let me know how you get on and if you have any further questions please don't hesitate to get in touch.

Best regards

Steve Rix

International Sales Manager

Rideworx Pty Ltd

Web: www.barkbusters.net

Sorry but the Hippohands won't do it for me personally. I hate the way they look and I want a smaller footprint. I've seen 2 pics (here and on vfrworld) of 6th gens with dirtbike guards but both of them have aftermarket handlebars with some noticeable setback/rise. I'm thinking about hacking some Barkbuster SV-specific guards or if I have to, fabbing some up. Aggravating that no one offers this commercially.