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<blockquote data-quote="ionbeam" data-source="post: 532277" data-attributes="member: 277"><p>The heating elements are not the weak point unless you crush a grip, the elements should work forever. The weak point is where the wire exits the throttle grip, the continual twisting of the wires at this point causes the wires to either break or short. All grips and tape heaters that have trailing wires are susceptible to this. Any variable grip heat controller can be subject to failure. The controllers generally fail at the knob potentiometer or they blow the output driver device.</p><p></p><p>In '08 they fixed the non-linear throttle problem at the throttle bodies by returning the pulley back to a round shape like it was on all Gen Is. There is no need for a G2 on the '08s. Throttle spring tension is a separate issue from the G2, Yamaha simply used Gorilla Springs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ionbeam, post: 532277, member: 277"] The heating elements are not the weak point unless you crush a grip, the elements should work forever. The weak point is where the wire exits the throttle grip, the continual twisting of the wires at this point causes the wires to either break or short. All grips and tape heaters that have trailing wires are susceptible to this. Any variable grip heat controller can be subject to failure. The controllers generally fail at the knob potentiometer or they blow the output driver device. In '08 they fixed the non-linear throttle problem at the throttle bodies by returning the pulley back to a round shape like it was on all Gen Is. There is no need for a G2 on the '08s. Throttle spring tension is a separate issue from the G2, Yamaha simply used Gorilla Springs. [/QUOTE]
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