My new (March '13) Trophy SE was fitted with heated grips - but at the supplying dealer, not, unfortunately, whilst the bike was being built (they should be a standard fit on the SE in my opinion). I was not too happy with the routing of the cables, and noticed that the clutch hose was popping out of the clip which forms part of the ignition switch surround when the 'bars were turned to full left hand lock. Decided that the only way to improve things was to undo the switchgear and levers from the handlebars, and with a certain amount of re-threading of the cables, managed to get a much better routing for everything. The clutch hose needs to run underneath the cables running from the audio switch etc. to ensure it remains located in the retaining clip / guide.
Whilst doing this I wondered about altering the angle of the handlebars themselves, as I felt they were too horizontal for my liking - having recently completed a 1000 weekend in Scotland, where my wrists just didn't feel at the right angle.
My experiment was to temporarily fit a washer, approx. 4mm thick, under the handlebar fixing screw adjacent to the ignition switch. Result: much more comfortable! So, next thing would be to machine a thin wedge shaped spacer to fit underneath each 'bar. This should then give a nice face for the bar to sit upon, and allow the screws to be torqued correctly without the risk of cracking the 'bar forging. Has anybody else tried this? Cheers, Steve