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| | | EnGage | | Thor |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 14/07/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,155 | | Location | : | Grand Rapids, MI, United States |
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| | Posted : 16 Aug 2010 - 13:30 Post title : Heated Grips Installation | | | I installed my heated grips yesterday. The instructions are online so I won't document the process, but here are a few tips and areas that I found a bit confusing.
- The instruction say there are two set of self-taping screws. My kit only had one set, but that was all that was needed. Apparently the screw size depends on the type of bars installed on the bike.
- Two new harness clips were supposed to be included, but where not. I used the clips that came with the bike
- I could not get one of the left switch gear assembly screws off, but it didn't matter. Removing one allowed me to push the assembly forward enough on the handle bars to remove the hand grip.
- I used compressed air to remove the hand grip. I powered up my air compressor and put an air nozzle on it (like you would used to blow up beach toys or blow out a garage). To remove the grip, put the nozzle on an inside edge of the grip, blow the air and the grip will puff up and come right off. The new grip is loose and is secured with screws.
- Step 18 was confusing. It says to align the lower switch bracket split line with a punch mark. You actually align the upper split line (as shown in the picture) and my punch mark was not outside the switch housing as shown. I unscrewed the switch housing again, found the mark and then kept the mark in site in the switch housing split line as I tightened the bolts.
- There are two sets of throttle cable adjusters. I did not need to loosen the inner in-line set as instructed
- It took me a bit to find the main three-pin heated grip harness. It isn't on top with the other wires; it is in front and to the side of the radiator filler neck. The blanking plug was strange ??? The blank itself has three plugs ??? one for each wire so there were blanks in the blank!
I know the grips work, but won't really be able to test them well until the cooler weather comes.
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| | | Birdy68 | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 16/07/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,352 | | Location | : | Bad Zurzach, Aargau, Switzerland |
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| | Posted : 16 Aug 2010 - 14:22 Post title : Re: Heated Grips Installation (Re: EnGage) | | | 
Thanks Engage.
How long did it take you to do the full job?
I'm thinking about putting the heated grip switch 'out of sight' - would that be easy?
(are the cables long enough to reach under the tank to the injector housings like mad angler did:
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Thanks in advance.
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| | | EnGage | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 14/07/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,155 | | Location | : | Grand Rapids, MI, United States |
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| | Posted : 16 Aug 2010 - 14:58 Post title : Re: Heated Grips Installation (Re: Birdy68) | | | Birdy68 wrote:
Thanks Engage.
How long did it take you to do the full job?
I'm thinking about putting the heated grip switch 'out of sight' - would that be easy?
(are the cables long enough to reach under the tank to the injector housings like mad angler did:
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It would be very easy. The switch has its own cable and is terminated with a connector. The cable is long enough to go from the switch housing on the grip, down the handlebar, thru the cable management loop on the triple tree and under the tank. It must be a couple of feet long. Since there is nothing else attached to this cable other than the switch, it could go anywhere withing two feet of the the underside of the gas tank.
The only issue is that the grips have two settings - high and low that are indicated by color; red=hot, green=not so hot. Mounted under the tank, you would not see the color on the switch.
Looking at the bike from the front or side, you really don't notice the switch, i.e., it doesn't detract from the esthetic's of the bike. As the rider, you obviously see it so if you personally don't want to look at it, then relocation would be the way to go.
| | Post edited by EnGage on 16 Aug 2010 - 15:03 |
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