For those of you that have installed heated grips, where did you get the power source from? FYI, this is for my '06, with the battery and starter removed. If it would work out, I think that the best location for pwoer would be from the connection for the electric fan.
Joined Jun 2004
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Sandpoint ID
Hi tm enduro
easist place to get power from is the power side of light switch the fan connector is
batt power and what powers that side (white stator wire) only gives out 25watts
where as the lights side stator (yellow wire) gives out 90watts
heated grips is the only way to go this time a year I have had heated grigs on last
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easist place to get power from is the power side of light switch the fan connector is
batt power and what powers that side (white stator wire) only gives out 25watts
where as the lights side stator (yellow wire) gives out 90watts
heated grips is the only way to go this time a year I have had heated grigs on last
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Use the AC hot lead to the headlight. The lead for the fan will most likely be useless since it is basically a direct DC hookup to the battery.
Are you guys using hot grips with the element cast into the grip or the heating strip you glue under the grip? I need to do this. My old hands get cold up in the Sierras this time of year!
I have been using the stick on ones under my grips. On the left grip though, I put on a piece of heat shrink tubing first to stop the heat transfer to the aluminum bar. Then use a throttle grip on both sides.
great idea buckwheat. I had thought about using a Boyesen flex grip, but elected not to. My right grip is definitely hotter than the left grip. Tell us more about the heat shrink tubing, what size (ID and OD).
Hey Tm,
The tubing I have been using is adhesive lined 3M brand for 2-4/0 600volt cable with a starting O.D. of 1.100" and a wall thickness of .055".When shrunk down on the bar it has a O.D. about .995" If you go to the McMaster-Carr web site and look up 7270K3 this would be about equal to what I'm using.
The tubing I have been using is adhesive lined 3M brand for 2-4/0 600volt cable with a starting O.D. of 1.100" and a wall thickness of .055".When shrunk down on the bar it has a O.D. about .995" If you go to the McMaster-Carr web site and look up 7270K3 this would be about equal to what I'm using.
Joined Mar 2005
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Rancho Cucamonga, Ca.
HEATED GRIPS!!!!
Whats next, a heated seat? Rain sensing wipers on googles? Rock sensor? Memory seat handle bars and suspension settings for more than one rider? I thought I was getting old when I fell in love with electric start and now there are heated grips! I don't know you guys I think heated grips is getting away from what offroad riding is all about. The adventure of riding your favorite dirt bike in the wide open spaces with all that the enviornment has to throw at you. In the future when the wife asks a dirt biker how his ride went he'll respond " it went okay dear until the I crashed because the anti-rock alarm didn't go off soon enough before I hit a boulder. I'm headed out to the garage right now to check the adjustment on the bikes rock sensor".
Whats next, a heated seat? Rain sensing wipers on googles? Rock sensor? Memory seat handle bars and suspension settings for more than one rider? I thought I was getting old when I fell in love with electric start and now there are heated grips! I don't know you guys I think heated grips is getting away from what offroad riding is all about. The adventure of riding your favorite dirt bike in the wide open spaces with all that the enviornment has to throw at you. In the future when the wife asks a dirt biker how his ride went he'll respond " it went okay dear until the I crashed because the anti-rock alarm didn't go off soon enough before I hit a boulder. I'm headed out to the garage right now to check the adjustment on the bikes rock sensor".
Get real. Hot grips have been around for a long time. You may not need them in sunny L.A. but our Canadian friends might feel otherwise. I'll take you up for a nice snow ride up in the Sierras and you might appreciate them.
Wyatt,
I bet you have AC in your house and car! Why because it gets warm... I will even bet bet you don't ride when it's hot!!
Please go back to Thumper Talk
I bet you have AC in your house and car! Why because it gets warm... I will even bet bet you don't ride when it's hot!!
Please go back to Thumper Talk
Joined Dec 2004
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Kuna, Idaho
i must be some sissy girly-man poser since i just put heated grips on my 05 fe550. i just get caught in too many snow flurries, plus i do real rides (70-100 miles in the mountains), not just circles in the parking lot at gorman or wherever the socal guys ride.
anyway, i got the dual-star stick-on heaters (also apparently available from kimpex), which have a different element for the clutch side. i bought their little shrink-wrap tubing, but with a hair-dryer and below-freezing temps i couldn't get it to shrink, so i just used a layer of duct tape under the heater element. the grips seem to me to heat evenly now.
i also used plenty of wd-40 (no grip glue) in mounting them, and then safety-wired the grips on. they don't seem to move at all, even riding hard through the whoops and hanging off the back.
i spliced into the headlight power just in front of the light switch (between the switch and the battery). it does seem to me like the grips get hotter at higher speeds, but that's ok cuz that's when i need them hotter, lol. on a tip from someone else, i also punched a tiny hole through the flange of the throttle grip and zip-tied the wires there so that turning the grip won't flex the connection from the wires to the heater element itself. that way it all turns as one unit, and any flex happens in the wire itself a few inches away from the connections. that is supposed to help keep the connections from working loose.
i mounted the switch on the right side of the headlight, on the upper fork mount. there's just barely enough room to drill a 1/2" hole there just in front of the hole where the rubber grommet for the mounting strap plugs in and the switch fits neatly behind the headlight mask.
hope this is some use to someone.
p.s. i tried the heaters in moab last week. temps were below freezing at night, and the heaters allowed me to get started an hour or so earlier in the morning than i otherwise would have wanted to. more riding =
anyway, i got the dual-star stick-on heaters (also apparently available from kimpex), which have a different element for the clutch side. i bought their little shrink-wrap tubing, but with a hair-dryer and below-freezing temps i couldn't get it to shrink, so i just used a layer of duct tape under the heater element. the grips seem to me to heat evenly now.
i also used plenty of wd-40 (no grip glue) in mounting them, and then safety-wired the grips on. they don't seem to move at all, even riding hard through the whoops and hanging off the back.
i spliced into the headlight power just in front of the light switch (between the switch and the battery). it does seem to me like the grips get hotter at higher speeds, but that's ok cuz that's when i need them hotter, lol. on a tip from someone else, i also punched a tiny hole through the flange of the throttle grip and zip-tied the wires there so that turning the grip won't flex the connection from the wires to the heater element itself. that way it all turns as one unit, and any flex happens in the wire itself a few inches away from the connections. that is supposed to help keep the connections from working loose.
i mounted the switch on the right side of the headlight, on the upper fork mount. there's just barely enough room to drill a 1/2" hole there just in front of the hole where the rubber grommet for the mounting strap plugs in and the switch fits neatly behind the headlight mask.
hope this is some use to someone.
p.s. i tried the heaters in moab last week. temps were below freezing at night, and the heaters allowed me to get started an hour or so earlier in the morning than i otherwise would have wanted to. more riding =
buckwheat5679 said:
NOW NOW thats not nice, just cause he is not educated, does not mean we should shun him. it means we should learn him
Wyatt---- we install the heated grips so that we can go out and explore further into the great outdoors and adjust our natural rock sensor....... our eyes.
buckwheat5679 said:
No worries, we are not about chastising people. this is a friendly forum, we only help others get the info they need while sharing the good that we learned, at least that is what i have witnessed since i have been apart of it. keep up the good work!!
Joined Mar 2005
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Rancho Cucamonga, Ca.
Wow, I had no idea my sense of humor was capable of getting the goat of so many. Theres no need to be sorry my feelings aren't hurt. I remember when riders started wearing hydration paks I thought they were all wooses. I'd tell those guys about the days when I'd ride 100 mile hare and hounds in the desert without a drink of water. The thing I didn't mention was the fact I'd almost choke to death on phlegm by the end of the race. Well guess what, today I wouldn't go on a long ride without a hydration pak. So you'll probably see heat grips on my ride some day soon…………or not LOL.
Didn't any of you guys see any humor in my post??
See ya!
Didn't any of you guys see any humor in my post??
See ya!
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