Hotter Hands Part II: So friend, Captain Morgan and I got to working on these grips... Got them in just fine, and they work awesome! Unfortunately Mr. Morgan did a lot of talking and so friend and I forgot to take step-by-step pictures... Some of the pictures friend took were also horribly underexposed (I guess I should've set my camera to "auto"), so I tried to fanagle them into something that is usefull... So you're gonna have to make a few mental leaps, and use your imagination in a few places....
First, in order, take of the black side covers, seat, side fairings and gas tank....
Next, locate proper ground... I use the bolts that hold the front fairing main stay to the frame:
Connect one wire from each grip to an eyelette. It doesn't matter which one, it's just a massive resistor.. I'm a little overkill, so I crimped the eye-lette onto the wires, and then soldered (happy Felix? ;D) them...
Heat shrink, don't want any water in here:
Ground in place:
Another shot, much later with the fairings back on:
Next, locate a "hot wire"... I wanted to hook these grips into a circuit that goes through the ignition switch, and NOT directly to the battery, so that when I forget to turn them off, or some a$$ comes along and flicks the switch, I don't have to push due to a dead battery... So I traced the wire bundle coming from the ignition switch (the one you put the key into), and found this little plug right here:
Unplugged:
I try and do things neat... So why cut the wire and splice in the other wire if I can just remove the pin and solder the heated grips "hot wire", directly to the pin in the plug and make it one "hot wire". To remove the pin, look at the plug as it is in the previous image, and take a REALLY SMALL flat screwdriver and push the little brass "clip" down to pull the pin out the back of the plug.
A wire extension, with a fuse spliced in between goes to the little tabby, gets soldered in place, and the plug gets reconnected...
He He, I love the smell of solder (Geek moment)!!!
Hook all the wires up to the switch I mounted last week, and circuit complete!!!!
So how do they perform? Freekin awesome!!!
Kitten: I saw those ones you posted the link for, the reason I went with these is because (1) they're cheaper. (2) they allow me to replace the grips to whatever else I might want. (3) If those other "hot grips" you posted the link for get any hotter than these, you might as well break out the skillet, oil, eggs and bacon!!! The rubber grips might insulate some heat, but oh baby, they're freekin hot!!!
While I had the fairings off, I installed my frame sliders (and dropped a hydraulic jack on my big toe), and eliminated the kick-stand switch. If somebody hasn't already posted one of those, I will try and throw it up on the site....