Fitting Heated Grips

[graham tooth]

well this all seems a bit sober after reading through. 52 and too old to freeze and get wind blasted. i am about to fit hot grips and want to get some advice about where best to connect the power and earth lead. have just got my bike and also ordered a big screen as my head thrumming at 80+ sends me into a stupour.

love the picture

graham

[xlrik]

Graham
Cannot point you exactly in right direction but when i had mine fitted by the dealer they connected them direct to the battery which I wasnt happy about as it meant they could be left on (or purposely turned on) when I wasnt with the bike hence - battery drain. So I got a curcuit tester - found the switched live side of the fuse box - found an incoming wire with the same size fuse and piggy backed the wire with the in line fuse for prtoection. I know its not the correct way of doing things but they have worked fine and have never blown a fuse and now turn off with the ignition.

Hope this helps - if not my last word is make sure you dont connect to an indicator wire or you may experience hot flushes!

Rik

[Redeye]

Tip I got was to conect to the horn - could be noisy when it's cold