Heat grips

[Nubian]

I was just thinking about this whole heated grips thing. I bought the Tour Master heated jacket, pants, gloves combo and think it's the greatest thing ever. I still wear layers to protect against the wind, etc., as wearing it alone will not work. But, part of the reason your hands get so damn cold is the wind. So, will those heated grips be that effective with not so great gloves? The Tour Master gloves I use are basically snow mobile gloves, gore-tex shell providing great wind/water resistance. I have a pair of Castle X gloves that do the same. Problem with the gloves is dexterity. It's hard to "know" the friction zone of the clutch with these gloves on. I know some have used hippo hands, while others have used the wind deflectors. I think a combo of wind protection and the heated grips is the ideal setup.

Right you are! I have a pair of hippo hands at the ready if necessary, that along with my Scarab gloves works well in the extreme. For cold weather riding my standard is the Held Freezer gloves

[Nubian]

There's us worrying about the volts/amps draw from our heated grips!!!

Do you use this set up on your XS and does your charging system cope?

I agree on the heated grips vs heated gloves, you do tend to have the outside of your hands cold whilst the palms are warm, another problem is having really good gloves, keeps the cold out but also the hot from the grips. My problem with being wired to the bike is I just know I'll get off and walk away forgeting, done it with the intercom DOH!

They make gloves designed specifically for heated grips, fully insulated on the exposed side and engineered to make full use of the heat from the grips.
As far as leaving them on when you get off the bike, I doubt you'll make that mistake twice

[TomB]

I'll have to have a look around for some heated grip gloves, they makes sense.

I never gave anything like that a thought.

[Nubian]

I'll have to have a look around for some heated grip gloves, they makes sense.

I never gave anything like that a thought.

To be clear the gloves themselves are not heated. They are just not as insulated as the outside area to allow heat to penetrate through to the palm area. I believe Held "warm & dry" is one such glove.

[TomB]

Haha, yes I got it thanks, maybe I should have typed "heated grips" gloves

I'll put them on my xmas list for my family for when they say they never know what to buy me.

[Nubian]

Will post pictures soon.
Thanks everyone and a special thanks to natemoen

Got one with a tab,easier mounting

[Nubian]

Hi Nubian,
For peace of mind add a Volt meter so you can monitor the voltage as you ride.
Phil

Working on that, several choices, weatherproof of course.

[hamjam]

there is something very wrong with that diagram
one side of the relay is the trigger side 86 it is wired from a running light , power on when the key is on and started , then out to 85 to ground the other side 30/51 is the hot wire from the battery with a fuse in it the other 2 terminals are the same electrically (87 and 87a are outputs) NB use only one to the grip control if you need to wire a switch for the grips it goes on this side between 87 and the grip controller this will work for you

Jim
look here
http://tinyurl.com/pxxsgjs
or here
http://tinyurl.com/pq4wjes

[hamjam]

you can test the relay when it is not connected to anything between 86 and 85 should be a complete circuit ohms the other 2 should show no circuit power to 86 and 85 should make a click sound and the you should have a complete circuit between 30/51 and 87
do not have any wires other than your ohm meter attached to these terminals
this is what completes the circuit from the battery
Jim

[natemoen]

Yeah, your big thick power wire coming from the battery will be on 30/51. The your grips will need to be connected to 87 and 87a will be left empty. 85 is the geound, and 86 is for the keyed power wire for a trigger.

87 and 87a are now the same. 87a is a normally closed circuit, so that means when the bike is off the grips would be able to be used but when the bike is on then they would now work. 87 is a normally open circuit, so when the bike is off the grips don't work and when the bike is on the grips work.

[Nubian]

there is something very wrong with that diagram
one side of the relay is the trigger side 86 it is wired from a running light , power on when the key is on and started , then out to 85 to ground the other side 30/51 is the hot wire from the battery with a fuse in it the other 2 terminals are the same electrically (87 and 87a are outputs) NB use only one to the grip control if you need to wire a switch for the grips it goes on this side between 87 and the grip controller this will work for you

Jim
look here
http://tinyurl.com/pxxsgjs
or here
http://tinyurl.com/pq4wjes

My apologies to everyone, I posted the wrong diagram. I actually installed it using natemoen's example.