They're coming along. I finally found the heated grip connector that everybody was telling me about. It's a small connector just dangling in mid-air behind the radiator immediately below the lower throttle cable. I had to pull all the $%@!#@ plastics off, *and* loosen up the radiator so I could tilt it out of the way a little to make room to get back there, in order to plug in my heated grip cable from
Eastern Beaver into the thing. I then loosened up the cable clamp that the wires and throttle and clutch cables go through and ran it through there and to the Rick's Shelf from whence I could hook up the grip heaters. This stock cable connects to the signals circuit, which means that my turn signals might work slower with the grip heaters on. Oh well!
I am using the el-cheapo Symtec motorcycle grip heaters with the round (not toggle) switch. It goes well into the Rick's Shelf that I bought previously for the Wee-strom. So right now my status is that I've put the heated grips on, but I need to hook up the electrical circuit before I can put everything back together. Hopefully I'll be able to do that tomorrow night, so I can get to commuting on the Suzuki V-Strom 650 again!
-- Badtux the Wrenchin' Penguin
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Beats the crap outta stickin' lighted road flares in the ends of the handlebar...
Yep. Finally got the bike back together last night at around 11:30PM and rode it to work this morning. I'll post a new article with the photos as soon as I get home and get a chance to suck them into iPhoto and sort and re-size them.
One thing I will say, the Symtec connectors are crap. I replaced them with quality insulated connectors out of my electrical crap box. Other than that, they all ohm out okay and I get 12v to the center of the switch, so I'll see how hot they can get on my ride home this evening...
- Badtux the Wrenchin' Penguin
You can get access to the factory grip option plug if you remove the air filter. That allows enough room to reach the connector in the space in front of the airbox.
Running my Oxford Hot Gips off that plug does not effect the turn signals at all.
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