Triumphrat

ohiorider · 10-12-2006, 07:12 AM

Has anyone on the forum installed heated handgrips? If so, (a) where did you tie into the wiring harness so that the grips are switched off when the ignition is turned off? (b) did you go through a 12v relay to power the grips?

Re the 12v outlet installation - is there a factory-approved or suggested point where the 12v (BMW-type) outlet should be installed?

Thanks,

Bob

Motoleo · 10-12-2006, 09:07 AM

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On 2006-10-12 05:12, ohiorider wrote:
Has anyone on the forum installed heated handgrips? If so, (a) where did you tie into the wiring harness so that the grips are switched off when the ignition is turned off? (b) did you go through a 12v relay to power the grips?

Re the 12v outlet installation - is there a factory-approved or suggested point where the 12v (BMW-type) outlet should be installed?

Thanks,

Bob

Bob,
I'm about to install heated grips as well and I am also looking for help with the hook-up.

Concerning the outlet installation there is a factory kit from Triumph for $30 with bracket, plug, hardware and instuctions that plugs directly into the wiring harness without any splicing. The plug mounts on the right side of the bike on the stabilizer bar behind the cylinder.

A friend of mine also mounted it on the left side of the bike attached with a straight bracket onto one of the bolts that holds the front plastic rear fender. I'm still up in the air which location I'm going to use but I'm leaning towards the left side because that is where all my heated gear power cords come out from.

Lenny

ohiorider · 10-12-2006, 10:12 AM

Thanks for the info, Lenny. I ck'd the stabilizer bar ... the right side has a small hole drilled thru it, which must be for the plug. I'm thinking it'd be easy to drill a similar hole through the left side of the stabilizer bar so as to locate the outlet where it would be most useful (same reason as you ... every electric vest I've ever owned has the power cord on the left side).

Let me look over some old forum posts I saved. Maybe I still can come up with heated grip info.

BTW - I'm going to try the cheapie heated grip kit from Aerostitch. It's the one with the flexible heating elements that wrap around the bar under the stock grips. They come with a self sticking adhesive backing.

Bob

iandel · 10-12-2006, 04:26 PM

G'day,

I wired mine into the headlight cable. That way it turns off with the ignition. I tapped into the circuit at the high/low beam switch, but I think you can also tap in on the rhs where the light on/off switch used to be. It works great. (I have the Oxford heated grips.)

ohiorider · 10-12-2006, 07:40 PM

Thanks, Iandel. That's a workable solution. I think there is a switch connection somewhere under the tank, too. I'm having an electrical engineering buddy review the wiring diagram to see if he can isolate it. Those things are like reading an unknown language to me. No matter what, it needs to be switched.

Bob

Motoleo · 10-12-2006, 09:36 PM

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On 2006-10-12 08:12, ohiorider wrote:
Thanks for the info, Lenny. I ck'd the stabilizer bar ... the right side has a small hole drilled thru it, which must be for the plug. I'm thinking it'd be easy to drill a similar hole through the left side of the stabilizer bar so as to locate the outlet where it would be most useful (same reason as you ... every electric vest I've ever owned has the power cord on the left side).

Bob

Bob,
I thought the same thing about mounting it on the left side of the stabilizer bar but the fuel petcock is on the left side and it would be difficult to mount or access the accessory plug because of the petcock.

mkchev · 10-13-2006, 01:29 AM

I just wired up a set 2 weeks ago. there are 2 spare live wires under the tank.one is live all the time the other has the fancy plug and comes on with the key but has light gauge wire so I used that to power a relay. it all works well.Of cause I don't need them yet but in 20 or 30 years time when I an old I will turn them on. :-D