Triumphrat

drooartz

I'm enjoying my new Bonnie Black quite a bit, but it's a bit cold here still. I've got a set of grip heaters that I bought for a previous bike and never installed, so I'm going to pop them on one of these days. The set I have is the sort with a heating element that goes underneath your grips, with a switch for high/low. The last bike I installed a set on had a fairing, so mounting the switch was simple.

I was figuring to put the switch on the right side below the tank somewhere -- probably make up a little bracket out of aluminum. Any better ideas?

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1959 Austin Healey Bugeye Sprite
1966 Honda S90
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amanger

I m about to do the same thing and was thinking along a similar line of making a small bracket hidden out of the way.There is a spare connector under the tank to hook up the grips to I believe.

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ohiorider

Here's where I mounted my switch. Hope this helps. No working digital camera at the moment, so this'll have to do.

http://s115.photobucket.com/albums/n...ggleswitch.jpg

http://s115.photobucket.com/albums/n...awing2jpeg.jpg

http://s115.photobucket.com/albums/n...ingDiagram.jpg

Photo #1: I made a mount from a piece of light steel, holes drilled first, then bent in a vice, painted primer black.
Photo #2: This is the same piece where the Triumph 12v outlet mounts.
Photo #3: Schematic of how I wired into the heated grips. For some reason, I couldn't get a frame ground to work, so I wired both wires into the wiring harness plug. (obviously I am not electrically-oriented).

I purchased a smaller, OFF, ON1, ON2 switch from Radio Shack, which was less obvious than the one that came with the heated grip kit. After one season, it broke, probably due to engine heat, possibly to my cold gloved hand pushing it too hard. It was easily replaced.

Hope this helps.

Bob

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drooartz

Thanks for the info, Bob. Is the mounting on the left or right side of the bike?

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1959 Austin Healey Bugeye Sprite
1966 Honda S90
2007 Bonneville Black -- Box stock + MCR rack
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ohiorider

Right side of the bike.

Bob

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03 T100 Lucifer Org and Silv: 122/42 jets, TORs, 18T, UNI filter, no AI, Polaris bellmouth, Metz 880 tires, Prog. 440 shocks (105/150 springs), 11-1124 fork springs, Thrux fork caps, gaiters, MotoTwin low bars, 6024 lamp, htd grips, 12v outlet.

drooartz

Thanks -- that spot looks like a winner.

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Drew Frink
1959 Austin Healey Bugeye Sprite
1966 Honda S90
2007 Bonneville Black -- Box stock + MCR rack
www.drooartz.com

Orpheus

I had mine mounted on an aluminum bracket between my two gauges (in the background).



I think it works pretty well. It could use a little illumination, though. At night it's hard to see.

beef706

I went cheap and easy,. a RadioShack small project box and some zip ties.

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