Heat Grip Installation

Bweixz

Bweixz

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I purchased those $5 heat grips off ebay haha i cannot find a solid turial on how exactly to install them . . . just ppl with pictures of the product then a picture of it on their ninja LOL wondering if someone could instruct i rmb there was a thread about it specifically on 09 ninja 250 too but i cant find it :(

Any help is greatly appreciated!
 
Bweixz said:
Thanks! One question, for the heat shrink handlebar cover that goes over the heat grip does, a lot of people say dont use it .. if not what would you use to cover it up?
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I've never put anything other than the grips themselves over the heating foils. You might want to do a wrap of electrical tape under the left handlebar though, the steel will act as a heat sick and make that side feel cooler. I've also used duct tape with success.
 
Should be pretty easy on most bikes. A couple small tips

- Wrap a couple layers of electrical tape underneath the left heating element, the aluminum handlebar acts as a heatsink

- Save yourself some swearing and find someone with an air compressor to fart the grips on and off, makes life so much easier

- Make sure you leave enough slack at the throttle for full range of motion

- Wrap the throttle side wiring around the throttle under the grip, the connection can easily break between the heating element and the wiring if there's stress on it.

- If your kit came with a gigantic/ugly toggle switch, you can get a much nicer small one at The Source (http://www.thesource.ca/estore/prod...ne&category=Switches+Switches&product=2750624)

- Wiring is up to you, I prefer running dedicated power off the battery through a relay. You could run straight off the battery, but then you will drain the battery if you forget to turn them off. Some people just tag onto the headlight wiring or something, I wouldn't suggest that. Ideally, I'd add a fuse box, powered through a relay. This way you can add additional powered accessories in the future easily, like a GPS, power socket, etc. You can build your own for cheap (http://www.canyonchasers.net/shop/generic/relay.php), or buy one that's much cleaner (http://www.centechwire.com/catalog/cycles/ap1.shtml). This is what mine looks like, http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s240/regder/IMG_2604.jpg. Same setup as the DIY one above, except a used a fused dist. block. Was a lifesaver when I had to wire up a replacement gps in Denver with nothing more than a multi-tool
 
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I've always though heating grips are useless and don't really work as well. Heated gloves always work best as the gloves heat around your finger tips, not only your palms.
 
Thanks for all the help and tips guys will probably install them to my head lights once my HIDs come in i'll do it both at the same time haha, hmmm but how long do the heat gloves batts last :( hmm if these grips done keep my hands warm i shall look into the gloves lmao
 
Bweixz said:
Thanks for all the help and tips guys will probably install them to my head lights once my HIDs come in i'll do it both at the same time haha, hmmm but how long do the heat gloves batts last :( hmm if these grips done keep my hands warm i shall look into the gloves lmao
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There are 12V gloves that plug into a harness attached to the bike, they will let you ride into colder temps than just heated grips will. Everybody's hands react differently to cold, mine deal with cold poorly, so i run both heated grips and gloves, some can ride in snow with grip heaters, or nothing.
 
LannyNguyen said:
I've always though heating grips are useless and don't really work as well. Heated gloves always work best as the gloves heat around your finger tips, not only your palms.
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I'm sure heated gloves work better in extremely cold weather, heated grips work for me down to about 5C. Even a few degrees below that if I'm just doing city and no highway
 
I have those ebay guys and they work good for me. Hippo Hands make them amazing.

PM if you want help installing
 
Bweixz said:
Thanks for all the help and tips guys will probably install them to my head lights once my HIDs come in i'll do it both at the same time haha, hmmm but how long do the heat gloves batts last :( hmm if these grips done keep my hands warm i shall look into the gloves lmao
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I don't know if it's been said already, but I can't run my HID high beams and my grip heaters at the same time without draining my battery (stator can't keep up with the draw).

Use caution with the heated grips and HID's, watch for dimming dash lights or a check engine light. A voltmeter will be your friend :)

-Jamie M.
 
toysareforboys said:
I don't know if it's been said already, but I can't run my HID high beams and my grip heaters at the same time without draining my battery (stator can't keep up with the draw).

Use caution with the heated grips and HID's, watch for dimming dash lights or a check engine light. A voltmeter will be your friend :)

-Jamie M.
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Oh crap did not think about that thanks! but. . . are you able to run heat grips with low beam tho?!
 
Bweixz said:
Oh crap did not think about that thanks! but. . . are you able to run heat grips with low beam tho?!
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Yep! Because my low beam is only one bulb (one side), my high beam is both bulbs = double the power draw.

-Jamie M.
 
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