Cold Weather Riding

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Just saw this on another forum.

Heated Motorcycle Grip Cover Pad

I'm going to give these a try.

I ordered the above and they arrived the other day. Some photos:

The heating grips wrap around your mc grips and velco together.




The wiring instructions are minimal


If not legible, says "the red wire is connected to the positive output wire of the electric door look (ACC) and the black wire is connected to any negative electrode on the motorcycle" .... Positive output wire of the electric door lock? What?!

The fuse and wiring ends.


I learned about this product while on a Suzuki DR650 forum, so different bike. I asked there about connections, and if one could wire into a battery tender. Someone suggested solder/heatshrink or positap an [url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BL2TTVNN?linkCode=ogi&th=1&tag=sofferscom1-20]SAE connector like these:

[url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BL2TTVNN?linkCode=ogi&th=1&tag=sofferscom1-20]https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BL2TTVNN?linkCode=ogi&th=1&tag=sofferscom1-20

And then others expressed concern about amps / watts "discrepancies" between battery tender and heated grips 5amp fuse. Electronics being somewhat of a black hole for me, I figured I'd ask here as well, mainly for the CB1100.

Other info: the heated grips have 3 temp settings, and the power draw is:

Hight Temperature(Switch Red light) 25w
Medium Temperature(Blue Light) 20W
Low Temperature(Green Light)15W

So questions. 1) w/out doing anything to the wiring (using the spade connectors), can I simply connect directly to battery terminals? Will there be a constant draw on the battery if I do? There is an on/off button/switch that's supposed to be fixed on the handlebars for easy temp control access.

2) what I'd rather do is add the SAE connectors to the existing wires of the heating unit. a) that would allow me to use the same grips on different bikes b) by disconnecting at the battery tender, would eliminate any draw on the battery.

Last night I wired them directly to the battery terminals just to test them out, and the mid temp setting was nice and warm in two minutes. Max temp was pretty hot.

I have grip puppies on the CB and my W800. These thicken the grip and the velcro wrap-around heating element for this product isn't quite enough for it to velcro together. But they would have enough reach for stock grips. I'll have to secure them, maybe with rubber bands wrapped around them.

Any feedback appreciated.