What did you do on or to your CB 1100 today

[pdedse]

Huh. Do those warmers go outside the grips?

Yes, they wrap around the grip and are secured with velcro.  


I snipped off the connectors above and added the type compatible with the battery tender.


Since I have "grip puppies" on the bars, the wrap-around heating element's velcro doesn't reach, so I use 3 rubber bands to hold in place.  With normal size grips, the velcro should reach ok


I ran the wires along the right side of the frame to the battery tender terminal.


They work pretty well.  Three settings, green, blue and red.  On a 45-55 degree day, green is mostly used; 40-45, blue and maybe red.  Below 40 and red will help in that my fingers aren't numb, but cold is cold.  When it's really cold the red setting will allow me to ride longer.  At 35-40 degrees, without any heat I'll last 30 minutes, with the red setting I can go 1.5-2 hours.  But if I go above 60-65mph with 40f or lower, I notice the effectiveness, not surprisingly, decreases.   I'm not sure if they draw on the battery in the "off" setting so I disconnect from the tender cable each time I stop.  For $28 I thought they might do good enough, and they have so far.   But it is a cheap product.  Some Amazon reviewers wrote they didn't even last a full season, others were quite happy.