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#Post#: 3199--------------------------------------------------
Heated Grips - What is easy to install and will last years?
By: RiverRunner Date: October 2, 2015, 12:17 am
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Took a week long trip recently on the 690's in south-central
Oregon, several days were pretty wet and cold. Got my wife and
I longing for the heated grips on our Huskies. I try to keep
her happy...
What brand of grips have you installed that were both well
designed and were easy to install?
Have you had long term experience with the Brand?
Will the switched accessory line available behind the headlight
carry the load for heated grips or do you go back to the
battery?
Thanks,
RR
#Post#: 3209--------------------------------------------------
Heated Grips - What is easy to install and will last years?
By: Oddfellow Date: October 14, 2015, 2:21 pm
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I just installed the Oxford Adventure heated grips. I used the
accessory switched circuit. I also have my GPS on the circuit
and everything worked great. Still looking for a good place to
mount the controller, I have it under The mirror stalk right
now. It accessible but hard to see what setting your on.
#Post#: 3210--------------------------------------------------
Re: Heated Grips - What is easy to install and will last years?
By: RiverRunner Date: October 14, 2015, 6:45 pm
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Oddfellow -
Between posting this and now I too bought the Oxford Adventure
for our 690's. Great reports on them and they sell replacement
parts.
Did you find a connector for the accessory switched circuit to
make the install look pretty? I've not yet had the headlight
cowling off the bike.
Sure wish we would of had the heated grips on vacation. They
make a world of difference in your attitude in cold / cold-wet
weather.
Thanks for your reply.
#Post#: 3211--------------------------------------------------
Re: Heated Grips - What is easy to install and will last years?
By: Oddfellow Date: October 14, 2015, 10:10 pm
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I have a set of Bullet connectors and receivers with sleeves
that match the connectors in the shell. I just made up some
jumpers, a 1 into 2 for the grips and gps. I think I bought the
kit from aerostich years ago.
#Post#: 3232--------------------------------------------------
Re: Heated Grips - What is easy to install and will last years?
By: RiverRunner Date: October 21, 2015, 9:13 pm
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OK, I thought the accessory plugs were a special plug like for
the headlight of such where you could use a mate. I used the
switched accessory wires under the headlight shroud. There is a
lot more room behind the headlight with the LED lights I
installed versus stock - made all the grips wiring easier to
position.
I installed the Oxford Adventure series heated grips on two
690's this afternoon. Pretty darn easy, only issue was where
and how I was going to mount the controller. Ended up just
using zip ties, securing the Oxford supplied bracket to the HDB
bark busters. The controller is easy to control with gloves and
a LED tells you what setting you are on. This looks like a very
high quality setup and you can buy replacement parts if needed -
so they should stay working for a long time. They get nice and
toasty for a 45 degree night ride.
Also installed the Motominded "dually." It is a two LED unit
for low beam and then high beam is the two unit plus a four LED
Squadron light, both lights sourced from BAJA Designs. It is a
very nice improvement over stock, a very big improvement. The
two LED low beam appears to have a relatively good cutoff and no
one flashed me this evening on a drive, but it puts out a lot
more light than stock. High beams are really nice, I've always
wanted to have this kind of ability to see deer and elk in the
ditches - I know my wife is going to want this on her bike....
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