Added handlebar heaters

[seevtsaab]

Moto season soon to start here

Had a few painful commutes last year in the teens

Installed Polly Handlebar heaters with a relay to turn off when bike is off, took me parts of two days.
Buried the wires thru the top triple, room for relay frontside of battery, switch located leftside bikini fairing just
above front left blinker stalk.
Used 18ga wire for 12V & gnd, seems sufficient.
I'd show heater wires but they are buried in the handlebard and exit thru top triple.

Nice and toasty, pretty pronto (tested on my first ride (quick 20mi to clean out the cobwebs).
I'll try posting pics, be patient.
Followed thread on ADVRider, Canyon Chasers, very good instructions.

these work for me, complain if you must
Relay  (haven't tidied the wires up yet)


Switch & wiring looking from front - headlight bucket removed - attached switch to fairing


Switch location from rider viewpoint

[He Man]

just want to know..when its warm out... how do you plan on shutting them off? or what about when its warm enough to have them on low and now full blast?

( i had them got rid of them for heated gloves. loads better but grips are fine for 40s and 50s)

[seevtsaab]

Three position switch mounted in fairing - One position is is 'Off' - haven't confirmed in actual use.

Couldn't tell the difference between LO & HI for the short test ride.

Gloves would be the ultimate but I'm hoping these are sufficient for my 40~ commute, to help keep
the pain down, and extend use of summer gloves, so much nicer to use .vs insulated.

These will always be with the bike and there's no wires to fuss with.

For touring I'd go heated jacket liner & gloves and not fool around.

I'm hoping the pics show (I can see em)

[somegirl]

Three position switch mounted in fairing - One position is is 'Off' - haven't confirmed in actual use.

Couldn't tell the difference between LO & HI for the short test ride.

Gloves would be the ultimate but I'm hoping these are sufficient for my 40~ commute, to help keep
the pain down, and extend use of summer gloves, so much nicer to use .vs insulated.

These will always be with the bike and there's no wires to fuss with.

For touring I'd go heated jacket liner & gloves and not fool around.

I'm hoping the pics show (I can see em)

Pics came out great.    I hope you enjoy them, I love my heated grips.

[He Man]

OH sorry i misread that. i thought you had a relay only.  looks good.


they'll be fine for short 40 degree burst. you dont notice the difference on hi and lo whe nthe bikes at idle, but when your engine is charging the battery and the current starts flowing its gets very very toasty.

[seevtsaab]

Thought I'd add an update after a couple cold morning commutes.
Coldest this year was 20F, 25mi, ~35mins rolling time.

Gear is TM Intake jacket, Flex pants (textile 2 piece). No pant liner.
Froggtogg outer shell for cold temps.
Olimpia Cold Throttle insulated gloves.

Takes about 5-10mins for the grips to heat up, with the insulated gloves it takes a bit to feel it (hands feel the warmth
well before they feel cold). Summer gloves fine anywhere in the 40F's.
20F morning I set the heaters on Hi - Plenty warm, definately a difference over a period of time compared to Lo.
With the summer gloves, or the winters in the 'Grip' mode the grips feel good and hot, even on Lo.
Finger wiggle helps move the blood enough to the backs of my hands feel cool but not cold, can't go without that
(no handgaurds).

I'm to the point now, other body parts freeze (feet, face) before my hands. Great mod.

[psycledelic]

Warm and toasty, just in time for summer!
Nice add on.  I would have killed for those in January.  My snowmobile gloves and handguards are no match for a bike, with rizoma grips, that sits outside all night while I am at work.  The ride home is managable, but sometimes it takes a few minutes before I can muster up the ability to unbuckle my helmet straps.