Re: [ST] heated grips

[Blake Sobiloff <sobiloff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Robert Smith wrote:

> Anyone done this? Any insights? $100US sounds like a lot for a light 
> switch. There must be an aftermarket one that will fit.

You might be able to Dremel the blank on the North American switch 
assembly, but you'd probably have to search quite a while to find a 
switch that fits nicely and that is weatherproof enough. I have a 
feeling that there's not a lot of room inside that control cluster. I 
went ahead and ordered the switch from Jack Lilley and have been using 
it for about 16 months now without a problem. It's even survived my 
daily commutes during the rainy spell here in Northern CA.

Like several listers, my left grip doesn't reach the same temperature as 
the right one. I don't believe this to be an artifact of using the 
headlight switch, though. Someone (I'll have to search the archives to 
remember who) successfully played around with the wire lengths to 
increase the temp on the left side. I'll probably get around to doing 
that one of these days, too.

FYI, the "European light switch" is actually the right hand side's 
entire control cluster. Don't know if that helps soften the blow to the 
wallet, though...

- -- 
Blake "Dawgbert" Sobiloff <sobiloff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Burlingame, CA, USA


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