Bike Tek heated grips

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Bought a pair of these off Ebay from Busters, price £29.99 for a Kawasaki Ninja 250.

LH grip fitted ok, just the right size used a bit of contact glue to help it slide on.

RH grip was just too big so had to wrap a layer of insulating tape around the tube. With this done it was a good fit.

Control box bracket fitted well on the bars  but the sticky pad used to fix the box to the bracket wasn't super sticky enough,  as I bent the wire underneath the bars, the box popped off the bracket.Had to turn the box sideways so the cable run was straighter.

Main cable to the battery was easy enough, just had to lose a bit of the excess length under the side panel.

Wires from the grips to the main cable are way too long, I know its a universal kit for all types of bars but it seemed over generous.

Found a relay in the garage to wire it in with the ignition, picked a signal feed up from the tail light.

Had to machine the end off the RH bar weight for clearance to the twistgrip.

Proof of the pudding is the testing.

Heat up fairly quickly, RH gets noticeable hotter because its insulated from the steel tube of the bar.

Good heat output on max setting, I had to turn it down even in 5 degree ambient.

What is poor though is the led display arrows for the heat setting, its stupidly bright and a distraction. I've put a couple of layers of masking tape over it to tone it down a bit.

Out of 10.

Fitting, 7/10, RH tube should fit better and cables are too long.

Operation,7/10, LED is too bright.