Hey, y’all. Do the Triumph heated grips with the nifty little switch on the left bar, mount on the pre-TFT Speed Triples? BTW, I rode a new 2020 Speed Triple yesterday. What a motorbike! Effortlessly fast, solid, sophisticated. Makes a great sound, too. And I did not hate the TFT dash as much as I thought I would It’s pretty cool. The 2020 has cruise control, but no heated grips tho.
Ridiculous that manufacturers don't fit them as standard. You pay enough for the bike ! Heated grips - far more useful than cruise control.
Aftermarket heated grip like Daytona DT11 I mounted have this integrated switch. They work very well.
Hi Hubaxe Do they connect straight to the battery and I assume you can still fit the std bar end mirrors back on ? Cheers HP
Hi , As the switch is integrated to the left grip , the wiring can be done straight to the battery. Moreover, the wiring comes with it's own fuse. They just replace the old grip, so no reason you couldn't put back the mirrors. Like all heated grip installation, you'll need to rework the plastic throttle tube to remove all asperities, so the grip could be slide in without too much force. I used loctite silicone to glue my grips, put specific glue also exists. Some brand include the glue in the box, Daytona don't.
I just fitted the Daytona grips, with integral button, to my Street Triple. I chose to fit them with a relay, so they can only be used when the ignition is turned on. I also decided to use different cable and fuse than those provided, because the fuse is the old glass tube type and I wanted a mini spade fuse as used elswhere on the bike. The cable supplied for the run from the grips to the battery are individual wires, and as on the Street Triple the cable has to go to the battery under the seat, so I wanted sleeved cable. Inserted a small screw driver under the grips and a quick spray of GT85 made it easy to remove the old grips: Then carefully cut off the flanges/protrusions on the throttle sleave, and a smooth down with sand paper: Test fitted, just connecting direct to the battery to ensure the grips are actually working before fixing them: I fitted the grips using a thin smear of high temp heat resistant gasket sealer, routed the sleaved cable, and connected up the relay. I used a feed from the rear number plate light for the relay switch. All done, quite tidy I think: And they work This is the wiring diagram I used for the relay:
Like @MadMrB I've put the heated grip on an after ignition relay, switched on by the side light. Sure it's a safer way, and avoid the grip to empty a battery. Direct wiring to the battery is ok, but don't forget to switch the grip off. Oxford brand has a built in safety feature that cuts below a certain voltage.
Thanks for posting this MadMrB .... really useful...... do you write workshop manuals for a living ? If not you should !
You prob already sorted this out but yes, there is heated grips to buy from Triumph. Fitted it myself a few months ago and works great.
