Re: Removal of Honda Heated Grips with destroying them? How
Basspro said:
I want to safely remove my Honda heated grips from my 06 Wing without destroying the grips and the heating elements.
Would like some ideas on how to get underneath them without tearing up the heating elements.
Also, where do the two long cables that connect each grip plug into? Want to unplug them and maybe use them in colder weather...not much use here in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Appreciate anyone responding who has done it or had it done ......
Hey Basspro,
I just took the heated grips off my 07 yesterday.
I see where Rocky has posted some instructions
but mine were not connected like his were at all.
I got the left grip off by dripping alcohol into the gap between the grip and the switch module.
I used a small eyedropper and tilted the bars so the end was lower.
Then as I dripped the alcohol into the grip I kept lightly twisting the grip,
It took a couple of minutes but I could see the drops of Alcohol
were soaking into the joint of the grip and the metal bar,
so I kept at it and the alcohol finally ran all the way through the grip
and started coming out the end of the bar.
When that happened, the grip started to move to my light twisting.
I kept up the drip and before long the grip started slipping freely and off it came.
You have to twist lightly or you could stretch the grip and mess up the heat tape inside.
I like Cal-D's post about using the hypodermic needle, but would be very careful
or you could hit the heat tape in the grip when poking through it.
Since I was installing the Chrome Honda heated grips, and they came with a new throttle tube for the right side,
I didn't try to remove the old grip from the tube but just took the whole thing off as one piece.
I recommend you just get another throttle tube from Honda and do the same thing.
That way you won't have to worry about messing it up taking it off or putting it back on later.
The wiring on my 07 factory heated grips doesn't have any connectors to unplug
until you follow the wires back under the shelter.
The connectors for both grips are just to the right of the cruise module under the radio area of the shelter.
(It's right where the CB radio connector is if you've ever been in there to add the CB.)
I have the shelter off for other additions so I'm not sure about being able to reach those connectors
by taking out the right pocket.
However, I had to take the cable retainers off the undersides of both handlebars,
unscrew the two metal clamps on the bottom of the switch modules (right at the grips),
take the plastic cover off the top triple tree,
take the metal cable clamp off there also and snake those cables out of the bundle
that runs back under the shelter to the connectors.
I'd say the cables coming off the original heated grips on my 07 are at least 3 feet long.
That's not nearly as long as this post, so I better stop before I short something out. :lol:
Good luck!
DC