Symtec Heated Grips on V7

[Siggy Javotnik]

~$50, Chinese made, heated grip pads with adhesive to stick to your bar. The instructions contain the sentence: "the switch circuit is transposed." Until I took the V7 on a test-ride, I didn't understand that to mean: "our schematic is wrong." Low is High and vice versa. It's already heat-shrinked up, so I'm just going to live with it. Not the end of the world, but it makes no sense -- JUST FIX YOUR SCHEMATIC. The grips work great for a V7, because that bike comes with an easily accessible switched 12V source near the headlight, a green connector that's meant for a TomTom GPS. I cut the connector off and posi-locked the hot wire (orange) and hooked the grips' ground wire to blue. Had some trouble getting the clutch side grip flush to the controls, but I'm guessing my local shop's compressed air gun might help (I didn't use hairspray as recommended elsewhere, and I'm kicking myself -- go buy some Aquanet and save your hands and hair-dryer the trouble). Finally, don't believe the instructions about the heat shrink being only-for-aluminum bars -- any metal bar will be a huge heat-sink, so be sure to melt the heat-shrink on the clutch-side bar. I don't have a heat gun, but my wife's hair-dryer worked fine. 

[sib]

Great if the GPS power outlet works for you, but I'd be concerned because 1) the circuit is fused at 15A and also powers the headlight (4.6A low beam, 5A high beam, but 9.6A when you hit the "passing" button while the low beam is on), and 2) the wires leading to the GPS outlet are pretty thin.