stringman Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Hi all, Its been a while since i posted. My Tracer was stolen, recovered, but written off. when they kicked off the steering lock, they broke the lug on the frame- hence they broke the frame. One written off 15 reg bike!!! So before it was taken off me i stripped off what i could- including the oem heated grips. it was not easy and once they were off i re- connected them but the menu didn't see them. so have i buggered them in the removal or is them some electrical/menu trickery i have missed? if i have buggered them (i presume that i have broke the heating coil somewhere could i just rejoin the break with solder? Loved my grips but if i can save £140 it would be great thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBB Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 The OEM heated grips should be auto recognised when the ignition is turned on, no installation on the menu required. So, you’ve either not plugged them in correctly or they’re damaged as you suggest. If you test them with a multimeter there should be a resistance figure (sure I’ve seem the values on a thread here somewhere) but if yours are broken then you’ll get an infinite value from the gap in the element. Red 2015 Tracer, UK spec (well, it was until I started messing with it...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mftic Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 I haven't installed mine yet so if you need some numbers let me know. But you shouldn't really need any if tripleB is correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stringman Posted August 31, 2018 Author Share Posted August 31, 2018 Hi I got the multimeter out. Set it to high. Touched probes and got 0 ohm. Took them apart got a reading. Touched the probes to the connectors and got 0 ohm so that means no broken wires? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koth442 Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 These are resistance heaters, so there should be some resistance -> 0 ohm is not correct. I'm not sure what resistance you should measure as I don't have the heated grips. '15 FJ09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norcal616 Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 check the fuse? and by "not easy to remove"? it should be easy to remove the OEM grips, its molded into plastic handlebar tubes... i hope you didnt try to seperate them... 2012 wr250f - C-class 30+ age group 2015 fz-07- Hordpower Edition-80whp 2015 fj-09- Graves Exhaust w/Woolich tune by 2WDW @120whp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stringman Posted August 31, 2018 Author Share Posted August 31, 2018 There probably was some resistance, it was set to very high reading. Anyone know what the resistance should be? I'm picking up the new bike today so can try it out on that over the weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickest85 Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 Put the meter on continuity and test the grips, if the wire isn’t broken the meter will beep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stringman Posted September 2, 2018 Author Share Posted September 2, 2018 Tried the continuity tester. Beeped on the left hand grip but not on the throttle side (i had the problem with the left hand one!!!) I had to get to the fuse box so tried plugging them in. No joy. Pressed and held the menu button and all of a sudden it came up with grip warmer settings. So all good and working. Not fitted them yet as i am going to put on some MT09 bars so will fit them on those instead. Thanks for the help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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