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slopster
2nd February 2006, 20:44
I was just working on my zxr 750 tonight and found some unusual wiring. First up there are blue and white wires that run from the left handle bar (actually goes through a hole into the bar) across to the right handlebar. They dont seem to hook up to anything in the loom except each other. Can anyone shed light on what they do the only thing I could think of was maybe previously fitted with some gay looking bar end indicators or something. Also there is a 3 position switch (not standard looking) hidden away with 3 wires yellow, green and red/blue which dissapear into the loom before I can trace them to their source. The switch doesn't appear to do anything so i'm confused - might just cut it off.

T.W.R
2nd February 2006, 20:52
sounds like heated grips wiring set up. it definately isn't standard wiring

slopster
2nd February 2006, 23:15
Of course - didn't think of that but I might just try to get them working. Do heated grips look like a standard bar?

T.W.R
2nd February 2006, 23:32
Of course - didn't think of that but I might just try to get them working. Do heated grips look like a standard bar?

Never used them myself, but a mate had them on his GSX-R11 & from what i remember they take a while to warm up, so your's may be live anyhow. ZXR handlebars are solid alloy shafts. the wiring should exit the grip by the flange & be secured along by the clutch & brake master cylinders then disappear under the top triple clamp

sefer
3rd February 2006, 10:34
I love random wiring, like when I took my insturments apart only to find I had one more plug than things to plug it into (turned out what I had always assumed was an aftermarket indicator relay hanging from my insturments was actually a de-restrictor box, hence one extra plug) :D

I'd say it is probably heated grips, cause there is not much else it's likely to be. Really your only option is to trace the wires and see when they go to. If it really is just to each other (and your sure) they aren't doing squat.

slopster
4th February 2006, 22:39
Got them up and running now - just had to wire another switch in and earth one of the loose wires. Interestingly they are not actually heated grips but heated bars. No more ski gloves for me this winter (hopefully!).

skidMark
4th February 2006, 23:09
heated bars wtf lol why would it heat the whole bar lol ....i spose a man needs to cook an egg in a hurry while hes riding sometimes .....lol