Heated grip controls

Thanks to all the guys who've written about this, I'm another Oxford heated grip customer. There's already really good how-to write ups so I won't repeat that. I used the Adventure model which had the longest length. One thing I did different was old school wire tied the grips. I don't trust just the glue with the easy slide on fit.


Some extra info:
1. The Ducati dashboard monitors continuity on both grips. If the circuit is broken on either one of the grips, you will get ERROR beside the heated grip indicator.
2. The 3 OEM heat levels are achieved by pulse width or duty cycle of the output voltage. The corresponding output levels are 35%, 50%, and 70%. So you could get more heat by using a different controller.
3. The output drops to 35% when the engine is at idle. Off idle it resumes the current setting. Good battery protection!
4. I bought the complete Oxford kit ($79.99 CAN), not just the replacement grips because I'm planning to use the Oxford controller for heated clothing. It has 5 output levels, very nice small package, 10 Amp capacity, and dead battery protection by auto shutoff. Does more and cheaper than the Heatrollers being sold for the garments.


5. Incase anybody wants to tinker, the resistance of the Oxford grips was 6~7 ohms. The left and right varied by 1 ohm.

I had mine activated before install. I told the counter the grips were not installed yet, but to activate them now since I was in the shop for something else. When I called to arrange pickup, they said mech. didn't see grips installed so he didn't activate it. Had to tell them again to turn them on. Dealer charged me 1/2hr for it. Probably b/c counter guy messed up and they had to look at bike a second time.
No harm in activating them first. If you try to turn on without heaters installed, you will just get error message on your dash. Nothing will blowup.