2024_01_14

IMG 6194 Once I remembered I had this Dremel accessory that would allow sanding the full depth of the inside of the grip, I was home free. IMG 6195 This got one last session with fine grit sandpaper to make for easier sliding. IMG 6199 This grip is now slightly overbore. I was worried it might not take much to breach into the actually heating element layer, but that did not happen. IMG 6201 A bit of hairspray acts as lube while it is wet, and then as glue when it is dry. Good stuff. Smells like Grandma's house too. IMG 6202 Watch out you don't slide the grip on too far and wind up with the throttle sticking against this. Cruise control that you didn't ask for or expect can be a problem. IMG 6203 Grips installed! Time to run the cabling and hook up power.
IMG 6206 Had to look up how to operate this "clip" in the shop manual. IMG 6208 Pull the center down, then pull the whole thing out. Old guy hands are not fond of this. IMG 6209 That ain't a black olive. IMG 6210 This post. IMG 6211 And this post. IMG 6212 Go in their respective holes. Takes a bit of fiddling.
IMG 6213 We begin the power cable run from back here. IMG 6214 Unbolting this side panel helps feed it through available passages. IMG 6215 IMG 6216 IMG 6217 And now we are up to the wiring pigtails coming off the grips. Success. IMG 6218 Feed from the grips through the provided cable-securing guides.
IMG 6219 Some back and forth of the handlebars will be needed to see where these things must run. IMG 6221 12mm OD. Nothing in the metric thread gauge I had would match up. Didn't seem to be 1.00 or 1.25 pitch. Very strange. Almost like a mix of metric and SAE. IMG 6223 While moving the bars around I was like hey, these things are warm. As soon as the power was hooked up they rose to life. I set them for the Li-Ion battery setting and then turned them off. IMG 6224 2" of rain yesterday equals Koba zoomies today. IMG 6225 If I ever unbolt this all again the washers are going up top directly under the bolt heads. This all turned out reasonably well. IMG 6226 Time to zip tie these lines to some buddies. This is up just under the bars on the right side. The slack all got pulled back toward the battery.