Bought an 09 ultra last summer. Has heated grips installed. Previous owner told me that they didn't work. Says they never got hooked up after having the fairing apart and not being able to find the wire.

After tearing into it I can't find a wire either. Here is a pic of the plug exiting from the right side of the bars. It's labeld (by hand) heated grips. Only other thought is maybe this is supposed to run to the throttle side inside the bars?

If anyone has done a set I'd appreciate some insight. My service manual has no wiring diagram of the heated grips.

 

It's been a while since I did my bars, but as I recall, there is a Red and Black wire coming from both sides of the bars that get plugged together. Mine is a '12 though, so they might have changed.

 

So this side and the throttle side plug together and run to battery?

I'm going to pull tank tonight and see about tracing from battery to fairing.

 

Don't know if this will help, but

http://www.harley-davidson.com/app-c...ts/-J04259.PDF

You said that is from the right ( throttle ) side. As I recall that should plug into a plug coming from the left grip. The left grip has additional wires that get fed under the tank to draw power.

Did they run the wiring for the left side grip outside the bars or inside?

 

Not really, but thank you for the link.
I read those already. I understand from those directions a fused line comes in and then splits to grips. Chasing down someone else's work without an idea of wire connectors or colors is more of the problem I guess. I have several fused lines from the battery for a heat controller, stereo, and I have no clue what else. Unfortunately I can't find an empty plug in for the above connector. Thought it may possibly be inside the bars. Instructions don't really say much...

 

Not really, but thank you for the link.
I read those already. I understand from those directions a fused line comes in and then splits to grips. Chasing down someone else's work without an idea of wire connectors or colors is more of the problem I guess. I have several fused lines from the battery for a heat controller, stereo, and I have no clue what else. Unfortunately I can't find an empty plug in for the above connector. Thought it may possibly be inside the bars. Instructions don't really say much...

 

No, the fused line does not split to the grips.
It goes to the left grip.
The right is fed off that plug from the left grip.

I ran mine inside the bars so I can't see what color they are ( and my memory ain't what it used to be ) but they should be as the instructions say a solid black and white striped black wire.

 

Some of this is starting to come back.
The wire from the left grip that goes to the right is supposed to be run through the bars ( black wire with white striped black wire ).
The wires from the left grip for power are supposed to be run outside the bars ( though I did not do it that way. )

I used the CVO throttle sensor so the connection for my left and right grip are connected where all the wires come out of the bars at bottom center of the bars. If they spliced the original throttle sensor wires that plug may indeed still be inside the bars.

I just hope I remembered that right.

 

Well the plug in above pic has a solid black wire and a black/white stripe. Definitely no wiring on outside of the bars....sounds like maybe I should pull the lh switch housing apart and try there.

 

Stock bars ?????
If there is no wiring outside chances are a dealer did not do the install.

First: verify those wires you found are wired correctly.
Check each terminal of the plug you found for short-to ground. If not grounded continue.
Pry off the right side grip end cap.
Once that is done look inside.
Gently ( needle nose pliers would work ) disconnect the plug inside. DO NOT PULL ON THE WIRES!
If not grounded, short either end together with something like a paperclip between the terminals ( either connect both ends of the plug with the paperclip or both terminals at the end of the throttle sensor ) then check continuity of the wires.
If you got no short-to-ground, and there was continuity, the right side of the grip should be wired correctly.

That wire you found should be somehow plugged into the end of the left side grip.

During instillation, if you needed more length ( per the instructions you pieced it together outside the bars and measured it ) you would put on a short extension ( provided in the kit ) to increase the length a bit ( still have mine, black and orange wires with those plugs, one male one female on the ends ).

Sooo …
Bottom line:
I believe, ( and I would prefer someone to verify ) that the wire you found coming from the right grip needs to somehow plug into the left grip.

You did not say how long it was.
If it is very short you may look at where the wires come out of the bottom center of the bars and see if the other end of that plug is right there, or just up into the bars.

If it is really long it may have come out of the end of the left side grip when pulling the wires through, or become separated from the extension mentioned above when pulling the wires through. You may have to pull the bars off, pull the left side grips off, and re-thread the wires through the bars.

You see why they left it not working?

BTW, if there is no wiring outside the bars, they would have had to run the power lines through the left switch housing, which would necessitate grinding a pathway inside the switch housing so as not to pinch the wires ( I used a Dremel )

You may want to take off the left switch housing apart anyway to make sure nothing there is pinched and going to cause problems later down the road.