Excellent install video. And I do mean excellent! Far superior to what most people put out. Should be mandatory viewing for anyone intending an install or demo video. If this video was out when I had my heated grips installed by the dealer, I likely would have done it myself. However, considering they don't work, it's better the dealer did the install for warranty purposes. It turns out there are several customers like me with heated grips on their TS660 that don't work for some mysterious reason. Triumph America is aware and is researching it. They tried a second pair of grips, but it didn't help. Then they replaced my speedo cluster thinking that was the cause since it's not generating enough power to the grips, but that didn't help. I now have to bring my bike in a third time Thursday for further diagnostics and investigation. My dealer has been great, but it's still frustrating. Glad yours are working well.
As stated previously… one of the most comprehensive how to videos I’ve seen… I am in Pennsylvania land mid January ride today … they work great…. My BMW heated grips were not as effective… riding today in low 40s wearing fall gloves… toasty…. I’m on a Tiger 850 so upper body protection is good.
Excellent video...the detail was amazing. I see I'm not alone in appreciation for the extra effort you put into this. Thank you!! I'll be ordering these grips soon.
A few notes from just having done this install finishing...4 minutes ago: The bar end screws have threadlocker on them, the depth of the hex is very shallow and the bolts are made semi-soft cheese. Make sure there is no taper on the end of your 4mm hex and it fits snuggly. I ended up having to drill the left one out and ground the taper off my bit for the right one. The throttle switch housing has a locating peg on the top that goes in a hole in the bars...make sure you are in it before tightenning anything down. My kit had the wires folded up in a manner that made the sheathing kink...in four places for the throttle-side. If I were to do it again, I would straighen everything out on a table and heat those kinks with a hair dryer until I could make the sheathing round again letting them cool completely afterward. I do find it mildly concerning a grommet to push into the hole in the bars was not pre-installed on the harness. The sheathing is of a robust material but the hole did not have eased edges on the outside and it is impossible to round them over on the inside. Smacks of the errors from the Lucas days of fine strand wires with cloth covering passing through frame holes without grommets.
@@KSSTUDIOS Hi there, I've recently come across some posts indicating that after you install the grips you still have to go to the dealership for some sort of software update, otherwise the grips are not as warm as they could be... Have you come across this or heard of those concerns?
@@patrickorioles9768 I have not heard of this. I guess it's possible that a software update could affect the functionality. I'm not aware of that being needed on my bike.
Before watching your videos, Keith, I thought no way could I do these mods. Now you make it doable. Thank you for the excellent videos. You are a master. I appreciate your channel. You have the Bike I want to get soon in the exact color. Love it!!
Video done really well, it will be useful for me to mount my knobs that I'm taking. Lastly, have you done any other videos on the Tiger Sport 660? Greetings Ciro.
Hi, I know that the tiger 660 no longer belongs to you. I want to know if the turn signals that yours had were from an agency or where can I find them? Thank you
Great video. I am installing mine now after watching this. Just curious why you feel it necessary to disconnect the battery when it is plug & play...? If the bike is powered off, it shouldn't be an issue to plug the harness in. my $0.02.
Did you left the battery connected, during the installation? I try to install the grip myself within few days and I don't plan to connect the battery to keep the menu settings. in my opinion this is just a safety recommendation in the assembly instructions.
Maybe nothing, maybe a blown fuse. It's honestly not that much of a hassle to reset the dashboard after unplugging the battery. I would always recommend that method to avoid extra troubleshooting down the road.
Something that might be good to know is that a firmware bug made the grips not heat-up properly up until a few weeks ago.. the bike shop where I bought mine told me Triumph had contacted them to warn about it, and that the problem has been fixed with the latest update.
Great vid. I know it's SOP to disconnect the battery whenever doing electrical work, but as this is a plug-and-play install directly into a dedicated harness connector, I'd be tempted to leave the battery hooked up so all your custom settings stay put. Am I missing anything?
Watched out of curiosity…… as Triumph dealership fitted items on my 660 tiger are totally ineffective , to the point of prompting me to ask for a refund ! Superb instructional video though .
The screws on the right grip switch housing are so tight that I have been unable to remove them. This is an odd problem - curious if you had difficulty removing these two screws when removing the original throttle grip?
@@KSSTUDIOS Many thanks for the reply. I have made several modifications to my TTS 660 with no issues but these screws were very unusually tight. Had to have a mechanic remove them with a tool that I had never seen before. Your installation videos are very helpful - Many thanks!
I didn't have mine updated specifically for any issues with the grips but I had some work done on the shift assist and they probably updated at that time. I've never had issues with the temperature.
Possibly the most comprehensive install video I've ever seen. Thank You!! Also, thanks for the reminder to order my heated grips NOW --- done.
Awesome, thank you!
Triumph should just hire you to do their install videos. This was so helpful!
Thanks so much! I'm glad that you liked it 😀
Negative terminal first when disconnecting the battery always.. fantastic video 🎉
Excellent install video. And I do mean excellent! Far superior to what most people put out. Should be mandatory viewing for anyone intending an install or demo video.
If this video was out when I had my heated grips installed by the dealer, I likely would have done it myself. However, considering they don't work, it's better the dealer did the install for warranty purposes. It turns out there are several customers like me with heated grips on their TS660 that don't work for some mysterious reason. Triumph America is aware and is researching it. They tried a second pair of grips, but it didn't help. Then they replaced my speedo cluster thinking that was the cause since it's not generating enough power to the grips, but that didn't help. I now have to bring my bike in a third time Thursday for further diagnostics and investigation. My dealer has been great, but it's still frustrating.
Glad yours are working well.
Thanks for the comment. I hope they are able to get it sorted out for you soon.
As stated previously… one of the most comprehensive how to videos I’ve seen… I am in Pennsylvania land mid January ride today … they work great…. My BMW heated grips were not as effective… riding today in low 40s wearing fall gloves… toasty…. I’m on a Tiger 850 so upper body protection is good.
Thanks for the comment!
Excellent video...the detail was amazing. I see I'm not alone in appreciation for the extra effort you put into this. Thank you!! I'll be ordering these grips soon.
Thanks for the comment. I do obsess over the video work, so I'm glad it stands out 😀
Install went very smooth, many thanks to you! Very well produced 👍
Excellent detailed video! I was going to have dealer install until I saw this. Thank you very much!
Glad it helped
Triumph set things up very nice.
Impressive.
A few notes from just having done this install finishing...4 minutes ago:
The bar end screws have threadlocker on them, the depth of the hex is very shallow and the bolts are made semi-soft cheese. Make sure there is no taper on the end of your 4mm hex and it fits snuggly. I ended up having to drill the left one out and ground the taper off my bit for the right one.
The throttle switch housing has a locating peg on the top that goes in a hole in the bars...make sure you are in it before tightenning anything down.
My kit had the wires folded up in a manner that made the sheathing kink...in four places for the throttle-side. If I were to do it again, I would straighen everything out on a table and heat those kinks with a hair dryer until I could make the sheathing round again letting them cool completely afterward.
I do find it mildly concerning a grommet to push into the hole in the bars was not pre-installed on the harness. The sheathing is of a robust material but the hole did not have eased edges on the outside and it is impossible to round them over on the inside. Smacks of the errors from the Lucas days of fine strand wires with cloth covering passing through frame holes without grommets.
Thank you for this. Just saved me over $200.
😀
Great vid, will use this for sure when I get them, appreciate the effort!
Glad I could help!
@@KSSTUDIOS Hi there, I've recently come across some posts indicating that after you install the grips you still have to go to the dealership for some sort of software update, otherwise the grips are not as warm as they could be... Have you come across this or heard of those concerns?
@@patrickorioles9768 I have not heard of this. I guess it's possible that a software update could affect the functionality. I'm not aware of that being needed on my bike.
This is very helpful video! Thanks for sharing.
Glad it was helpful!
Before watching your videos, Keith, I thought no way could I do these mods. Now you make it doable. Thank you for the excellent videos. You are a master. I appreciate your channel. You have the Bike I want to get soon in the exact color. Love it!!
Glad to help
excelente video, muchas gracias (Concepción, Chile)
Great Video it would Be Cool if you did a Video of resetting time & date it seams kinda complicated in the manuel
Outstanding video.
Glad you enjoyed it
Very helpful video. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Video done really well, it will be useful for me to mount my knobs that I'm taking. Lastly, have you done any other videos on the Tiger Sport 660? Greetings Ciro.
Greetings! I do have other TS660 videos on the channel if you haven't checked them out already.
Cool!
Hi, I know that the tiger 660 no longer belongs to you. I want to know if the turn signals that yours had were from an agency or where can I find them? Thank you
Great video. I am installing mine now after watching this. Just curious why you feel it necessary to disconnect the battery when it is plug & play...? If the bike is powered off, it shouldn't be an issue to plug the harness in. my $0.02.
Did you left the battery connected, during the installation? I try to install the grip myself within few days and I don't plan to connect the battery to keep the menu settings. in my opinion this is just a safety recommendation in the assembly instructions.
I always use manufacturer recommended instructions when doing these videos to avoid liability. Often times the extra precautions aren't necessary.
At 10:54, Transmission Fault pops up on the dashboard for a second or less, same thing is happening with my T660, any thoughts?
Yes, this seems to happen when I shut the bike off with the kill switch instead of the key. I think the shift assist causes a false code.
Very nice video, thank you!
But what do you think, what should happen if I don’t unplug the battery for this session while I fitting the heated grips?
Maybe nothing, maybe a blown fuse. It's honestly not that much of a hassle to reset the dashboard after unplugging the battery. I would always recommend that method to avoid extra troubleshooting down the road.
Something that might be good to know is that a firmware bug made the grips not heat-up properly up until a few weeks ago.. the bike shop where I bought mine told me Triumph had contacted them to warn about it, and that the problem has been fixed with the latest update.
Thanks for the comment!
Great vid. I know it's SOP to disconnect the battery whenever doing electrical work, but as this is a plug-and-play install directly into a dedicated harness connector, I'd be tempted to leave the battery hooked up so all your custom settings stay put. Am I missing anything?
I play it safe on instructional videos to avoid liability. It's probably fine, but I leave that to the viewer.
@KSSTUDIOS Thanks. I installed mine on a Triumph Scrambler 1200, but this was very helpful.
Does the red light stay on in the display when they are on? Mine turns off after a few seconds
My notification light goes away too. It will come back on if I make a change to the heat level and then it turns off again.
Watched out of curiosity…… as Triumph dealership fitted items on my 660 tiger are totally ineffective , to the point of prompting me to ask for a refund ! Superb instructional video though .
Thanks for sharing
so my bike came with these grips and they are getting very worn out. do i need to buy this kit to replace them or is there a cheaper option?
I've never seen the grips sold separately. You may need to buy a whole set and just swap the grips out. Good news is that it should not take long.
The screws on the right grip switch housing are so tight that I have been unable to remove them. This is an odd problem - curious if you had difficulty removing these two screws when removing the original throttle grip?
No problems here. Mine seemed to have the normal amount of torque applied to them.
@@KSSTUDIOS Many thanks for the reply. I have made several modifications to my TTS 660 with no issues but these screws were very unusually tight. Had to have a mechanic remove them with a tool that I had never seen before. Your installation videos are very helpful - Many thanks!
Do they need the latest software update that's come out as there was a well known issue with them not getting hot
I didn't have mine updated specifically for any issues with the grips but I had some work done on the shift assist and they probably updated at that time. I've never had issues with the temperature.
what is the diameter of the steering wheel?
omg my grips are weak, i heard triumph is working for a soft fix, because some other ppl have the problem too, so if your works fine then its weird...
My grips seem to be working great so far. I haven't left them on for any length of time though. We'll see in the next month or two.
What gloves do you use?
Alpinestars Reef
Summer gloves - bit.ly/3gAM65Z
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