Oxford Premium Adventure Heated Grips Install
Not wanting to pay the ridiculous price of the OEM heated grips I got a pair of Oxford Premium Adventure heated grips for the S10. These are exactly the same size as the S10s standard grips so do not need trimming.
First step was replacing the grips. The old grips were cut off with a Stanley knife. The bar ends remove very easily to allow the new grips to be slid on. They are a tight fit so I didn't bother with glue.
The left grip I had the wire coming out under the bar as shown here so it wouldnt get in the way of the passing light switch.
The right grip I had the wire go out over the top so it wouldn't get in the way of using the brake whatever the position of the throttle.
After much umming and ahhing and wanting to use muffs as well I decided to fit the controller on the inside of the right fairing just in front of the tank. I placed a cable tie through the back of the cable clip that was nearby in preparation so if the double sided tape failed on the controller it wouldn't fall far. On the subject of double sided tape, the piece that comes with the grips is thin and not ideal for this location which is not completely flat, I'd recommend using some different tape that was thicker and better suited for the purpose.
I trimmed back the sleeving to the controller to help with routing the cables, but then found that Oxford had cable joins under the sleeving so had to wrap it all up again in tape.
Controller fixed in place.
I had decided I was going to fit the Oxford grips to the OEM heated grip connector located behind the left fairing to the right of the battery. This connector already had a male fitting to the female socket, but without any pins.
I removed two of the rubber plugs from the male side of the connector corresponding with the black wire (earth) and black/green wire (live when engine is running).
Each wire was then trimmed and connected to pins I had bought off ebay.
All very satisfactory in the end.
Here's a picture that better shows the location.