07 Apex handwarmer question
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I replaced my 06 grips with the RX1 grips like Thistle did, works AWESOME. Usually all I need is 2 bars for toasty hands. Only draw back is you lose some of the hook on the bars, I cut mine so that there was just a little hook left and mounted the grips slightly wider.
The Update bars for the 06 Apex that we got in the recall had some sort of cross over wiring with them.
Dont use the expanding foam, heard bad things, you can buy the same thing in a non expanding foam, I tried it on my cat and saw ok results.
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WesG
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OK I finally got moved into the house and a kitchen pass to go out to the sled. I use the updated wiring harness from the yami update with the 06 grips. Here is all the info from ty4stroke.com
http://www.ty4stroke.com/viewtopic....order=asc&highlight=apex+hand+warmers&start=0
If you do use this, I would not turn them up over half way just to be safe, trust me you will not need more.
Wes
OK I finally got moved into the house and a kitchen pass to go out to the sled. I use the updated wiring harness from the yami update with the 06 grips. Here is all the info from ty4stroke.com
http://www.ty4stroke.com/viewtopic....order=asc&highlight=apex+hand+warmers&start=0
If you do use this, I would not turn them up over half way just to be safe, trust me you will not need more.
Wes
With the updated harness and the early '06 bars(Or any pre-'06), you are doing what is referred to as the "Rockerdan Mod".
Credited rightfully to the guy that came up with it.
You are actually changing the grip wiring FROM series TO Parallel.
(NOT to series)
The only problem(s) I have with this mod is that it is NOT foolproof.
You literally can melt the grips right off the sled with setting them to full and walking away.
The magneto is very close to maxed on these sleds, so you can easily overload the magneto causing a serious voltage drop.
When the voltage drops, the ECU automatically increases the pulse width to the fuel injectors to compensate (most any EFI system does this), at the same time the spark energy drops causing a serious risk of fire in the exhaust.
The mod sometimes causes the ECU clock to malfunction, but I haven't seen or heard of any direct ECU failures from it.
You can draw more current from the electrical system, but NOT indefinitely.
There is a definite limit to what you can draw before you risk damage to your sled.
Hope this helps!
Credited rightfully to the guy that came up with it.
You are actually changing the grip wiring FROM series TO Parallel.
(NOT to series)
The only problem(s) I have with this mod is that it is NOT foolproof.
You literally can melt the grips right off the sled with setting them to full and walking away.
The magneto is very close to maxed on these sleds, so you can easily overload the magneto causing a serious voltage drop.
When the voltage drops, the ECU automatically increases the pulse width to the fuel injectors to compensate (most any EFI system does this), at the same time the spark energy drops causing a serious risk of fire in the exhaust.
The mod sometimes causes the ECU clock to malfunction, but I haven't seen or heard of any direct ECU failures from it.
You can draw more current from the electrical system, but NOT indefinitely.
There is a definite limit to what you can draw before you risk damage to your sled.
Hope this helps!
