Part B:

Step 5: Zip tie and enjoy!

Cheers!

 

I've found two of these connectors up in front of the headstock. One is cabled by grey & black wires, the other is cabled by green/red and black wires. I assumed these were for the heated grips (which I've ordered).

Can anyone confirm these are for the heated grips? I can't find any other unused connectors.

 

There is a white connector available for use in each switch housing just dangling free down and to the left of the shown cruise control in the photo. I assumed these were for heated grips.

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I took another look, and found two cables with green/red and black wires. So these must be for the heated grips, and the black and grey cable must be for the accessory of my choice. The schematic I have for the Indian Chief doesn't reflect this, so I hope the heated grips I have ordered will be the right ones when they arrive.

 

The photo you have posted implies the cabling is already present for the heated grips. Mine is a 2017 Chief, perhaps the later version got the cables already installed. Makes for a tidy handlebar arrangement.

 

For 2018 and up they did prewire the bars for the heated grips, before that you gotta feed the wires thru the bars.

Also to the OP, the connector changed in 2019 so while still same concept, it’s not a Delphi connector anymore. 2018 and before should be same though.

 

I put one of these on my '14 Chief, I found the exact coupler from a company called "White Products" on the web. No need to cut and splice wires except on the USB which I used the battery clamp harness I got when I bought my battery tender. It came with 3 different styles.

 

well, farkle. After what I perceived was an acceptable wiring effort (I performed the splice twice on two different Delphi male connectors), I could not get power to my device. The USB box was fine, as I was able to hook in to my regular battery port under the seat and charge my phone. Any advice why this Delphi did not have power to it?

Thanks

 

The Delphi connector you want to connect to has a grey wire with a white stripe and a black wire. You are not getting confused with the Delphi connectors for the heated grips mentioned above?

Also, power is only present when the power to the dash is active, i.e. when you switch the ignition on. If you want to be able to charge your phone without the ignition switched on, then the battery port under the seat is the way to go.

 

Thanks; I'll check again for the correct Delphi. I powered up and started the bike and confirmed that the regular SAE to battery tender brand USB was working.

EDIT while I would normally ascribe to operator error, I think I grabbed the correct mate -

I think I got red-to-red on the new wiring, and I perceive that the Delphi only goes together one direction

 

Thanks; I'll check again for the correct Delphi. I powered up and started the bike and confirmed that the regular SAE to battery tender brand USB was working.

EDIT while I would normally ascribe to operator error, I think I grabbed the correct mate -

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I think I got red-to-red on the new wiring, and I perceive that the Delphi only goes together one direction

It looks a little different to my 2017 Chief. However, the red should go to the grey wire (positive) and the black to the black wire (negative),

 

Well, this continued to bug me, and one possibility was that the Polaris factory grey wire had power, my entire bag of Delphi couplings was cross-wired, and the Battery Tender (brand) wires were correctly wired (either that or I don't know how Delphi's work).. A bad batch of couplings appears to be the situation.

I decided to risk my device and reverse the wires on my middle splice. So I have grey (factory) into black (middle splice) and then pared to red at the SAE/USB product. It now works to charge my phone - although it's red-to black and black to grey.

After adhering the USB to the back of the nascele with double-sided tape, and we have a power outlet at the front.

 

Well, this continued to bug me, and one possibility was that the Polaris factory grey wire had power, my entire bag of Delphi couplings was cross-wired, and the Battery Tender (brand) wires were correctly wired (either that or I don't know how Delphi's work).. A bad batch of couplings appears to be the situation.

I decided to risk my device and reverse the wires on my middle splice. So I have grey (factory) into black (middle splice) and then pared to red at the SAE/USB product. It now works to charge my phone - although it's red-to black and black to grey.

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After adhering the USB to the back of the nascele with double-sided tape, and we have a power outlet at the front.

Thanks, have located that plug on my '17 Dark Horse, with a switched 12v supply. I can access it without removing anything too, just put the bars full lock.

 

Check the polarity with a voltmeter or multimeter. you may have a double crossing going on there.

 

2019 doesn't have the Delphi connector referenced in the OP. This was all that I could find. It didn't appear to have any voltage running to it. Does anyone know what this is in a 2019?

 

Here's the Delphi plug before untaping it on my 2018 steel gray Chief, visible/accessible from the left side without removing anything, like the OP said. Pic2 is from the right. I think the bottom of the plug is visible, but it'd be much trickier to get at without removing things as directed by the installation instructions for the Indian power port.

 

Nope. Nothing like that on my 2019.

 

I spent a few minutes yesterday looking at my 2019 chief and came to the conclusion that the Delphi plug is being used for the headdress light and that to get to usb would need maybe a quick splice or the like into that Delphi plug.

 

After reading the various options to install a USB charging solutions on the bike, I went about by adding a SAE splitter. One end charges / maintains the battery (input) and the other end has the USB adapter that fits into the cigarette charger.

It does remain permanently on, so I used a cigarette lighter socket that didn't have any LEDs that would otherwise drain the battery.

This method should in theory work on any in any model.

The other preferred option was to connect to the little grey cable that was hidden under tape but would turn on with the ignition however I couldn't find the connectors and didn't want to cut wires and affect my warranty.

 

Thanks for doing all of the grunt work” guys - this gives me some idea of what I need to do for my 22 Chief.

KevinL

 

Hi KLong,
I'm trying to awake this post. Where did you connect your cables? I have got an CBDH 24', which should bei close to your 22'.
Thanks

 

I would also like to thank everyone for doing the grunt work. Spent several days researching the best way to do this and with what parts. I put together a little video with what I came up with. Hope it makes it easier for the next person trying to do this. I added links to the parts in the comments of the video.

Since this is my first post it's not going to let me post a link to it. You can find it on Youtube. Maybe it'll let me post a link later.
Adding USB port to 2018 Indian Chief Vintage

 

Sorry - traded the Chief for a Chieftain.