Blue accessory connector inside of the Canadian market headlight bucket?

[vintagegarage]

The CT125s in the Japanese market have had a blue connector inside of the headlight bucket, while the Trail 125 in the USA market does not. That connecter is used for various options, including the Honda USB socket, and also the Honda OEM grip heaters. Has anyone from Canada looked inside their headlight bucket to see if that blue connector is in there? I have a set of Honda OEM grip heaters and their mounting kit sitting on the shelf and am not sure what to do with them.
Here is the kit to install the grip heaters and it connects to the blue connector in the headlight bucket:

This video shows the blue connector in the Japanese market:

 

[CB Spoolmak]

New 2023 owner here in Canada. Just looked inside head light bucket, blue connector present & accounted for just like in the video.

 

[vintagegarage]

CB Spoolmak, Thanks.. that is the first report I have heard about the blue connector from Canada. That means the OEM grip heaters are plug and play for you. Not for us in the USA unfortunately. So besides getting the rear rack with the 4 extra accessory mounting points and the Thai/Japanese shift pattern, all the 12V accessories from Japan are also plug and play through that blue connector for you.

 

[Big Ruckus 06]

The shift pattern in Thai, Japanese bikes is a blast to drive.No problem shifting toe and heel.I especially like coming to a complete stop in 4 th gear and toe down to neutral.The American shift pattern. would be much harder to drive.

 

[vintagegarage]

I guess we highjacked the thread. Let's try to get back to discussing the blue connector. One reply on the Canadian, Thai, Japanese shift pattern before we do.
Guys with big feet should try shifting "toe and toe", it works great if you have big feet too.. much better than chopping off the rear pad on the shifter: If you try it for four rides, you might not go back, or at least you will have the technique in your bag if the top of your toes get sore, (or if you want to wear flip-flops.. LOL)

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[Flash]

The Blue connector is in the Canadian JA65 model. It is handy if you only want one option. Heated grips or power to dash cig plug. I used mine to power grip heat and ran a secondary keyed hot from center console to power cig plug. Splicing was required as that got busy as well.All depends on what you want to power up. 190 watt alternator is a nice new spec..

 

[George]

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[TurkeyTaster]

The Blue connector is in the Canadian JA65 model. It is handy if you only want one option. Heated grips or power to dash cig plug. I used mine to power grip heat and ran a secondary keyed hot from center console to power cig plug. Splicing was required as that got busy as well.All depends on what you want to power up. 190 watt alternator is a nice new spec..

What connector did you use for the blue headlight accessory plug? Are you using the OEM heated grips harness?

 

[tumblingdice54]

I have the Canadian model. I installed a USB plug and play kit yesterday but the kit I bought from China did not have a connector for anything other than the headlight. I bought the one that Mancave Mayhem on YouTube recommended. So the USB works fine and I still have the blue connector available for heated grips. One thing I did find out is it is very easy to strip the threading where the two headlight screws go into the bracket. I had to use different screws and washers to reattach the headlight but it worked out fine in the end.

 

[TurkeyTaster]

I have the Canadian model. I installed a USB plug and play kit yesterday but the kit I bought from China did not have a connector for anything other than the headlight. I bought the one that Mancave Mayhem on YouTube recommended. So the USB works fine and I still have the blue connector available for heated grips. One thing I did find out is it is very easy to strip the threading where the two headlight screws go into the bracket. I had to use different screws and washers to reattach the headlight but it worked out fine in the end.

I've got my Canadian one set up with aftermarket heated grip covers (Oxford HotGrips) and would like to use the headlight connector for keyed power to the grip warmers and my USB charger, instead of wiring them directly to the battery as I do now. Having a heck of a time figuring out what the connector is. I could order the grip warmer attachment kit from Honda but it's expensive and I only need that one connector to the blue accessory connector in the headlight.

 

[TurkeyTaster]

I think I found it. The accessory socket in the headlight of the JA65 Trail 125 appears to be a "HM 090 2 pin" waterproof connector. I can't believe it.

 

[Dia1Up]

I think it's as simple as; There are CT125s in USA, and the CT125s in the rest of the world. (Although apparently Japan got wide-band sensors this year). The shift pattern being THE reason afaik. USA has laws that say up is up, and down is down for motorcycle transmissions. The rest of the world doesn't. Hence the weird backwards rotory transmission cubs have everywhere but USA

I'm really really really tempted to buy the Gear shift indicator/clock from Japan and put it on my Canadian CT, and apparently heated grips now heh