My heated gear stayed on all the time, even when the controller was off, on Mac's
ride... needless to say, I didn't use it, full blast is murder.
I called up the manufacturer and told them, they said, "you dolt, you wired it up
reverse polarity"...
I got the chance today to check... I have a PDM60 circuit breaker, so there's no
fuse on either leg of the heated gear plug, I didn't know which leg was hot and
which was ground, so I just swapped them.
Bingo! It works

Hal - I put the button you loaned me in the black bike's saddlebags, it is most
likely I'll be on the black bike next time I see you, thanks for helping me out

...
-Mike