speedkills
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I was looking for a way to have both headlights on instead one of only one on for LOW and the other for HI (and I was tired of being told I had a light out) when I came across a post where "GatorBuell" explained exactly how to rewire the harness to make it work.
I followed his instructions, taking pictures along the way.
Here's his instructions (with minor changes by me) and my pictures.
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HEADLIGHT MOD
TIME TO COMPLETE: 15 minutes
COST: $0.00
STEP 1. Remove your windshield from the headlight bucket of the bike.
STEP 2. Find the socket for the headlight harness. Its white and has 4 wires in it:
black, yellow, white, orange.
STEP 3. Unplug the socket. (you will be working on the male end of the socket)
STEP 4. On the back side of the socket (the end with the wires running into it) there is a clip on the plug itself that holds the wires in.
Unclasp it from one side and fold it open.
The black is a ground, the yellow is low beam, white is high beam, and orange is for the running light.
You are going to switch the yellow with the orange wires in the harness.
***If the colors are different on your harness swap the two that are not white or black***
STEP 5. To do this use a small pointed object (I used a very very small nail)
5a. Stick it in the male end forcing the wire out.
You may have to tug on the wire some wile pushing to get them out.
5b. It was a little difficult to get them out but not impossible to do so.
See plug detail below (thanks to PDXBuell).
5c. You may have to remove more than just the orange and yellow wires in order to have room to move the wires depending on your harness.
STEP 6. Replace the wires into the plug, swapping the position of the yellow and orange wires.
The new order should be:
black, orange, white, yellow.
Plug the harness back together.
STEP 7. Test the lights.
When you are on LOW BEAM you should have only one light on as usual.
On HIGH BEAM both lights should be illuminated.
I followed his instructions, taking pictures along the way.
Here's his instructions (with minor changes by me) and my pictures.
________________________________
HEADLIGHT MOD
TIME TO COMPLETE: 15 minutes
COST: $0.00
STEP 1. Remove your windshield from the headlight bucket of the bike.
STEP 2. Find the socket for the headlight harness. Its white and has 4 wires in it:
black, yellow, white, orange.
STEP 3. Unplug the socket. (you will be working on the male end of the socket)
STEP 4. On the back side of the socket (the end with the wires running into it) there is a clip on the plug itself that holds the wires in.
Unclasp it from one side and fold it open.
The black is a ground, the yellow is low beam, white is high beam, and orange is for the running light.
You are going to switch the yellow with the orange wires in the harness.
***If the colors are different on your harness swap the two that are not white or black***
STEP 5. To do this use a small pointed object (I used a very very small nail)
5a. Stick it in the male end forcing the wire out.
You may have to tug on the wire some wile pushing to get them out.
5b. It was a little difficult to get them out but not impossible to do so.
See plug detail below (thanks to PDXBuell).
5c. You may have to remove more than just the orange and yellow wires in order to have room to move the wires depending on your harness.
STEP 6. Replace the wires into the plug, swapping the position of the yellow and orange wires.
The new order should be:
black, orange, white, yellow.
Plug the harness back together.
STEP 7. Test the lights.
When you are on LOW BEAM you should have only one light on as usual.
On HIGH BEAM both lights should be illuminated.
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