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I've had a few people pm me asking about this mod, so I'm going to do a little post. Follow the link to see what it looks like all done.
http://rides.webshots.com/video/3093...03299774JaEGkV
I did this a while ago so some of the pictures aren't perfect but you should get the general idea. I had to take apart what was done so I could show the steps so bare with the pictures.
First thing you'll need to do is take off your turn signals and take them apart to get the bulb sockets out. I've relocated mine so I could get bigger bags but you should be able to figure it out. Once you get them off you'll have to take out the screws holding the little bar across the base of the socket. Once that is off you'll be able to pull the socket, wires, and rubber boot all out of the signal housing.
Once you get the socket out you can take it to your local autoparts store and they should be able to find you one similar, but with two contacts in the bottom like this...
I got mine at NAPA, sorry I don't have a part number, I also had to solder the little ground straps from the old sockets onto my new ones.
Next put your signals back together, you'll have one new wire that you didn't have before, run it up along the turn signal wire to the under seat area. You'll need red lenses to put on the signals also, like these...
You'll need to figure out which wire is the "bright" element of the bulb, I did this by just touching each wire to the + batter terminal and labeling them, left bright, right bright and "dim". The two dim ones you can hook together, those are your tail lights. Take the Left and right Bright lights and hook them back up to your turn signal wires, make sure the turn signals work, if they don't stop here and fix them. you should have something like this...
You can see that I just crimped the old bullets back on my new wires with some barrel connectors.
Now get yourself one of these, its a trailer light converter for hooking up a 4 wire trailer to a 6 wire, or "independent" turn signal car. you can see the part number, I'm sure other brands will work just as well.
In my case I found I didn't need the "ground" wire or the "tail light" input wire, so I cut them off to get rid of the extra tangle. Green is right turn, yellow is left turn, and red is brake. The side with the brake wire is the "input" side. I believe these colors are standard but make sure you check the diagram that comes with your doo-dad.
You can see in the picture that I crimped bullets on mine, I did this so I could go back to "factory" if I had problems on the road or if I ever sold the bike. You could also solder and shrinkwrap or use barrel connectors if you wanted to, make your own call
Now plug the adapter into your turn signal wiring, the bullets on mine made it easy....Make sure your blinkers work, if not troubleshoot now and fix them now.
Ok, so you turn on the bike and what, it looks like this..
Still no running or brake lights, bummer.
That is where this thing comes in, I was able to find a plug that matched the one that runs to the stock tail/brake/license plate light at a local electronics store. I got it and cut it apart and made my splices in the middle, this allows me to easily go back stock if I need/want to. Mine is a bit more complicated then yours because I also run a brake light modulator.
Again you can use whatever method you choose, the important splices are...
The red "brake" input for your adapter needs to hook to the center, yellow wire of the three pin connector. This is the brake light wire. Don't just cut the wire because it also still needs to be connected to the large, center brake light, you need to "tap" it so it connects to both.
The left over wire from your signals, the "dim" element needs to hook to the blue wire in the three pin connector, this is the tail light wire
Now turn on the bike and see if everything works, should look like the video at the beginning of this post.
If it works, tuck it all away nice and neat, I tucked mine into the space between the plastic mud guard and the battery, you can also see my brake light modulator in there.
Now have one of these and enjoy your new lights...
Hope this helps....
http://rides.webshots.com/video/3093...03299774JaEGkV
I did this a while ago so some of the pictures aren't perfect but you should get the general idea. I had to take apart what was done so I could show the steps so bare with the pictures.
First thing you'll need to do is take off your turn signals and take them apart to get the bulb sockets out. I've relocated mine so I could get bigger bags but you should be able to figure it out. Once you get them off you'll have to take out the screws holding the little bar across the base of the socket. Once that is off you'll be able to pull the socket, wires, and rubber boot all out of the signal housing.
Once you get the socket out you can take it to your local autoparts store and they should be able to find you one similar, but with two contacts in the bottom like this...
I got mine at NAPA, sorry I don't have a part number, I also had to solder the little ground straps from the old sockets onto my new ones.
Next put your signals back together, you'll have one new wire that you didn't have before, run it up along the turn signal wire to the under seat area. You'll need red lenses to put on the signals also, like these...
You'll need to figure out which wire is the "bright" element of the bulb, I did this by just touching each wire to the + batter terminal and labeling them, left bright, right bright and "dim". The two dim ones you can hook together, those are your tail lights. Take the Left and right Bright lights and hook them back up to your turn signal wires, make sure the turn signals work, if they don't stop here and fix them. you should have something like this...
You can see that I just crimped the old bullets back on my new wires with some barrel connectors.
Now get yourself one of these, its a trailer light converter for hooking up a 4 wire trailer to a 6 wire, or "independent" turn signal car. you can see the part number, I'm sure other brands will work just as well.
In my case I found I didn't need the "ground" wire or the "tail light" input wire, so I cut them off to get rid of the extra tangle. Green is right turn, yellow is left turn, and red is brake. The side with the brake wire is the "input" side. I believe these colors are standard but make sure you check the diagram that comes with your doo-dad.
You can see in the picture that I crimped bullets on mine, I did this so I could go back to "factory" if I had problems on the road or if I ever sold the bike. You could also solder and shrinkwrap or use barrel connectors if you wanted to, make your own call
Now plug the adapter into your turn signal wiring, the bullets on mine made it easy....Make sure your blinkers work, if not troubleshoot now and fix them now.
Ok, so you turn on the bike and what, it looks like this..
Still no running or brake lights, bummer.
That is where this thing comes in, I was able to find a plug that matched the one that runs to the stock tail/brake/license plate light at a local electronics store. I got it and cut it apart and made my splices in the middle, this allows me to easily go back stock if I need/want to. Mine is a bit more complicated then yours because I also run a brake light modulator.
Again you can use whatever method you choose, the important splices are...
The red "brake" input for your adapter needs to hook to the center, yellow wire of the three pin connector. This is the brake light wire. Don't just cut the wire because it also still needs to be connected to the large, center brake light, you need to "tap" it so it connects to both.
The left over wire from your signals, the "dim" element needs to hook to the blue wire in the three pin connector, this is the tail light wire
Now turn on the bike and see if everything works, should look like the video at the beginning of this post.
If it works, tuck it all away nice and neat, I tucked mine into the space between the plastic mud guard and the battery, you can also see my brake light modulator in there.
Now have one of these and enjoy your new lights...
Hope this helps....
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