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Today I modified my headlight wiring to have a pulsating beam instead of the steady, I figured it would be one more defensive weapon against the army of geriatrics driving in cages around my part of the country...
I connected a simple 12 v. 2-prong flasher in line on the low beam wire, between the light bulb and the connector to the rest of the wiring harness.
It took me 15 minutes and less than $3 in parts. I ride on low-beam during the day and hi beam at night. The additional advantage comes with the fact that our bikes have the reserve lighting system: when the flasher cuts-off the low beam, the reserve lighting kicks in and lights up the hi-beam, then the low beam comes back on and the hi goes off. The light actually switches between hi and lo beam instead of just flashing the lo beam.
I know I have the XS850 and not the 1100, but I think that the non-ignition part of the electrical wiring is the same: hi-beam wire is yellow, lo-beam is green and ground is black.
I can email the wiring graphic for this procedure to whoever needs it, just contact me.
I connected a simple 12 v. 2-prong flasher in line on the low beam wire, between the light bulb and the connector to the rest of the wiring harness.
It took me 15 minutes and less than $3 in parts. I ride on low-beam during the day and hi beam at night. The additional advantage comes with the fact that our bikes have the reserve lighting system: when the flasher cuts-off the low beam, the reserve lighting kicks in and lights up the hi-beam, then the low beam comes back on and the hi goes off. The light actually switches between hi and lo beam instead of just flashing the lo beam.
I know I have the XS850 and not the 1100, but I think that the non-ignition part of the electrical wiring is the same: hi-beam wire is yellow, lo-beam is green and ground is black.
I can email the wiring graphic for this procedure to whoever needs it, just contact me.
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