bd43's 07 Headlight Mod Part 2

[dsm90awd]

Just performed the mod on my '07. Very simple process.. took me maybe 45mins and that was being lazy and not pulling out the manual. Little shortcut: instead of fully removing the tank, can just remove the front two mounting allen bolts and pivot up and support with bungie connected to rear "oh ****" handles. Also the small black upper inner fairing ends on either side can be easily removed with one allen bolt each so to get tank to pivot w/o interfearance.

A super high quality piece and makes installation much better/cleaner than vamps/plicing. Definitely worth the coin.

With two low beams I now have better night vision, bike's faster, my confidence is up and am swarmed by chicks. Just think if I had dual high-beams

[08-FZ6]

I just ordered bd43's wiring harness. I can't wait to get it hooked up.

[Nekros]

I just ordered and recieved and installed Bd43's headlight mod and it's sweet!

It was a bit of a job getting the airbox and battery out, but it was generally straight forward and I did google it and found this article that helped.

Yamaha FZ6 Fazer S2 dual headlight mod (have both headlights on) | David Hurst

I found it great that he actually referred to Bd43 and this forum! Turns out he is another satisfied customer of Bd43 and posted how to remove the airbox and battery.

Awesome work Bd43, thanks again for the cable. After doing my Fizzer, I called my brother over and we did his together in about 20 minutes. The bikes look waaaaaay better with both bulbs on, way more balanced and professional.

A+++++++++ props to Bd43!

[bd43]

It does go pretty fast the second time around when you know what you're looking for and how things come apart.

The airbox isn't hard to remove, just have to know what needs to be detached before hauling it out. To my recollection, open and slide down the hose clamps on the 3 small hoses at the rear and one off to the right side of the box, disconnect the temp sensor connector, then holding the box on either side, wiggle and lift the box right out.

You might find some additional information here....

BD43 Web Site

[KenpoTex]

I did the mod a couple of days ago. It went pretty smooth...took me about an hour and a half. Of course, about 15-20 minutes of that was spent looking for a screw that I dropped down into the engine (one of the bolts from the 4 hose clamps on the bottom of the air box).

Went for a long ride last night at about 4 am. definitely pleased with how much nicer it is to have dual low-beams. I highly recommend this mod.

[sempul]

just finished this mod with the wire bought from bd43. this was super easy and took about 45 minutes! however i would like to make one quick suggestion; you DO NOT have to remove the inner black fairing to remove the tank. i read this some where else on here and this was the greatest idea. take the two top bolts from the tank, then remove the bottom bolt (10mm) from the tank, slide the tank back and out, stand it up (after pulling drain hoses and two wire clips), then put the bottom bolt back in and hold it up with a bungee cord. follow the rest of the excellent instructions from that point forward. i must say this saved me probably about an hour of work and didnt have to worry about damaging any of my plastics. all in all very easy. and i must say this looks awesome and i think yamaha is an idiot for ever taking this out! now i just have to wait for the sun to go down so i can see how it works!

[Stumbles06]

I have just purchased one of Daryl's wiring harnesses too. I'll finally have 2 eyes on the road, instead of winking the whole time

Yeah Sempul, makes it much easier to lift the tank by removing that bolt from the back, those little black inner cowl's are a royal pain in the butt to remove.

[sempul]

went to bike night last night here at the hooters and let me say this is AWESOME at night. i can finally see with out blinding my riding buddies with the brights on. and i can turn and still see the curve lol. i would suggest that if you own a FZ6 (and you probably do if you are reading this ) then you MUST do this. i dont care if you buy one from BD43 or make your own. this just makes your bike so much safer and looks so much better!

[bushboarder]

Originally Posted by iRoNyX

One interesting side note is that I managed to skip a few steps in the instructions. I did this mod without removing the air box and only ended up taking off 4 bolts near the battery. Basically I disconnected the battery, removed the bolts, took out the battery, and then fished around in front of the loose battery container, sliding it forward about 1/2 inch with play from the "springyness" of the air box. I managed to find and fish out the boot containing the wiring connector from the frame this way within seconds. I did the whole mod from this state and thus avoided removing the air box whatsoever - seems like maybe an option for others as well. Mine's a 2008 FZ6 so maybe that has to do with boot placement as well?

I also did this yesterday. Thanks for the tip iRoNyX, it definitely saved sometime.
Big thanks to bd43 for his quality wiring and instructions. I'm stoked to have 2 headlights going.

[Erci]

Another satisfied harness customer!!
The only thing I changed was I added another quick disconnect (Daryl-approved) in the middle of the wire (right around inner left fairing where the factory connector rests).
Mine was super easy, since it looks like previous owner had already played with battery/wiring, so when I pulled the tank up the harness was right there. I did not need to even touch the air box. I could have left the battery in place too, but it was very difficult to get enough room to route the new wire through the boot into the harness, so I did have to pull the batt out for the install.
Thanks, Daryl!!