bd43's 07 Headlight Mod Part 2

[n1one]

I also bought Daryl's wire harness!

I got in the mail a day or two ago, It is very nicely made!

I plan to install the harness next Friday!...I can't wait.

It's people like Daryl that make this site worth reading everyday!

I will report back next weekend when I finish the install!

[Stumbles06]

Originally Posted by n1one

It's people like Daryl that make this site worth reading everyday!

Completely agree Bill, I got my harness in the mail yesterday, will be fitting it today

I'm impressed with the harness, and the speed of delivery... From Canada to Aus in 8 days... Not bad at all.

Thanks Daryl. Will report back with pics this arvo... hopefully.

[SkinTeck]

I have to agree, it does look stupid (when only left side lit) and i have been thinking of modding my FZ6 aswell, to have the both bulbs lighting when on lowbeam, but i came across one thing, and ill try to explain it, even tho my english aint that great! Here goes nothing:

The left-side "glass" that haves the bulb inside, haves a marking "HR", and the right one haves a marking "HC".. As far as i know (which can be totally wrong), this means "Close" and "Range" and the glass should have marking "HCR" to use both, low- and high-beam bulb, as in finland ive heard people got fined for modding their bike lights...

But i dont know if this is right, i came across this when i was searching for info on how to mod the lightning (thanks for the great pic's and explanations by the way!!!)

[Stumbles06]

Ok, job done. My bike now has 20/20 vision.. lol

All up, about 55 minutes, (I should have gone for a ride and used up some of the gas...lol).
Only took about 5 mins to thread the wire through the frame and connect it up, all the rest of the time is just removing the tank, airbox.. etc.

Works great, just waiting for it to get dark now so I can go test it out



Bugga, forgot to take pics.. Will do that when it gets dark.

Thanks again Daryl, a great service you are doing for this community. Greatly appreciated.

You rock mate...

[Erci]

Originally Posted by SkinTeck

I have to agree, it does look stupid (when only left side lit) and i have been thinking of modding my FZ6 aswell, to have the both bulbs lighting when on lowbeam, but i came across one thing, and ill try to explain it, even tho my english aint that great! Here goes nothing:

The left-side "glass" that haves the bulb inside, haves a marking "HR", and the right one haves a marking "HC".. As far as i know (which can be totally wrong), this means "Close" and "Range" and the glass should have marking "HCR" to use both, low- and high-beam bulb, as in finland ive heard people got fined for modding their bike lights...

But i dont know if this is right, i came across this when i was searching for info on how to mod the lightning (thanks for the great pic's and explanations by the way!!!)

Yes, the right light will not work nearly as well as left one in "low beam" mode because the reflector is only set up for "high beam". It will still give you more light than just having the left light on and it certainly is more visible.
No idea about the fine thing.. definitely not an issue with this mod in the States.

[n1one]

Daryl,

Well I had some time today while the wife was napping, so I rushed to mow the lawn.....so I could install the harness.

30 minutes...no problem. I only loosened the air box and pulled it back a little to make room to pull the battery holder forward enough to get to the connector harness where the wire was to be inserted. Very easy and installs in a snap!

I love the way it looks..no more "your light is out" comments!

Thank you Daryl, I would recommend not only the mod, but also doing business with you!

[pjaco]

My first post here.
Thanks bd43 for sending the wire to me.
Greate mod and the bike looking much better.

[cv_rider]

Got the cable on Friday, finished up install at lunch today (I'm doing it in support of the dual bi-xenon mod). As everyone says, BD43's cable is a nice piece of work. One "feature request" for this cable would be to insert a quick-connect in the middle of it. As it is now, if you wanted to fully remove the fairing, you'd have to remove BD43's cable from the headlight, and unthread it all the way back through the run of cables that goes along the left edge of the fairing. I clipped the cable in half, added a male-female connector set on each end of my cut, so that now BD43's cable can be disconnected at the same point as the two other runs of cables that go from the chassis to the fairing.

I managed to get it installed without messing with the airbox, as a recommendation half way through this long thread suggested. The airbox removal/install seems to be a PITA for some, but if you don't remove it, you also can't remove the battery box, which leads to limited access for handling the connector that is inside the rubber boot. I couldn't get good access to the back of the male connector where BD43's cable is supposed to go. It seemed like there was no possible way I was going to manage to thread BD43's cable into the proper slot of that connector. I was just kind of poking it around in various random places hoping to get lucky, because I couldn't see where it was going. As frustration mounted, I was just about to resort to loud cussing and kicking my cat around, when it suddenly and miraculously had engaged in the correct slot. When I pushed it forward into its slot, it made the most beautiful clicking sound as it snapped into position. I was sure glad that while messing with trying to get it in the right slot, I wasn't working with some hacked-up pin I'd made myself, with the uncertainty of it would stay in its socket properly.

Outside of that, the only issue I had was while I was screwing the battery cover back on, the negative battery lead cable (still loose at this point) had gotten under the head of the battery cover bolt, unbeknowst to me. As I screwed down on that bolt, it ripped open the insulation on the negative battery cable. I noticed and put electrical tape around it, but it's scary to think of what untraceable intermittent problems I may have had had I not noticed that and the cable was occassionally shorting to something.

[Erci]

Originally Posted by cv_rider

One "feature request" for this cable would be to insert a quick-connect in the middle of it. As it is now, if you wanted to fully remove the fairing, you'd have to remove BD43's cable from the headlight, and unthread it all the way back through the run of cables that goes along the left edge of the fairing. I clipped the cable in half, added a male-female connector set on each end of my cut, so that now BD43's cable can be disconnected at the same point as the two other runs of cables that go from the chassis to the fairing.

Yup.. I did exactly the same thing. And Daryl told me he did the same thing on his as well. Very simple to add a connector there.

[racebrooks]

Finished the bd43 mod this morning and it came out sweeeeet. Thanks Daryl