Hey Fellas

Im installing a clear alternatives tailight on my 14R and want to make sure I am hooking up the signal part correctly. Its says to splice the turn signal wire with the positive wire on the signal lamp on the bike and my choices are black and yellow which I think is the negative and green which I think is the positive can anyone confirm this to be correct?

Thanks
Snuffy

This is self confirmation:

1. I want a test light to check a hot/dead/ground wire.
2. I want to find my j-box that has all the same wire colors, meaning, someplace the wire harness has all the grounds attached to one eye. That eye is now the main ground wire color.
3. I want to find my generic ground-wire junction-box to the 12 volt ground wires.
4. I do not want to mix up a 12 volt ground main eyelet from a 5 volt ground eyelet.
5. If I look at the shop manual's wire diagram, I can follow a j-box ground wire from a winker is a 12v ground wire color.
6. If I follow a sensor ground, I may follow those to another j-box, find that junction of wires to be the 5v ground of the wire harness having a different ground reading of the wire color.
7. When I run lights and accessories, I want to bleed off the ground wire of the winkers, for example.
8. I am going to read my rear winker wires:
a. Look key there! I see 6 wires I see 4.
b. I see 6. There has to be 2 wires that match and that says ground.
c. I see 4 wires remaining. I can see at the front we match a ground for ground; I see 3 wires say 2 winkers at the rear and I am working the front left winker wires.
d. I've narrowed down 4 wires. 1) Ground. 2)Left winker fr/rr. 3)A front [left] running light matching the front right winker's running light.
f. I have concluded 2 rear winker wires on the left are a ground and the left turn wire matching the front color.
gee. It's too boring to just say Blk/y tracer is ground, the other is hot if you click on the turn signal switch to that direction.

As if looking at the taillight connector. Do we count 3 wires?
1. A ground wire is blk/y, right?
2. A constant hot wire is the running light, found by using a test light.
3. A brake switch has to set the other wire off as this is the stop light wire.

It gets easier if you think 2 wire or 3 wires. 3 says an easy taillight wire combo. The 2 wire is really 4 wires without a running light or that makes 6 wires is the combo. Right now, you are working with 2 wires. How simple did this conclude to, confirming your 2 wires?

Snuff,

Here's what I found out so far for the 14R.

Tail Light
Red – Brake Light
Black/Yellow Stripe – Ground
Blue/Red Stripe – Running Light

Turn Signals (sitting on bike)
L
Green – Turn Signals
Black/ Yellow Stripe – Ground
R
Gray – Turn Signals
Black/ Yellow Stripe – Ground

Dan

Thanks Guys
I figured it out last night but thanks so much for the replies they are much appriciated.
Snuffy

After looking at the electrical diagram schematic on page 589 of the service manual:

Tail Light
Red – Running Light (this is also connected to the license plate light)
Black/Yellow Stripe – Ground
Blue/Red Stripe – Brake Light

Turn Signals (sitting on bike)
L
Green – Turn Signals
Black/ Yellow Stripe – Ground
R
Gray – Turn Signals
Black/ Yellow Stripe – Ground

Change - Tail light - red wire - running light and blue/red stripe - brake light

Trying to keep it correct.

Sorry,
Dan

Nothing to be Sorry About Dan Thanks for the info...

I see you found the service manual I left on your thread....Glad your putting it to good use!

Thanks Again
Snuffy

Snuffy, by any chance did you get a SMOKED tail lens? If so, how bright is it compared to stock? Thanks for any help.

Hey KAK

No I installed a clear lense on my 14R but I had a blue tinted lense on my 07 14 and it was just fine not to dark.

Snuffy

Hey KAK

No I installed a clear lense on my 14R but I had a blue tinted lense on my 07 14 and it was just fine not to dark.

Anytime Kak...I Love Her To Bits!!!!

* Last updated by: SnuffyZX on 3/9/2012 @ 3:33 PM *