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Old Mar 27, 2022 | 01:01 PM
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Red w/yellow tracer wire seems to be a concern:

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Wow...I feel sheepish...and I owe the shop an apology.

When I got the bike home, I immediately replaced the TP lights with LED side markers & LED bulbs 1156. Well I guess the bulbs are what's causing the constant draw on the Red w/white tracer wire. I took them out, put back the stock bulb and walla! 🤦🏻. The bulb needs to be an 1157




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lmao Ok thanks for letting us know
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Originally Posted by fastsoup
Wow...I feel sheepish...and I owe the shop an apology.

When I got the bike home, I immediately replaced the TP lights with LED side markers & LED bulbs 1156. Well I guess the bulbs are what's causing the constant draw on the Red w/white tracer wire. I took them out, put back the stock bulb and walla! 🤦🏻. The bulb needs to be an 1157




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My 04 has a brake light with a similar bulb. Wont work on signals unless you put a resistor in line with it to match the 1157.


At a certain point, Harley fixed it so its system could recognize a led and work. There's a procedure you need to do. Not sure of year or procedure..

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Originally Posted by RIPSAW
My 04 has a brake light with a similar bulb. Wont work on signals unless you put a resistor in line with it to match the 1157.


At a certain point, Harley fixed it so its system could recognize a led and work. There's a procedure you need to do. Not sure of year or procedure..

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Tour Pak lights don't work as signals...they are tail light/brake light combo...hence why me putting in a 1156 (single application) it caused the bike to draw full power (brakes on) the entire time. I just installed a set of 1157 LED'S and it works flawlessly.
 
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lmao Ok thanks for letting us know
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Of course...that's the point of this site...increase knowledge base through trial & error...or operator error in this case 🙄
 
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