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Old Jan 24, 2025 | 06:41 PM
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I have a 2006 Ultra Classic CVO. O Opened the Batwing and tipped the fairing to install a left side heated grip.
It is internal wired inside the handle bar.

I have the passing lamps hanging from the grips while I button up the fairing and reassemble the Batwing cover.
This means the Day Maker LED lamp is to be plugged back in.

The blinkers work, nothing else lights up. Not the passing lights or the low and high beams.
on the dash the switch for the spot light reacts normally. Off when high beam is switch in, on when low beam is switched in.

So my question is…….If the big chrome fixtures holding the blinkers and passing lamps are hanging unattached to the forks, does that mean the ground is not present AND the lights affected will burn once the Batwing cover is back on and the fixtures are bolted onto the forks?

I want to check for power, I could have blown a fuse leaving the one male connector unprotected and loose.
The three conductors how do I test for power?

Also I failed to take a pic when I opened the BatWing prior to unplugging any of the connectors.
From the pic attached, is there just one pig tail that gets connected? The one for the Day Maker is obvious. Will tge other two just lay inside the fairing being not plugged into anything? It has been a couple weeks since I started this, and as I didn’t take a photo, I am not able to do the right thing.

I DO NOT see any harness connection that is empty looking into the fairing complication of wires!

I hate to button everything up then still have no lighting.



 
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Old Jan 24, 2025 | 07:54 PM
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Just called whom I bought the bkie from and installed the Day Maker.
He said one plug plugs into the back of another.
gotta look tomorrow.
 
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Old Jan 25, 2025 | 02:31 PM
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I found that two of the new connectors were slotted to receive each other, tge third mated to the Day Maker head lamp.
And yes the last piece to make tge passing lights burn was attaching them to the fork mounts.

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