I wired mine (fused) direct to the battery. I like to able to charge stuff when the bike is parked.

 

I would think it would be a lot easier to just get an adapter for the cigarette lighter.

 

thankfully a cig port is nice to have(as soon as its fixed). all i would need is a cheap adapter.

 

Or you could do something like this.

Seems like a whole lot of effort needlessly, especially considering many guys already have a trickle charger pigtail on their battery. Since the connector is there for trickle charger anyway, then why not get additional functionality out of it?

Here is but one example but there are many on the market.

http://www.harley-davidson.com/store...VxwaAraX8P8HAQ

 

Another thing is to think differently about the solution to a problem.

Some of you recall I broke down on the way home from the last Evo meetup. On top of the breakdown, my cell phone was nearly dead and barely had enough power left to call for help.

Besides fixing my bike, after that incident, I decided I also needed to address the nearly dead phone problem.

I was going to add a USB port or some kind of charging set up. Then I got to thinking that my bike is not the oldest thing I ride / drive. My car is a 1981 model, so it might leave me somewhere one day. Also, even though my Jeep is new, where I go with it, I don't need roads. Maybe one day I will get stuck in it somewhere or I will roll it over.

Ultimately, I bought a case for my phone that increases the battery capacity by 150%

It was expensive but works so well that I can go a long time before needing to charge my phone even with heavy usage.

The company is called Mophie.

http://www.mophie.com/

Just throwing that out there as an alternative way of tackling a problem.

 

 

I did exactly what you are proposing. I tied into the orange wire to the cig lighter. Drilled the hole on the right side of the inner fairing. Can't see it unless you are looking for it. Works great.

 

Thanks to everyone for the comments. After looking at the wiring diagram I noticed that there should be a pigtail for the lighter off the power plug for the radio. I will tie in there, put the port in the inner fairing, and I will be good to go. As for those who suggested that I should just use the lighter, this is a classic not an ultra, so it doesn't have a lighter. The diagram suggests that the plug should be available, so as soon as the temp gets above zero I am going to check it out. Spring is coming, so riding season is around the corner, yeehah!

 

I was just looking at that today, too!