poor lighting 2010 heritage
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poor lighting 2010 heritage
Anybody try wiring their heritage passing lights to stay on with the bright? The low lamp is poor to say the least and the side lamps are not much help.Any good upgrades on the main bulb itself? Thanks.
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A added a 40 amp relay, separate circuit, so the passing lamps can be on with hi and low beam. If other things are added they can also be part of the relay circuit.
It was mentioned before that their is a wire available for this. Did not see one on my bike.
It was mentioned before that their is a wire available for this. Did not see one on my bike.
Last edited by KumaRide; May 31, 2010 at 12:07 AM.
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Have you thought that maybe your lights are out of alignment? Have someone ride in front of you....if they can't see your lights or they look "dim" I bet they aren't aligned correctly...that was my issue when my bike was new....which wasn't discovered until a friend was in front of me and noticed the "dim lights". There are many upgrade options however with bulbs... some better than others...some a waste of money.
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Here is the diode option. I have six of the made up if anyone is interested.
2-6A Motorola diodes
1-High current 1/4" spade
12" @ teflon wire
1-crimp terminal
several inches of heat shrink.
You access the switch for the lights. On my Heritage it's on the back left fork cover behind the headlight.
Remove the wire from the switch that goes to the headlight. On my Heritage it is yellow. Make sure it is the one to the headlight.
Cut the plug off and slide a piece of heat shrink (included) over the wire. Then strip and crimp into the connector on the diode pack. Slide the heat shrink over the crimped fitting and shrink it.
Plug the diode pack onto the spade that the yellow wire came off of.
Now run the wire from the diode pack up to the headlight. Splice it into the High beam wire. On my Heritage it is white. I cut the white wire so I could get a piece of heat shrink on the wire. Then used a bare butt splice to crimp everything together. Slide the heat shrink over the crimped fitting and shrink it.
You can still turn the lights off but they will be on with the Hi beam or Lo beam. The diodes isolate the high and low beam while allowing the driving lights to stay on.
Everything has double heat shrink.
It takes about 1 hour to do the install.
I've run this on my Heritage for over 5000 miles with no problem and I have the high intensity headlamp bulb.
2-6A Motorola diodes
1-High current 1/4" spade
12" @ teflon wire
1-crimp terminal
several inches of heat shrink.
You access the switch for the lights. On my Heritage it's on the back left fork cover behind the headlight.
Remove the wire from the switch that goes to the headlight. On my Heritage it is yellow. Make sure it is the one to the headlight.
Cut the plug off and slide a piece of heat shrink (included) over the wire. Then strip and crimp into the connector on the diode pack. Slide the heat shrink over the crimped fitting and shrink it.
Plug the diode pack onto the spade that the yellow wire came off of.
Now run the wire from the diode pack up to the headlight. Splice it into the High beam wire. On my Heritage it is white. I cut the white wire so I could get a piece of heat shrink on the wire. Then used a bare butt splice to crimp everything together. Slide the heat shrink over the crimped fitting and shrink it.
You can still turn the lights off but they will be on with the Hi beam or Lo beam. The diodes isolate the high and low beam while allowing the driving lights to stay on.
Everything has double heat shrink.
It takes about 1 hour to do the install.
I've run this on my Heritage for over 5000 miles with no problem and I have the high intensity headlamp bulb.
Last edited by wlbowers; Jun 1, 2010 at 01:15 AM.
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Not to jack the thread, but I'm considering replacing my spots with 3 1/2" lights that take the H4 with hi/lo beams. Shouldn't be too hard to wire I'd think, and it should put out a lot more light on high beam.
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I agree the stock headlamps suck. Does this diode thing increase the light output of the aux lights or just allow them to be on with the bright headlamp. If it's just the latter I can't see them helping that much.
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My 09 flstc should have the same lights as your 10, and I've never found any problem with them after spending an hour or two getting them set just right. But head to the Harley shop or Ebay and you'll find lots of options if you need a little more.