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Oct 24, 2013 | 03:32 PM

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Matt K

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Originally Posted by xwhyz1959

Easiest thing to do, would be to get a volt meter, and see which leads are hot. Then switch to hi beam, and check again.

i have the bike disassembled at the moment, in order to do this, i need to have the ignition switched to on and test the 4 wires coming from the main harness, correct?

Oct 24, 2013 | 04:44 PM

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i have the bike disassembled at the moment, in order to do this, i need to have the ignition switched to on and test the 4 wires coming from the main harness, correct?

Yes. Make sure you don't let any bare wire ends ground out, or you'll be popping fuses.

Oct 24, 2013 | 05:43 PM

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Black is usally ground, so wire the two from the head light to black on the bike.
it is pretty common to have seperate ground to high and low.
Second the vom.

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Oct 24, 2013 | 06:07 PM

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The o/w is for a position light (whatever that is) on international bikes yea tape it off

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Oct 24, 2013 | 09:47 PM

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i'm sorry guys. im a little confused. so I'll tape off the connection to the O/W wire. Then I'll plug white into white, yellow into yellow and black into black but then I'm left with a second black one.

How do I know which black one to plug into the plug and what do i do with the second black one that doesnt get plugged in?

Oct 25, 2013 | 05:02 AM

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Black is usally ground, so wire the two from the head light to black on the bike.
it is pretty common to have seperate ground to high and low.
Second the vom.

Did you read this post?

Oct 25, 2013 | 04:21 PM

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Did you read this post?

I did. I just don't get it. So I splice the two black into the once black then white to white and yellow into yellow and leave o/w open?

Oct 25, 2013 | 05:24 PM

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I did. I just don't get it. So I splice the two black into the once black then white to white and yellow into yellow and leave o/w open?

Yep,
To test take your light over to your battery and test it touch the yellow to + both black to - then check the white on +
That or you can use an ohm meter to check continuity.
Yellow black
White black
You should get a pretty high reading.

Last edited by Harleycruiser; Oct 25, 2013 at 05:29 PM.