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Hi everyone,

On a 2011 sportster with the 2 tail lights that function as run/turn/brake, would it be possible to wire just one of these to work as run/brake only?.. I've been trying to do this myself but haven't been able to figure out the correct wiring.

If possible, how would you wire it?

I have the 3 wires, black/blue/purple.

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Not sure if you can make 1 a run/brake only. kinda don't make sense to me. I ditched my lights and put a sparto taillight on the fender that is a running light only. I then put Alloy Art LED fender strut blinkers for blinkers and brake lights.
 
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Not sure if you can make 1 a run/brake only. kinda don't make sense to me. I ditched my lights and put a sparto taillight on the fender that is a running light only. I then put Alloy Art LED fender strut blinkers for blinkers and brake lights.
Just curious, but why didn't you run the sparto as your run/brake and the strut lights as just blinkers?
 
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Originally Posted by hfp3030
Hi everyone,

On a 2011 sportster with the 2 tail lights that function as run/turn/brake, would it be possible to wire just one of these to work as run/brake only?.. I've been trying to do this myself but haven't been able to figure out the correct wiring.

If possible, how would you wire it?

I have the 3 wires, black/blue/purple.

Thanks!
If you're saying that you use the stock turn bullets as run/turn/brake just unplug and remove the side you don't want to use anymore. Other side still works as run/brake.
 
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The sparto light has just a red and black wire. Single filiment bulb. That's why it is a running light only. The LED's were set up as a blinker/brakes already so that's why I decided to just leave the Sparto as a running light only. It can be wired up as a running/brake light also though.
 
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Originally Posted by vegasrock
If you're saying that you use the stock turn bullets as run/turn/brake just unplug and remove the side you don't want to use anymore. Other side still works as run/brake.
Yeah I tried this way, and it works but it will blink if I use that side turn signal.. I would like to make it only run/brake if possible.
 
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Originally Posted by cpracing519
The sparto light has just a red and black wire. Single filiment bulb. That's why it is a running light only. The LED's were set up as a blinker/brakes already so that's why I decided to just leave the Sparto as a running light only. It can be wired up as a running/brake light also though.
I have the same setup as you currently, but I want the single tail light on the fender to work as running/brake.. The stock tail lights are dual filament so I figured there must be a way to wire it to work as run/brake without turn..

Would you happen to know how?
 
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My Sparto had a dual filiment bulb...I used it for run/brake.

 
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My Sparto had a dual filiment bulb...I used it for run/brake.

Cool man, how did you wire it ?
 
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This is what I think I know:

Stock has 3 wires:

Blue - Turn/Brake
Purple - Run
Black - Ground

Is there a harness or some way to convert the Turn/Brake to just Brake?
 


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