adaptive headlight warning
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adaptive headlight warning
So Santa brought a new headlight for me 2018 sgs its a adaptive headlight from Harley Davidson. The instruction have a warning about the BCM body control module. Does my bike have one ? It says all bcm equipped vehicles require this step.
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Pretty sweet light. Works like my Custom Dynamics which was just a bit less than the HD $850. But HD STILL doesn't make a nice light for the new Road Glides....
Pretty sweet light. Works like my Custom Dynamics which was just a bit less than the HD $850. But HD STILL doesn't make a nice light for the new Road Glides....
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I gotta tell ya, that's the craziest statement I've ever seen in a headlight replacement instruction. It's just a headlight. The hardest thing i see is hooking up the position light to the ACC voltage connector on the back of the voltage gauge! I have the J.W.Speaker Adaptive Series 2 LED on my '17 SGS and I didn't have to have H-D mess with anything.
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Don't bother. Go get Speaker's original 8790 Adaptive Series 2 LED headlight for $666 online. You might need the extra mounting ring (go to J.W.Speaker's website and check (I think it says the 06 FLHTCUI needs one - $722)
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With Harley-Davidson, the first thing you do is read the instructions - then you roll'em up and use them to light a doobie, then throw them away and install the item. Works for me! 
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That might work for a mechanical part, but here we're talking about getting the BCM setting correct, which requires a procedure using the turn signal and flash-to-pass button. If set incorrectly, the headlight could potentially lose power while leaning into a curve on a dark, moonless night. The outcome of this happening would probably not end well for the OP.
Last edited by GalvTexGuy; Dec 27, 2018 at 06:28 AM.