Engine guard fog lights, HD
Road Warrior
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From: East Tennessee
* Loosely mount your lights on your guard
* Use a Sharpie marker and make a small mark on your engine guard along both sides of each fog light mount.
* Remove the lights from the guard
* Remove the engine guard from the bike
* Flip your engine guard up on a soft surface so you can see the bottom of the guard.
* Drill a 3/8” hole in each side of the engine guard using the marks as location guide.
* Drill a 3/8” hole in the back of your engine guard just below the center mounting bolt hole.
* Use a reamer or rat tailed file to smooth burrs from each drilled hole.
* Tie a small nut or washer to a piece of string and drop it into the hole where your fog light will be mounted.
* Slip a magnetic pickup tool into the center hole and let your string and washer fall down to the magnetic tool tip and pull it out the engine guard.
* Repeat the above step for the opposite side.
* Tape your wire to the string and pull it through engine guard on both sides.
* Connect the bullet connectors for each fog light to the wires you fished through you engine guard.
* Wrap several layers of electric tape around the wires coming out of the fog lights.
* Fill the holes in your engine guard with silicone caulk and slip your wires into the holes.
* Make sure your wires and completely surrounded by the silicone caulk. Too much is better than not enough. This water proofs each hole and pads your wires too.
* Loosely mount each fog light to the engine guard.
* Bolt the engine guard back onto the bike.
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Joined: Mar 2010
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From: Central Florida
As nice and inexpensive as the HD lights are I would still recommend the Motolights. They are expensive, but are excellent lights. I have them on two of my personal bikes and on my work motor. They have a lifetime warranty and the customer service is excellent. You can wire them directly into your accessory switch too.
Cruiser
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From: Osan, South Korea
I too was going to purchase the Harley fog lights but after downloading the install instructions, I was having second thoughts. I do not like wiring these things up to the battery and installing another relay. Has anyone wired these with a plug that goes to your accessory plug allowing you to use the left hand toggle switch.
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From: Bedford UK
As nice and inexpensive as the HD lights are I would still recommend the Motolights. They are expensive, but are excellent lights. I have them on two of my personal bikes and on my work motor. They have a lifetime warranty and the customer service is excellent. You can wire them directly into your accessory switch too.
Unfortunately the Motolights are about three times the UK cost of the Harley lights, before taking shipping and import taxes for them into account. There doesn't seem to be a UK outlet for them and your dollars are pretty darned expensive at present! So it is most likely to be the wee oval jobbies for me.
I too was going to purchase the Harley fog lights but after downloading the install instructions, I was having second thoughts. I do not like wiring these things up to the battery and installing another relay. Has anyone wired these with a plug that goes to your accessory plug allowing you to use the left hand toggle switch.
I must keep my eyes peeled for an oncoming Harley with a set!
Last edited by grbrown; Apr 1, 2010 at 03:16 PM. Reason: Grammar!
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From: Bedford UK
I too was going to purchase the Harley fog lights but after downloading the install instructions, I was having second thoughts. I do not like wiring these things up to the battery and installing another relay. Has anyone wired these with a plug that goes to your accessory plug allowing you to use the left hand toggle switch.
Last edited by grbrown; Apr 1, 2010 at 03:53 PM. Reason: Sort out link
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From: Green Country,Oklahoma
I have them on my Electra Glide.While they provide extra light depending how you have them aimed,there are better out there,just not in the same kit type that Harley provides.I also wired them so I could run them on high beam which is different than the wiring diagram that Harley provides.If you want them for really running in the fog they would need to be amber for best results.I wish I would have looked at other options before I bought these.It was kind of a spur of the moment purchase while I was at the shop,something that is never good to do.
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Joined: Jan 2010
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From: East Tennessee
I too was going to purchase the Harley fog lights but after downloading the install instructions, I was having second thoughts. I do not like wiring these things up to the battery and installing another relay. Has anyone wired these with a plug that goes to your accessory plug allowing you to use the left hand toggle switch.
* You will need to purchase an accessory plug from HD and two pins. You can get these for around $8.00
* You will also need about 3 of 16 guage two wire ribbon or two 3 pieces of 16 ga wire.
* Remove your seat by removing the screw that holds the grab strap on the left side of your bike. (You will probably have to open the lid on your left saddle bag to access the screw.) Remove back rest if you have one. Remove the screw on the back of your seat and pull the seat back and up to remove.
* Remove the covers on your front gas tank mounts. These, slip off
* Under the left front side of your gas tank is an electrical connector. Locate it and unplug it.
* Unhook your fuel line. This works like a quick connect on an air line. Pull the sleeve down and pull down on the lower black part of the line from the connector.
* At the back of the tank, locate your tank vent line. There is a rubber boot on it. Pull your vent line from the rubber boot.
* Lay a soft thick towel on your back fender and saddle bag tops
* Remove allen screw on front of center speedometer strip on front of fuel tank
* Remove bolt from back of center strip located between two back tank mounting bolts
* Gently pick up center speedometer strip and unplug connector to fuel sending unit.
* Leave main wiring harness attached and set center strip assembly out of the way on the towel
* Remove both front tank mounting bolts
* Remove both back tank mounting bolts
* Remove tank and set out of the way
* You will see a long black plastic wire way on the back bone of the frame. Pop the top off it and set aside
* At the front of wire way, you will see black rubber wire cover tucked into the wire way. Pull it up and remove electrical tape from it
* Turn your handlebars to extreme right and locate the front of the wire cover at the front of the frame behind your headlight shroud.
* Locate your accessory switch plug under the seat.
* Locate the black and orange wire in the accessory plug and take the plug you purchased and locate the same two pin locations in it.
* Strip your wire back about ź and insert it into the pin and crimp. I crimped and soldered mine. Do the same with the other wire and insert both into the back of the plug corresponding with the black and orange wires in the receptacle plug under the seat.
* Lay the wires in the backbone of your bike and thread through the rubber tube at the front of your frame. Use Scotch 33 electrical tape or equivalent to retape the end of the rubber tube.
* Splice the two hot (Pos)wires into your fog lamps to the wire you attached to the orange wire side of the plug
* Splice the two ground (Neg) wires of your fog lights to the wire you attached to the black wire side of the plug.
* Plug your new lights into the accessory receptacle under the seat and test your new lights.
* Replace your tank and seat in reverse of these directions and you are good to go.