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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 02:17 PM
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did the garage opener to the headlight,, just courious,, i run with the high beams quit a bit,, so what will this do to the circut board???? i know it will only open the door when in range, but with the high beams on all the way home sometimes means 12v to the board all the time i am using the high beams,, so mabe wiring to the brake light would be better???? any body had any problems with the board wired to the high beams,,?????
 
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 02:20 PM
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depends how you wired it.

some use a momentary relay

you may be opening garage doors all over the county.

probably won't hurt anything to have 12 volts to the remote constantly

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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 02:31 PM
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I run the high beams of the time and the only problem I have had to date is when the bike is started, sometimes the door will close. Not a real problem unless you are backing the bike out at the same time. Only took once to get used to it. I found that the door is rather hard on the head!!!
 
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 03:15 PM
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i shorted the button on the opener so it thinks it is allways pushed down,, then wired into the highbeam wires ,,ground ,,hot
 
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Hearing that headlight door opener sounds cool. I'll will try to that apply to my garage door.
 
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Old Nov 19, 2012 | 05:53 AM
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I've had my opener wired this way for 3 years now.No problems.
 
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Old Nov 19, 2012 | 08:49 AM
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I've had the door opener on my 06RG for 6 years now and no problem with it. When I added the H-D driving lights the operation of the door opener would only work if the driving lights were on. Still can't figure that one out.
 
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I used the "Crib Clicker" kit for mine, no problem since installation 2 years later.
 
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Where are you guys storing the opener? On my crotch rocket, there was room under the seat...not so much on the fatboy
 
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Where are you guys storing the opener? On my crotch rocket, there was room under the seat...not so much on the fatboy
They're referring the the opener H-D sells that uses your high beam switch
 
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