Need Help ID'ing Electrical component
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Need Help ID'ing Electrical component
I purchased a 08 FLHTC back in July one of the first things I did was change out the stereo. When I pulled the outer fairing I noticed a few "components" that are not identified in my service manual. I've done some research but can not figure out what they are.
Its probably something simple but I hate not knowing. Its obvious they were added after it was purchased because of the way they are mounted and wired in. This is definitely not a factory or even a dealer install.
The one component had a serial number that I googled but found nothing.
Anyway here are some pics, Im hoping someone can help me out
The two components are installed here
The first has nothing on the top but has a little light on the front right that will blink occasionally when it is bumped which makes me think it may be some type of an alarm system but I do not have a key fob and never needed to do anything special to start the bike
Here is the bottom
It is wired into two places one seems to go into the main harness and the other to a relay
Here is the relay
Here is where the other wires go
The other component has no numbers or marking and has a single wire bundle coming out of it that disappears into the main wire bundle in the fairing
Any help figuring out what these things are and if they actually need to be there would be greatly appreciated.
Its obvious to me that whoever owned the bike before me had done some work on it as it had a load equalizer in it for a LED headlight and the fairing speakers had been upgraded. Unfortunately I purchased the bike form a dealer (Non HD) and have no way of contacting the original owner.
Thanks Again
Greg
Its probably something simple but I hate not knowing. Its obvious they were added after it was purchased because of the way they are mounted and wired in. This is definitely not a factory or even a dealer install.
The one component had a serial number that I googled but found nothing.
Anyway here are some pics, Im hoping someone can help me out
The two components are installed here
The first has nothing on the top but has a little light on the front right that will blink occasionally when it is bumped which makes me think it may be some type of an alarm system but I do not have a key fob and never needed to do anything special to start the bike
Here is the bottom
It is wired into two places one seems to go into the main harness and the other to a relay
Here is the relay
Here is where the other wires go
The other component has no numbers or marking and has a single wire bundle coming out of it that disappears into the main wire bundle in the fairing
Any help figuring out what these things are and if they actually need to be there would be greatly appreciated.
Its obvious to me that whoever owned the bike before me had done some work on it as it had a load equalizer in it for a LED headlight and the fairing speakers had been upgraded. Unfortunately I purchased the bike form a dealer (Non HD) and have no way of contacting the original owner.
Thanks Again
Greg
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On my 06 EG Standard I used a relay similar to that,so that I could control my passing lights in either hi or low beam.The other box seems to be some kind of motion sensor that requires to be mounted in a specific plane.
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Ditto.
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So that makes sense for the second one but the one with the blinking light attached to the spst still confuses me
Thanks all for the reply's so far
Last edited by kitehog; Jan 5, 2013 at 10:26 PM.
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Definitely not a radio antenna
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Thanks the 08 uses a "Aux Harness" to keep the passing lamps on with the Hi beams, I actually was installing it when I took the pics. It does seem that the other is motion or angle sensitive but Im still not sure what it does
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I am thinking its part of a old security system so Im afraid to remove it in case it would cause the bike not to run