Passing lights install

[heatonmt]

I see where some venture rider are using a 30 amp relay when putting on passing lights.

My question is where are they mounting this relay, And do they wire it to the low beam or always on? If adding another switch where did they mount it?

 

[GunnyButch]

I mounted a lighted LED rocker switch next to the 12v outlet on the fairing and wired them always on so I would have control of them anytime. They are also on thier own circuit. If you like I'll email you the wiring diagram I used.

[pegscraper]

There is plenty of room in the headlight bucket for the relay, or in your case, the fairing. I wired it always on. I did also convert the engine cutoff switch to operate the lights instead of the engine.

[heatonmt]

I mounted a lighted LED rocker switch next to the 12v outlet on the fairing and wired them always on so I would have control of them anytime. They are also on thier own circuit. If you like I'll email you the wiring diagram I used.

As I always say there is no such thing as to much info. please e-Mail info. Did you use a relay. Heatonmt@cox.net

Edited September 20, 2008 by heatonmt

[buddy]

Hey Mike,

 

I'm still seeing spots from the leds you put on your forks:256:, which by the way did real good for you coming home that weekend from Eureka Springs I could see you real good in the mirror....

 

Next time you can be in front........

 

Buddy

[TopV]

was wondering why i couldnt wire up passing lamps to my 07 Venture the same way i did my 1100 Vstar. Had the come on when i flip on the hi beams from the same switch.

[Snarley Bill]

since i always hated the engine off switch on the right handle bar i used it for my passing lights on my vstar and royalstar. really handy. the engine off switch has always been a pain.

[Smokee]

I had the OEM passing lamps installed by the dealer when I bought the bike, so they had the little push button switch mounted next to the 12VDC outlet on the inner fairing (as per Yamaha's instructions....no relay...just tapped into a hot wire with a splice connector). Since you can't tell if a pushbutton switch is "on" or "off" by feeling it, I installed a 20 amp sealed marine quality toggle switch in a hole I drilled in the left side of the inner fairing to the left of the 12V outlet. I used a 30 amp relay from Auto Zone to power the lights from a fused 12 gauge wire I ran from the battery, under the fuel tank, up into the fairing. I wire-tied the relay to an existing bundle of wires under the fairing in an area where I knew it wouldn't rub against anything hard. This set up has worked great for a year and a half. I can tell the lights are "on" by feeling the switch position. I run them at night and a pair of Moto Lights mounted on the calipers in the daytime (installed same kind of switch and relay for the Moto-Lights also). As a side note, I used the hole where the push button switch had been and installed yet a 3rd 20 amp sealed toggle switch there that turns the high beam headlight circuit on and off (no relay used). I did that so I can turn off the headlight when starting the bike, or at other times when the bike is running but I don't want the headlight on (parked, warming it up, etc.). Works great!