Hi All,
This is a little but annoying thing...
Headlight connector: can the wires be removed easily from this? I can remove one but not the other two and it mildly frustrating...


https://i.servimg.com/u/f62/19/89/64/73/img_0510.jpg


What hope is there for my project if I am stumped by this? Ugh...

Looks like you might have a bit of a meltdown in there or the tang is caught against the latch. New ones available here for pennies:-

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HEADLAMP-3-PIN-BULB-CONNECTOR-H4-HEADLIGHT-PLUG-BLOCK-HOUSING/152102075192?epid=1089312747&hash=item2369fd7b38:g:ukUAAOSwBw5XRGw6

or better still, ceramic ones here:-

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/H4-HEADLIGHT-HEADLAMP-CERAMIC-BULB-HOLDER-CONNECTOR-3-PIN-PLUG-X-2-12V-24V/130936815494?epid=1244602257&hash=item1e7c713f86:g:dlcAAOxy4dNS6PjS

Saw this and sorted...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3GoK3xE1gs

It always stumps me how manufacturers like BMW and others can put so much time and research into making what is a damn good bike and then stuff up something as simple as that by not having a relay.

I keep a couple of 'electrical' screwdrivers with the ends ground down and reshaped specifically for flattening tangs on terminals.

Rick: ditto using the frame as the main earthing point instead of just picking it up 'in case'. IMDNSHO the only way to correctly design a wiring loom is to include a full earth return.

My .02:

Add relays and beef up the wiring. Use a ceramic H4 connector.

Once the wiring is beefed up I use 100/90 cheapo "Xenon" H4 bulbs from Fleabay.  Great bang for the buck.  (Don't use this wattage on stock headlight wiring.)

Adding relays: 
http://www.kbikeparts.com/classickbikes.com/ckb.tech/0.ckb.tech.files/hl.relays/hl.relays.htm

Never had a problem with that connector, the only people who do are people who fit higher wattage headlight bulbs that give 15% more light for twice as much power and twice as much heat. They also go over the legal 60 watt limit for headlight in the UK and Europe and I would expect most other countries.

Yeah, 100W is technically illegal but I've been running them in all of my Ks for well over a decade and have never had any issues with cops.  But they put out a TON of light and I can comfortably do 80+ MPH at night without outrunning my high beam.

All the cops care about (at least in the US) is illegal HID kits. (I do run those in my driving lights but wouldn't HID kit a headlight due to the stray lighting from a headlight system not designed for HID.)

Never had any heat issues running the higher watt bulbs.  Not even with plastic H4 connectors but I do use ceramic ones now just to be on the safe side.

duck wrote:Yeah, 100W is technically illegal but I've been running them in all of my Ks for well over a decade and have never had any issues with cops.  But they put out a TON of light and I can comfortably do 80+ MPH at night without outrunning my high beam.

All the cops care about (at least in the US) is illegal HID kits. (I do run those in my driving lights but wouldn't HID kit a headlight due to the stray lighting from a headlight system not designed for HID.)

Never had any heat issues running the higher watt bulbs.  Not even with plastic H4 connectors but I do use ceramic ones now just to be on the safe side.

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the speed of light =
299 792 458 m / s.
You would be fairly moving to outrun that Duck!!  

Avenger GT wrote:


the speed of light =
299 792 458 m / s.
You would be fairly moving to outrun that Duck!!  

Eats tires pretty quickly too!