Rear tail light - 08 te450

Over the weekend I skyrocketed the husky over a log (08 te450), when it landed it broke the rear tail license holder and tail light mount. I went to put on the new one last night and can't figure out the wiring. The new one is the little racing enduro light that mounts under the rear fender.
The wires it has are Red, Yellow, and Black.
The wires coming out of the connector from the bike are Red and Black, Blue, Light Blue, Yellow, and Green. Can someone tell me what color goes to what?

The owners manual has the wiring schematic that could help you.

Thanks, but the colors of the wires it specified do not match.

I have an 07, and Im sure some wiring has changed to 08, but I believe that some of the wires coming out of that connector go to the turn signals as well. You can get a voltmeter, or a simple 12v light bulb to test and see which wires do what.

If using the rear light that came with the power up kit it goes like this,,,,or this is what you'll need to get it all wired up. On the connector on the bike the wires go like this.....the red with the black stripe is the + for the right turn signal..... there is no black wire.... the blue wire is the ground for all the lights including the turn signals.....the lite blue is the + for the left turn signal....the yellow wire is for the running lights....and the green wire is for the brake light....


Now for the light itself......the red wire is the brake light.....the black is the ground..... and the yellow is the running light..........this info is from an 08 TE450...

Scooby how did you remember that! I had to research it, write it down, and still go back to the computer to find it again. This needs to be in a sticky thread.

I put the tail light from the power up kit on my bike last summer and had to go through and find out which wire did what on my own because I didn't have a wiring diagram,so I took the multi meter and found out what did what in about 10 minutes. I also put some flexible turn signals on when I broke one of the OE ones,so thats how I knew the turn signal wires. Maybe Coffee will catch this and put it in a quick reference section.

correct !!!

Yeah,,,thats kind of what I was thinking also. Which is why I didn't bring this thread to your attention by sending you a PM or anything like that.... This thread could be found by doing a simple search. Can you just copy just the post of the correct information and just put the post itself in the reference section instead of moving the whole thread there. I guess you could put it under a sub category called Electrical/Wiring. I don't know,,,Don't mind me ,,I'm just typing out loud again.

I'm guessing the o7's are just a little bit different, and the 08 610 probably is the same,,,let me do some checking tomorrow when I get time and I'll let you know.

That worked scooby, Thanks!

I did mine today....finally.


I have one question? What tool do you use to crimp the connectors on with. I was using a regular home wire stripper/crimper and it didn't seem like the right tool.

Your welcome

It all depends on which style of connectors you are using... you have insulated connectors and non-insulated connectors..If using insulated connectors both halves of the jaws of the crimp er will be like half moon shapes,,,if using non-insulated connectors,,,one half of the jaw will be the half moon shape and the other half will have a post that sticks out. I hoped you shrink wrapped the connections to save yourself headaches later on down the road.

I just pushed the old connectors (straight pin type) from the old light out of the molex and crimped on new connectors and shoved them into the molex connector.

They just seemed awkward to do since they crimped in two places and it was not possible to get each side to crimp like they originals. I think from what I could see looking around on the internet is that there's a mold they fit in and then you press another similar one down on top. I will consider re-doing this and possibly shrink wrapping it when I find that little crimping tool I need.

Why not have a single "Tips and Tricks" sticky or similar and post a link to threads like this?