I need help with this Trail Tech X2!!!

[La Flama Blanca]

Ok guys, I ordered a universal Trail Tech X2 off of MotoSport.com and I am having a little trouble trying to take the first step on installing. I know I have some cutting and splicing to do but I don't know where to start. The factory wiring plug is square and has 4 wires going into it. Black, White, Blue, and Red/Yellow.

Now notice how the Blue wire and the Red/Yellow are ran back to what I believe is the 'Daytime running light or whatever', that little bulb on the side.

On the X2 the wiring plus is triangular with 3 wires connected.

I know what the functions of the X2 wiring are as listed above. The thing I am having a hard time figuring out is what the stock wiring functions are. I would think that the only wires I would have to worry about on the stock plug are the White, Blue and Black wires, seeing as how the Red/Yellow is ran back to the little light. I am assuming that the Black wire would the ground wire, the Blue wire is low beam (my only thought is because it is ran back to that little bulb), and then leaving the White wire to be the high beam light. Any help would be awesome. I've torn the internet up trying to find info on this but have been unsuccessful. Thanks, Tony.

SHOW ME THE LIGHT!!

 

[La Flama Blanca]

Upon further thinking, which may not be a good thing, I feel that the blue wire would actually be ground. Leaving me to decypher the white from black

 

[268fords]

Factory brown wire to the red connector. Factory white wire to the yellow. That's what my 08' used.

 

[La Flama Blanca]

Are you speaking about the wiring coming from the bike side to the plug?

there is also a black wire buried under there. So did you take the supplied wiring harness and splice it to the bike side?

I am so lost in all of this. So if you took the factory brown to X2 red and the factory white wire to the X2 yellow wire what would I do with the black and blue wire? Each go the black wire on the X2 plug? The whole 4 wire plug (factory) to the 3 wire plug (x2) is hard for me to understand. Thanks, Tony

 

[La Flama Blanca]

Upon further inspection of the shop manual with my buddy we found that the stock wiring is High beam- White. Low beam- Black. Ground- Blue. Now I feel like I have right info to get this done. I'm going to take the stock square plug and put in the X2 side and wire it that way. My only concern is with the plug being 4 wires and really only using 3, is that 3rd wire going to trip anything out. I plan on just taping it off and to the other wires.

 

[La Flama Blanca]

I have gotten everything taken care of and now its a matter of finagling it outta the downstairs bedroom and firing it up. Bikes been sitting inside since December. Hopeful that everything lights up ok.

 

[La Flama Blanca]

A couple pictures of the lights on.


Low beam

High beam

 

[ray_ray]

In ~somewhat Spock fashion, I can say 'Jim, I have never been and will never be, an electrician'.

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Good work on that light ... I had a light like that on my bike once and just wired it to stay on always... I decided best for me not to ride at night so the light was removed and replaced with a number plate. Rode a yr or 2 with it on always and never burnt a bulb out ...

 

[La Flama Blanca]

Thanks Ray. Always a good feeling of self accomplishment when you can do the research and get things done correctly!

 

[Xcuvator]

Another thing you can do is wire in a relay so that both lights come on on high beam. I did that on my TE610 and like it.

 

[Clete]

Mine too! Except the top (little) one is burned out.

 

[eddychecker]

Any MR16 bulb will fit where the little bulb goes. even an LED. I use this: http://www.seesmartled.com/product/170172 and here's the equivalent on ebay, http://goo.gl/WMtfjb

 

[268fords]

The black wire is for the 3watt parking light that comes on with the key. Unused now. I used a relay for mine also to get high and low. Nicely done.

 

[La Flama Blanca]

I will look into this relay. That sounds like a good idea

 

[La Flama Blanca]

Another thing you can do is wire in a relay so that both lights come on on high beam. I did that on my TE610 and like it.

Do you have any links or info on the relay that you used?

 

[Xcuvator]

Do you have any links or info on the relay that you used?

I'm pretty sure I got it from radio shack

 

[Cosmokenney]

Upon further inspection of the shop manual with my buddy we found that the stock wiring is High beam- White. Low beam- Black. Ground- Blue. Now I feel like I have right info to get this done. I'm going to take the stock square plug and put in the X2 side and wire it that way. My only concern is with the plug being 4 wires and really only using 3, is that 3rd wire going to trip anything out. I plan on just taping it off and to the other wires.

A little late, but a $20 multi-meter can really help with these kind of projects. It eliminates any doubt.

 

[Cosmokenney]

Another thing you can do is wire in a relay so that both lights come on on high beam. I did that on my TE610 and like it.

Did you splice a second wire into your low beam from the 87b on the relay? I guess you would have to tap the high beam wire and connect that to the 86 so it triggers the relay?

 

[La Flama Blanca]

I'm pretty sure I got it from radio shack

Thanks, I'll have to check it out.

Now I'm having trouble trying to figure out where to locate and mount turn signals at. Not much to go off of on the X2. I'm guessing I might have to make custom brackets.

 

[Xcuvator]

Did you splice a second wire into your low beam from the 87b on the relay? I guess you would have to tap the high beam wire and connect that to the 86 so it triggers the relay?

I brought a fused wire from the battery for 87 and triggered it (86) with the high beam wire from the switch.