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[muddypaws]

Just installed. Much better going down those dark windy roads.

[hdctss]

spots on all the time is a good thing...with the drivers here in GA there is no way I could put enough lights on the front of this bike...with the LED's and the spots on I can see great my entire 47 mile commute with about 20 miles of that being down unlit 2 lane roads.   

[TinSpinner]

spots on all the time is a good thing...with the drivers here in GA there is no way I could put enough lights on the front of this bike...with the LED's and the spots on I can see great my entire 47 mile commute with about 20 miles of that being down unlit 2 lane roads.   

Ditto that! Would put aircraft strobes on mine if I could!

[Dead_Reckoning]

I skipped the HD Jumper.
The Rightside switch on my SERK is for the Passing Lamps. It gets it's power from the HiBeam Switch, witch is how they are turned off when HiBeam is On.
Supplied power to the rightside Passing lamp switch from a main source coming into the headlight bucket. Have and InLine fuse tucked in the nacelle in way of the rightside switch. if fuse ever blows, pretty easy to change it.

[DJA]

I installed HD LED headlight and LED passing lamps with the bypass wire harness. Nice to have the extra illumination on the country roads. My garage door opener still works fine. Can't say enough about the
leds. Now looking at turn signals and brake light.
DJ

[Dirt]

   I installed the part and the garage door opener works fine ...  You need to remove the front of the fairing to install the wire that i had to plug into is shoved way in back towards the steering head  very easy install ..

[phato1]

I installed the harness at the same time I was installing the Daymaker LED headlight. Super easy with the headlight out of the fairing just reached up inside there and plugged it in, used a little dielectric grease for good measure.

[TinSpinner]

Evidently there has been a change in the wiring harness on the later models. In my previous post on this topic I mentioned that an additional harness was required for the GDO when installing the HD LED headlamp, that was true on the '07. Not sure when the changes were made but on my '13 the additional harness was not required to maintain power to the GDO and cigar lighter. I had only one harness installed to keep the spots on with high beams when I had Daymakers installed on the new bike and the GDO still works, sometimes.

[Dirt]

It is a easy plug n play ...the plug is right to the left of the head . You need to take the fairing front off ..   The garage door opener still will work ...

[Aussie]

I can't tell much difference in high and low on the led head light, low is super bright and not much of a change when I turn it to high. I have the harness to keep the spots on also...no problems with it and it was easy to install, about 5-10 mins...

Where you able to install the harness without taking the fairing off?

[IBA33857]

Have and use both. Have not had a problem with the garage door opener and I do like the passing lights on with the High beam. While it does not give you more distance, it sure lights up the sides of the road. By the way, I do use the LED lights also. The jumper plugs in behind the outer fairing pretty simple to do.

I would not go back.

Hope this helps.

[Aussie]

Where you able to install the harness without taking the fairing off?

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[TinSpinner]

Where you able to install the harness without taking the fairing off?

It can be changed without removing the outer fairing. Not sure of the procedure but that is what the tech did at the dealership on my new bike. I did my '07 bike myself and can't imagine how it could have been changed without removing the fairing because the connectors were stuck together so tightly and in an awkward place. Have seen the procedure mentioned here on some other threads about that harness, do a search and maybe you'll turn it up.

[phato1]

When I removed the headlight trim ring, headlight and headlight mounting bracket  install the Daymaker parts it was simple to reach up inside on the right (throttle) side of the trees and unplug the connectors and put the HD harness in.
 If you remove the headlight trim ring and headlight (refer to the repair manual if unsure how to do it) you should be able to reach in there to install the harness without taking the fairing halves apart.

[Aussie]

When I removed the headlight trim ring, headlight and headlight mounting bracket  install the Daymaker parts it was simple to reach up inside on the right (throttle) side of the trees and unplug the connectors and put the HD harness in.
 If you remove the headlight trim ring and headlight (refer to the repair manual if unsure how to do it) you should be able to reach in there to install the harness without taking the fairing halves apart.

Removing the Head Light was my next question , so thanks for expanding on the installation without taking the Fairing off  

When I connected the switch wires into the harness plug behind the switch housing I manage to install them without taking anything off.

Here is what I did,
1, Removed switch plug on clutch side of switch housing to allow for installation of passing lamp switch.
2, Screw passing lamp switch in place of removed switch plug.
3, Run switch wires to throttle side of switch housing.
4, Bend metal tab on the throttle side behind the switch housing that holds the harness from dropping freeing up harness and exposing harness socket.
5, Pulled the harness socket out just enough to disconnect it.
6, Connected the passing lamp wires into harness socket.
7, Connect harness sockets together tucking wires up behind switch housing together with harness sockets.
8, Secure harness into place with metal tab.

It was a bit fiddly but well worth it without removing other parts.

What I am not sure about is,
With the optional harness that allows passing lamps to be switched on with Low and High beam does it plug into the harness sockets behind the switch housing.
For example, disconnect harness and bridge optional harness between the original sockets.

The instruction are not that clear and only show the installation by removing the outer fairing.