Goldwing
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On the 14 ES, I know the under headlight mounting lugs are under the headlight gArnish. but is it necessary to permanently remove the garnish underneath the head lights??
TIA
TIA
Aux light plug?
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HHH
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No, you just have to drill two additional holes.Goldwing said:
Check on the other thread you posted the same question, I added a few pictures as well.
Goldwing
Active Member
I ordered the Super Tenere adaptor plug from electricalconnections but the plug has a plastic guide pin that does not allow me to fully mate the male and female plugs.
I have a 2014 ES has anyone else run into this problem? The connector is a Sumitomo MT090 style connector.
I have a 2014 ES has anyone else run into this problem? The connector is a Sumitomo MT090 style connector.
JRE
Going to hell on scholarship
Dumb question but did you take the protective cap off of the connector on the bike? I was briefly confused when I looked at it too as it looks like part of the plug but it comes off.Goldwing said:
I cannot speak about the 2014ES, but the 3 pin plug on the 2013 model does have a slot for the plastic guide to fit in. As already mentioned by others, you obviously need to remove the dummy plastic cap first (which is there tp prevent water ingress when the plug is not in use). The dummy cap also has the plastic guide. I just ordered the Sumitomo MT090-3 from the States and waiting for it to go round the world to my address in Malta (couldn't find anywhere in Europe). I will be plugging my Garmin Zumo 590LM into this.
Goldwing
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I did order a MT-090-3 plug to fir the aux plug in the bike. There are black rubber plugs, on the bike plug, for each pin hole, which I removed.
The male plug I bought has the plastic guide pin in it between two of the plug pins. This doesn't allow me to fully mate the connector with the bikes connector.
See attached the plug I bought with the plastic guide pin.
Help!
The male plug I bought has the plastic guide pin in it between two of the plug pins. This doesn't allow me to fully mate the connector with the bikes connector.
See attached the plug I bought with the plastic guide pin.
Help!
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Goldwing
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PS. This is what the end of the Aux plug looks like coming from the bike....
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JRE
Going to hell on scholarship
The black rubber plugs should stay where they are (or 'were', in your case). The piece they are embedded in is the dummy plug cover. If you look around the perimeter of it, you should see the clip that needs to be pressed to remove it. When you see, you'll smack your forehead but don't feel bad. It took me a few minutes of trying to extract the black plugs to realize that the whole piece comes off 
Juan Valderrama
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sportrider said:
No sir. The heated grips are black and grey with two wires heach.
The one for the auxiliary lights is the triple.
I don't know what is the one with 4 wires for. I ha e used it for power as it has a +/- wires.
You can buy these plugs on Ebay or Amazon. Sorry I don't have the link, I will look for it but is something like "Japanese automotive conectors"
http://easternbeaver.com/Main/main.html
Sells the plugs.....
Juan Valderrama
Member
We have used PUIG grips installed into the Yamaha V2 wires and they work just fine.
Goldwing
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JRE,
I got it!!
Thank You, Thank You!!
I'm such a dumbass!
I got it!!
Thank You, Thank You!!
I'm such a dumbass!
saul
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I realize this was posted two years ago, but my PIAA Driving Light kit arrived in the mail today for my new 2015 S10. As with Goldwing I am no electrical engineer and this wiring system seemed like a much better idea than plugging everything in to the battery. I didn´t have the Jim at Eastern Beaver kit and being in Mexico didn´t want to wait another two weeks for it to arrive...bahill said:I was informed at an early age if you didn’t know what you were doing when messing around with volts, ohms, watts, amps and things it could make you walk and talk with Jesus. Now that might have been good advice but due to that well intended advice I know nothing about this stuff. I also find it very funny my brother is an Electrical Engineer. Anyway, this is a good thread and lots of good information and I almost went and just did it but the last time I did that well, you really don’t want to know.
I have the PIAA LP530 LED Lights with the wiring harness as shown in the photo below. I also have the compatible plug from Jim at Eastern Beaver which I hope to be able to use to connect directly to the existing OEM three prong accessory lights plug.
Can one of you that actually know please verify for me if what I show in the following photo is correct??? Which, if I understood the other post in this thread, would allow the lights to be turned on when the ignition switch is turned on without the engine running?
Thanks in advance for your kind help!
The setup is pretty easy once you figure out where all the wires need to go. Even though the whole kit is Yamaha S10 specific, the PIAA installation manual included does not do a very good job telling you where in that big mess of wires on the S10 your supposed to plug everything into.
Installing the mounting brackets no problem. For the 2015 models you have to remove a plastic deflector covering the mounting holes.
I think the cleanest way to wire the cables is through the right side following the wires that feed the regular S10 driving lights. Its a bit tricky to get the cables through all the openings but keeps everything out of the way.
So my biggest problem was finding the "OEM three prong accessory lights plug" and then finding a suitable "plated Male Terminal"
) to connect all the wires as per Goldwing ´s excellent diagram..jpg)
And that was it. Once I got everything connected, started it up and everything works great. With this setup the lights come on once the engine is started.
Read in a couple of forums with other setups lights go on when you turn the key wasting battery with no engine running.
TheHelios
Taco Enthusiast
Fantastic guide! My bike already came wired with the lights and it's not the most straightforward thing to install; Especially when you have no clue how relays work. I tapped into the same accessory wire that the PIAA lights used for my accessory panel for the second relay I added. It's like an odd looking waterfall of wire taps.
How Relays work: http://www.teamrocs.com/technical/pages/relay_basics.htmTheHelios said:Fantastic guide! My bike already came wired with the lights and it's not the most straightforward thing to install; Especially when you have no clue how relays work. I tapped into the same accessory wire that the PIAA lights used for my accessory panel for the second relay I added. It's like an odd looking waterfall of wire taps.
Bosch relay configuration (the most commonly used type in 12V applications):
Goldwing
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Saul, I have a 2014 with the cover under the head lights and I did not remove it. I just drilled holes through the cover for the light brackets.
Also, Electrical Connections has a pre made harness with posi-tap connector so no need to but terminals: http://64.64.1.174/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=158
I bought a Denali bracket (single position) from twisted throttle to mount the switch on the handlebar (see attached)
Also, Electrical Connections has a pre made harness with posi-tap connector so no need to but terminals: http://64.64.1.174/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=158
I bought a Denali bracket (single position) from twisted throttle to mount the switch on the handlebar (see attached)
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crashmonkey85
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I have a Garmin Montana that is mounted to the AMPS Rugged Mount. I have been reading on here and it looks like tapping into the Auxiliary Light Plug will give me a switched GPS. I am about to order the connector from Eastern Beaver as many seem to have done. I am also wondering about a couple future wiring items. I have a headed vest and I would like to add the heated grips down the road. I would assume I tap into the 4 pin plug for heated grips. As for the vest, do most people just go straight to the battery or is there a better choice?
From the looks of it you'll be better off getting a fuse box. If it were just GPS and heated grips, then you would have been fine getting power from the socket outlets on the S10. But now you're adding more (heated vest, and what comes next).
Okay, read all of the posts but I am terrible at electronics so still feeling like I need a confirmation - I installed the PC-8 which uses the stock aux light connector and now preparing to install the PIAA 530's. .....just want to be sure I understand correctly....connect the Black and Red/White wire to a PC-8 switched circuit, and the White wire to the Brown aux plug wire....the 530's will turn on when the bike is started, stay on as my driving/running lights, and I don't need to add the extra switch on the bars. Is this correct?
I'm not quite sure I follow, though I do recognize some of the color codes. Did you get the wiring harness from Eastern Beaver that plugs into the aux light plug? Either way, there are wires that go directly to the battery terminals (the EB plug is really only used for the relay trigger) from the EB harness, then the lights wire to the PC-8, which has both switched (turns on with the ignition) and unswitched (on all the time) circuits.HBL said:
Its been a while since I installed my PC8, but here are a few things to help:
The orange wire with the fuse holder attaches to the battery positive terminal, the other black wire in that part of the harness goes to battery negative terminal.
The three rings at the other end connect to the PC8 (since they are cut to length, it will be obvious which ring goes where, just keep in mind that the black wire is the ground), and the white plug attaches to the aux light plug on the bike. Wire the lights to one of the switched circuits (only two wires, hot + and ground -), install a fuse of sufficient size (if the lights came with a harness with a fuse holder, use the same size fuse it came with), and now your lights will turn on and off with the key.
The orange wire with the fuse holder attaches to the battery positive terminal, the other black wire in that part of the harness goes to battery negative terminal.
The three rings at the other end connect to the PC8 (since they are cut to length, it will be obvious which ring goes where, just keep in mind that the black wire is the ground), and the white plug attaches to the aux light plug on the bike. Wire the lights to one of the switched circuits (only two wires, hot + and ground -), install a fuse of sufficient size (if the lights came with a harness with a fuse holder, use the same size fuse it came with), and now your lights will turn on and off with the key.