| Author | Message | ||
     Vortec57 |
Surely someone before me has done this one. Just need a power outlet on my XB to run my XM radio. Is there a simple way to do this one or am I looking at a lot of wiring? | ||
| Johnnylunchbox |
You can wire it directly to your battery with an inline fuse. The only downside is you have to remember to turn off your radio. Slightly more complicated is wiring it to your battery, but switched on by a relay triggered by a wire that is only "hot" when the ignition is turned on. | ||
| Xl1200r |
You could go the redneck route and just pop open the fuse block cover, look for one that comes on with the ignition, wrap the wire around an appropriate-sized fuse and jam it into the slot. | ||
| Deadduck |
+1 X11200r | ||
| Jaimec |
I had my local BMW dealer install an accessory socket on my XB12Ss. He did as Johnnylunchbox describes. The advantage to this is that I can also plug in my BMW Battery Tender to keep the battery fresh if we have another long period of iced-in roads this winter. | ||
| Vortec57 |
Might do the off the battery thing. Prefer to do something more "professional" looking than the fuse block job, though it's crossed my mind. Next I have to figure out where to put the plug so it's not sticking out like a sore thumb | ||
| Kevinfromwebb |
Yea, I was going to install some HID lights this weekend and was wondering the same thing, go to the battery or going to the fuse box... Isn't there a couple of extra fuses in the box??? Kevin | ||
| Cityxslicker |
somebody up here has done it, they have the power port out the right front windscreen side... They did a install series on it, check the KV, it was on a CityX I believe. Thinking about the Zumo for my gps radio needs. | ||
| Jaimec |
On my bike, the BMW dealer installed a metal tab off the oil cooler bolt and mounted the accessory socket there. Out of the way, and invisible until it's being used. | ||
| Corporatemonkey |
City, the guy that did the outlet near the windscreen mention he had to remove the horn, and even then it was a tight fit. On my bike I have a USB power port, I can charge/power all sorts of goodies with it. For power I used the "Parking lamp" circuit. It was very easy to drop the headlights, and then tap into the wires. I wouldn't want to power heated gear this way, but a radio/radar detector/gps should be just fine. As for wiring HID lights, ONLY run directly from the battery (fused of course) the momentary startup draw is quite a lot. Most HID kits use the factory light wiring only to control a relay. | ||
| Dwunundabkr |
hi under the seat and the rear fairing is hot wires one goes to the rear tail light(this is connected to the ignition it always comes on ), which i used to run a set of led lights under the rear fairing looks cool at night with red on one side and blue on the other it also has a glow around the rear shock and rear wheel  | ||
| Rich |
I put mine on the front-  It worked pretty well, however, if I did it again, I'd make some changes. I'd use a BMW/Powerlet type socket, as mine allowed the plug to come loose a couple times. I'd also use a relay to run switched power, I ran it directly to the battery. I didn't remove the horn. |
