| Author | Message | ||
     Speedkills |
Looking for a way to have both headlights on instead one of only one on for LOW and the other for HI?? Tired of being told you have a light out?? This mod will have one light on for LOW, and BOTH lights on when running HI-BEAM. ________________________________ HEADLIGHT MOD TIME TO COMPLETE: 15 minutes COST: $0.00 STEP 1. Remove your windshield from the headlight bucket of the bike.  STEP 2. Find the socket for the headlight harness. Its white and has 4 wires in it: black, yellow, white, orange.  STEP 3. Unplug the socket. (you will be working on the male end of the socket) STEP 4. On the back side of the socket (the end with the wires running into it) there is a clip on the plug itself that holds the wires in. Unclasp it from one side and fold it open.  The black is a ground, the yellow is low beam, white is high beam, and orange is for the running light. You are going to switch the yellow with the orange wires in the harness. ***If the colors are different on your harness swap the two that are not white or black*** STEP 5. To do this use a small pointed object (I used a very very small nail)  5a. Stick it in the male end forcing the wire out. You may have to tug on the wire some wile pushing to get them out.  5b. It was a little difficult to get them out but not impossible to do so. See plug detail below.  5c. You may have to remove more than just the orange and yellow wires in order to have room to move the wires depending on your harness.  STEP 6. Replace the wires into the plug, swapping the position of the yellow and orange wires. The new order should be: black, orange, white, yellow. Plug the harness back together.  STEP 7. Test the lights. When you are on LOW BEAM you should have only one light on as usual.  On HIGH BEAM both lights should be illuminated.  | ||
| Skifastbadly |
Hey SpeedKills Thanks for the info. As you know there are several other places on BadWeb that describe the same procedure...BUT yours is the only one that points out that important step of folding back the clip. After being flummoxed on several occasions at attempting this mod, your extra step gave me the info that I needed and my Uly is now sporting two eyes. | ||
| Varhammer |
Speedkills.. Once you do this modification will you still be able to use the flash to pass feature? | ||
| Speedkills |
If you are running with low beams on and you hit the flash to pass trigger both lights will come on. So yes. Cheers. | ||
| Varhammer |
OUTSTANDING!!!!! I will be doing this mod this morning.. Thanks a bunch. | ||
| Spops |
BRILLIANT! Many thanks!  | ||
| Buellbill |
Thanks again for the detailed instructions. One question though? Can the electrical/charging system handle having both lights on for an extended period, not just high beam flash to pass? Regards Bill | ||
| Greenman44 |
Bill I think that it will with no problem run both headlights. There are ulysses riders that I have read about that run dual HID headlights, plus external lights, hand warmers, and a GPS unit and don't have problems. Its is a great mod, Im glad I did mine about 5 months ago, and have had no problemo-s. Shawn | ||
| Lovedabueller |
this also works with tubers. you can make both elements light at once. . just thought id pass that also. | ||
| Troyyz |
one note of interest... in photo/step 5A be certain NOT to insert sharp pointed item (nail) into the actual terminal. There is a slot immediately above it to place the nail. This will "unhook" the terminal from the plastic plug. Otherwise you may inadvertently cause unrecoverable damage to the terminal. Mine ended up take about the advertised 15 minutes. Thanks again for this posting!! | ||
| Oldironsides |
Lovedabueller, where might I find the mod for the tubers. Specifically 01 X1. Thanks. | ||
| Bossies1 |
Thanks Speedkills! This is the way it should come from the factory. I had tried the middle position of the switch to turn on both bulbs, but found it very annoying. Your write-up saved the day! I used a small eyeglasses type screwdriver to release the little catch. This worked a little easier for me than the nail method . Dave | ||
| Dgbuell |
Easiest thing I've ever done to my bike, thanks for the great details | ||
| Spicerack |
thanks for the walk through. i did this yesterday, [using a paper clip] and was a snap. this is way better than balancing the switch in the middle the way i have been doing. your instructions were perfectly explained. thanks! | ||
| Ratbuell |
I did this mod a while ago on my Uly, and love it. For what its worth, for jobs like this I keep a set of dental picks in the garage that I got from a hobby store. Couple straight, couple curved, couple with a dogleg in 'em...they're more handy that I could have ever imagined. Strongly recommended addition to the toolbox. And, they hit the release tab perfectly instead of just pushing on the whole terminal in the housing  | ||
| Mluds0379 |
Just did this mod the other day. Very simple, took 15 min. I used a jewelers screwdriver to get to the release tab. Mod works great! | ||
| Hangontight |
thanks for the write up one tip...take the white wire out too. it makes getting to the yellow one much easier. | ||
| Tnd2 |
FYI: The 2 light mod is the same for the 09XT's, so if you've been waiting, get in the garage and get to it. | ||
| Murf2 |
Great write-up and pics! Is there any way to set it up to have two dual filament bulbs? that way it wouldn't have the "one eye winkey" on low either. Thanks, Murf2 | ||
| Balloyd66 |
Took 5 minutes over the weekend to do this mod. Thanks to all who pioneered this quick "fix", and especially to the author of this thread for the awesome photos. | ||
| Gater |
Once I complete this mod do I have to install a bulb in the socket located between the right and left bulbs? | ||
| Froggy |
Nope | ||
| Gater |
What is that middle bulb socket for? | ||
| Froggy |
Position lamp to meet Euro regulations. | ||
| Gater |
Is it worth making the socket hot putting a bulb in it? | ||
| Gater |
I did the mod today. It worked fine. Very easy. | ||
| Tankhead |
Well I did the mod. I was very nervous about pulling the plugs out. While I was at it I connect the ZUMO to the ground and the orange. Again I was very nervous about damaging the internal cable while pulling the connectors out of the holes. I used toothpicks to push the release inside. Connecting everything and tried it out and it works. I hope the GPS connections stay in there for the long hall. This is the first time I have ever messed with electrics. Just like learning the nervous system. Did not interest me and somewhat intimidates me. tanks for the mod. Seems great. | ||
| Fubar |
Big fan. Been running this way for over a year without any side-effects. GREAT instructions! | ||
| Union_man |
I did the headlight mod over a year ago and love it! Another free mod... Shorten your front turn signals! Free!!! 1 Take off flyscreen 2 Pull apart front turn signal connector 3 Take off nut from signal stem 4 Remove signals 5 Put it all back together with the "spacers" on the inside of the flyscreen. Done!!!!!  The shorter signals look better and shake less! | ||
| Union_man |
 (Picture stolen from above)  (Mine with signals shortened and all lights ON!) |
