Electrical diagrams/wire colors

[bicyclenut]

Installing Clearwater lights last night (install/review post later) and was trying to find a wiring diagram to determine best place to splice in for relay and high beam function. I have the repair manual on CD and I think I looked in every section and I have yet to find an electrical diagram or color code for wiring. The closest I found was a procedure to replace the wiring harness and how to repair a damaged wire per BMW recommendations. Any ideas where on CD this is? or other source?

 

[Snowdog]

The wiring diagrams are on a different expensive CD.

 

[bicyclenut]

Figures...BMW>>> bring more wampum. I thought I bought the Service Manual which I assumed had all I needed to do anything required or same used by BMW dealer, guess not. Must be the apprentice mechanics manual. BMW Service Manual Lite=$120, Honda Service Manual complete=$35, printed and you don't have to keep switching from German when you try and read it. Oh well.


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[justscootin]

The shop manual the dealer uses (and I use) also does not have a wiring diagram. It has most of the bikes since the oil head R bikes came out (the R1100) but no wiring diagrams. I think the idea is that the kids working on your bike is not into electronics but can only replace the wiring harness.

 

[Snowdog]

You could work back from the high beam, or forward from the high beam switch. Or, put in a new complete circuit. I tend to put in complete circuits to avoid overloading minimalist electrical systems.

 

[bicyclenut]

I wanted to tie in right near the switch as I was using it to trigger the full power option on some Clearwater lights but there were too many wires to mess with right there. I just ended up tapping into it right near socket so I was sure. It's only a trigger for relay or solid state device that sets lights to full power when high beams are activated. Working as expected so all good.


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