DISCLAIMER: This information is for informational purposes only. I take no responsibility for damage to yourself, your bike, or your dog. I have installed and tested this mod on a 2005 FZ6 but other years may differ. Refer to your service manual's wiring diagram if you have any doubts.
WARNING! This mod is not intended to be used if you use high-beam for long periods of time! Due to the simplicity of the mod, both filaments of the right headlamp will be lit when the high-beam is on. This can significantly shorten the life of the right bulb. However, if you use low beam primarily there is no problem. If you use high-beam frequently, consider WTVa's mod.
Intro
The Yamaha FZ6 is an awesome bike, no doubt about it. There's really only two complaints that I have: 1) the silly fender, which FAZR6's excellent FE kit takes care of, and 2) the 'winking' headlights. For whatever reason, Yamaha decided to only activate the left low beam. Now, the stock bulb in the right side is a standard H4 bulb, which has both high (65W) and low (55W) beam filaments. It just needs to be wired in.
There are many ways to do this, such as splicing the wiring under the tank or splicing the wire near the switch. However, the approach I took is so simple I wonder why noone has done it before (or maybe they have but noone has written it up yet!)
My method was to splice the positive lead on the left headlamp, and run a wire over the existing blade for the low beam on the right headlamp. Simple.
If for some reason you run into problems or have questions, shoot me a PM on sportbikes.net. My username is Gand.
What you need
1 wire tap that can take 14-gauge wire
3 feet or so of 14-gauge wire (stranded)
1 connector to hook to the blade on the headlamp holder. You may have to experiment with this one, but there are lots of things that will work.
Black electrical tape
What to do
Right and left are defined from the perspective of being seated on the bike
Solder or crimp the connector to the 14-gauge wire.
Pop open the cover on the right headlamp. Attach the connector to the unused blade on the headlight holder. (Or, if you are like me and can't be bothered to get a connector, make something else work.. it just has to have a solid electrical connection.) Use electrical tape to secure connector if needed.
Route the cable under the front fairing (just follow the other right headlamp cables) to the left headlamp. Secure it with zipties or electircal tape.
Peel back some of the tape on the left headlamp leads. Use the wire tap to splice the positive lead (green/black wire, NOT the solid black wire) to your new cable. On mine, this cable was the lower of the two.
Wrap the wire tap in electrical tape to make it water-resistant.
That's it! Fire up the engine and test it. Both lights should be lit when running.
첫댓글하향전용에 HID, 상하향에 할로겐을 끼우세요~^^ 그리고 배선 정리는 저렇게하시면 할로겐+HID 하향과 할로겐 상향까지 사용가능해요~ 저도 처음에 HID 하향 쌍발로 하고 다녔는데 어딘가 모르게 부족한 점이 있습니다 많이 밝기는 한데 하향의 한계라고 해야 할까요? 그래서 할로겐+HID로 사용하고 있습니다. 허접답변 이었습니다. ㅋㅋㅋ
첫댓글 하향전용에 HID, 상하향에 할로겐을 끼우세요~^^ 그리고 배선 정리는 저렇게하시면 할로겐+HID 하향과 할로겐 상향까지 사용가능해요~ 저도 처음에 HID 하향 쌍발로 하고 다녔는데 어딘가 모르게 부족한 점이 있습니다 많이 밝기는 한데 하향의 한계라고 해야 할까요? 그래서 할로겐+HID로 사용하고 있습니다. 허접답변 이었습니다. ㅋㅋㅋ
음~~ 솔깃한.. 답변입니다. 쭈야님~~ ^^ 감사합니다. ㅋㅋㅋ
순정 어두운 문제는 확실히 존재하더군요.. 그런데 하향으로 HID 끼고 다녀도 방전의 위험은 없나요? 일전에 신차 구매해서 상향 계속 켜놓고 다니시는 분과의 대화들을 보면 상향까지 항상 키고다니면 페이저의 발전용량이 못따라가는것같다라는 의견이 있어서요.
아 그런데 이 글을 보니... 하향이 두발 달려있는 상태인데 활용을 안하고있다는것인가요? 그렇다믄 매우 흥미롭네요 ㅎㅎ
네.. 그런것 같아요. ^^ 아무래도.. 한발만 해도 용량이 충분하다고 생각했나보죠 머.. 전.. 쌍발 HID로 가볼까 생각드네요.. 시동 건후에.. 좀 달리다가 HID 키면은.. 두개 다 합해도 할로겐 한방정도 전류면 충분할것 같으니까요..