High beam extra lights on the Pan

[Sveinhaakon]

Hello,
I have bought 2 extra lights for my Pan-European.
They are high beam and I am wondering where on the bike I can connect them, so that they will work with the original high beam.
Thank you in advance for an advice here.

Best regards


Svein Haakon Syversen

President

Club Pan-European Norway

Nuggerudveien 12B

N-1089 OSLO

Mobil: +47 901 42 549

Mail: svein@pan-european.no

 

[Willsmotorcycle]

Smarter riders will be along. Given the wire thickness that goes to the factory high beam, I would consider using new power to your new lights and a relay from the existing to trigger them. Off when low beam, flash High, relay triggers and your new ones come on.

 

[docw1]

Here is where I put my auxiliary lights--under the turn signals. They have their own power supply, through a relay and a three way switch. I can turn them on by themselves, or on with the high beams, or off. A lot of folks put them here, but you will need to fashion some sort of bracket to hold them. Some folks have attached them on top of the turn signal housing. I also have fork lights, just for being seen better.

 

[SupraSabre]

One way to mount them would be to use the "cop" Above Mirror Mounts.

See # 11 & 12 - this diagram is from the 2015 ST1300P in Partzilla.



As for power, A relay from your rightside High beam would work for a switch on/off with Highbeams. I would run a separate power from the battery or a fuseblock to power them up.

 

[SMSW]

@SupraSabre is right, the OEM wiring on the ST (and all motorcycles, for that matter) was designed to handle the expected load and not much else. Were you to replace the headlight bulbs with LED's you would decrease the load, however adding more load and potentially blowing a fuse, leaving you driving in darkness is not a good idea. Tap into the high beam wire behind the headlight (at the plug on connector) and use this to trigger the coil in a relay. Add a fused wire to the battery and this goes to one of the switch contacts on that relay. The second switch contact on the relay (called the load) will feed your new lights. Whenever you flash the brights or turn them on your auxiliary lights will illuminate.